New principal will lead Markham Place

Administrator's aim: 'Make every student feel special' BY SHARON LEFF Staff Writer When Markham Place School, Little Silver, opens its doors this September, it will do so with Dennis Morolda as its principal, the first new principal the school has had in about 20 years. Morolda replaces Principal Don E. Merce, who died in a car accident May 6 in Oceanport. Merce was beloved by the students and staff of Markham Place School, and a memorial service was held in his honor in June. "I heard what had happened and I felt drawn [to it], like I could help the school come out of a terrible situation," Morolda said. Morolda was the assistant principal at the Bordentown Regional Middle School since July 2005. He graduated from Rowan University in 2000. After graduation, he taught sixth-grade math for 41/2 years at the Fountain Woods... [read full story]