Stephanie Nicole Parze, 25, was a student-athlete, a talented artist, and a compassionate, loyal friend to everyone she met.

She also loved children and enjoyed spending time on the beach, on the river, or on the ocean. Stephanie’s life was tragically and needlessly ended by an abusive ex-boyfriend in 2019 in an act of domestic violence.

It then took 87 days to find her.

The SNP Foundation was created in her name, to prevent and help families cope with situations like Stephanie’s.

Working alongside the Parze family, the Robbinsville Township Police Department on October 26, 2026, officially opened the Stephanie Nicole Parze Sanctuary Room for domestic violence victim survivors inside the David Fried Municipal Complex at 2300 Route 33.

The official ribbon cutting of “Stephanie’s Sanctuary” took place Monday evening to coincide with Younity’s Communities of Light, an annual Mercer County event that seeks to bring awareness to domestic violence and its victim survivors – women, men and children of all ages.

According to estimates by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and statistics of the FBI, approximately 16,441 individuals were victims of domestic violence homicides in the last ten years. All victim survivors of domestic violence deserve better, yet 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men experience domestic violence in their lifetime. That is a staggering statistic, and the hope of the SNP Foundation is to give as many victim survivors as possible a chance to live the life they deserve.

The Stephanie Nicole Parze Foundation

Robbinsville Public Schools and the Robbinsville Township Police Department are pleased to share a new school bus safety initiative.

Through the “Adopt a Bus” program, police officers and command staff will be assigned to individual school bus routes and will follow those routes periodically throughout the school year.

The “Adopt a Bus” initiative will begin Monday, October 12, and will continue at various times throughout the school year.

The goal of the initiative is to promote student safety, increase awareness around school bus safety laws, and provide an additional law enforcement presence along our students’ daily routes. Officers will be monitoring for careless driving and violations of laws designed to protect students as they board and exit school buses.

A reminder to all motorists: When a school bus is stopped with its red lights flashing and stop arm extended, you must STOP.

Know the Law

* Stop at least 25 feet away from a school bus displaying flashing red lights with its stop arm extended.
* On a divided highway with a median or barrier, motorists are required to stop only when traveling on the same side of the roadway as the bus.
* Flashing amber/yellow lights mean slow down and prepare to stop.