MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH OColumbia High School first-year athletic director Rich Porfido was given the Essex County Athletic Director of the Year Award during the 2022-23 Karen Fuccello Essex County Scholar Athletes Awards banquet on Tuesday, May 9, in Belleville.
Columbia’s Garrett Dyson and Julia Roses also were honored as Essex County Scholar Athletes at the banquet.
The award is given to the top scholar athletes in the county and is named after the late Karen Fuccello, who was the longtime Belleville High School athletic director.