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Nicholas Michael Cianciotto

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Hundreds Mourn Death of Budd Lake Teen

Family and community members pay final respects to Nicholas Michael Cianciotto III, who was ice fishing when he and his friend fell into the frigid waters of Budd Lake last week.

Hundreds mourned Saturday the death of one of the two Mount Olive teens who drowned last week while ice fishing in Budd Lake. As a thick fog filled the air outside, family, friends and members of the community attended the funeral of Nicholas Michael Cianciotto III at St. Jude Roman Catholic Parish in Mount Olive. Cianciotto and his friend Clyde Schimanski III were ice fishing Monday night when they fell through the icy waters. Both teens were 15 years old. Cianciotto, a sophomore at Mount Olive High School who lived in Budd Lake for nine years, enjoyed the outdoors, dirt bike riding, snowboarding and fishing, according to his obituary. Cianciotto was buried Saturday at Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes. Visitation hours for …

Mystery City

9:34 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I guess I just want to say that biologically, children of this age actually are not developed completely in the area of the brain that dictates impulse control. The adults commenting, however, are developed in that area, so I ask that to utilize that impulse control. Also, the very fact that they were called by the beauty of the lake in the first place, shows the depth at which these young boys …   more ›

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