MORRIS CATHOLIC · DENVILLE · IN MEMORY
Judith Novellino
Teacher. Writer. Librarian.
In memory of a life spent with words and students.
Remember her life ↓Read the documented record ↓I / THE LIFE
The words she
left with people.
Judith Novellino shared stories and poetry with Morris Catholic students. The school’s tribute remembers her writing, library work and care for the International Club.
The school named its National English Honor Society chapter for her. Its 2019 account remembers both her craft and her connection with students.
Her name continues alongside students’ reading and writing.
“She had a love for writing”Morris Catholic's tribute, published by NEHS, 2019 ↗
II / THE DOCUMENTED RECORD
A loss.
A long reckoning.
A chronological account of the murder and its legal aftermath.
- 01
19 June 2010
A life taken in Denville
Judith Novellino was murdered at the former marital home while collecting belongings after her divorce. The later court record establishes that her former husband, Anthony Novellino, killed her.
Morris County Prosecutor: conviction and sentence, 2014 ↗ - 02
23 July 2014
The jury's verdict
A jury found Anthony Novellino guilty of murder and related weapons, hindering-apprehension and evidence-tampering offenses.
Morris County Prosecutor: conviction and sentence, 2014 ↗ - 03
2014
A fifty-year sentence
The court sentenced him to 50 years in state prison, with 85 percent to be served before parole eligibility under New Jersey's No Early Release Act.
Morris County Prosecutor: conviction and sentence, 2014 ↗ - 04
2017
The appeal
The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed the judgment. Its opinion provides the court's account of the evidence, trial and grounds raised on appeal.
New Jersey Appellate Division: opinion, 2017 ↗ - 05
29 October 2019
Her name, carried forward
NEHS published the school’s account of naming its chapter for her teaching, writing and care for students.
Morris Catholic's tribute through NEHS, 2019 ↗
III / REMEMBRANCE
A name still
attached to words.
The Judith Novellino Chapter places her name beside a new generation's reading and writing. This page returns to that legacy.
Read the school's remembrance ↗