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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Scouts Wrap Gifts For Ailing Toddler
SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. — Girl scouts and daisies from South Hackensack gathered at the South Hackensack Fire Department Thursday to wrap gifts for an ailing Little Ferry toddler. The event was organized by Westwood mom Annie Joachim, who launched a toy drive through her Facebook group, Bergen County Moms, for Lil Ryu. The Little Ferry toddler will be in the hospital for Christmas and his 5th birthday, but Joachim is determined to keep a smile on his face. The troop wrapped almost 100 presents, which firefighters delivered following the event. Joachim will deliver more toys on Saturday wi…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Mom Makes Santa Figures Nonstop Until Christmas
MAHWAH, N.J. — Kristen Bushman of Mahwah might be more ready for Christmas than anyone. She's made more than 150 Santa figurines by hand since January, each one costing her north of $100 in fabric and almost 8 hours of her time. Her eyes are tired. Her fingers are stiff. Bushman is exhausted. Not enough to keep her from her passion. "I love it," said Bushman, who runs Kristen's Kreationz out of a refurbished studio above her garage. "It's so worth it." The idea for the dolls dates back to the holiday boutique at her kids' school in 2002. "I took the bull by the…
Paterson, NJ
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Hawthorne Buddies Roll Out Fitness Trainer For Facebook Messenger
HAWTHORNE, N.J. — Frank Petruccelli was down 32 pounds when he returned to Hawthorne from a nine-month job in California. He credits friends and personal trainers Eric VanTine and Angelo Guarnieri for his successful weight loss, and has seen the two work their magic on dozens of other clients. But now Petruccelli is teaming up with his friends to help others achieve their fitness goals. The three 26-year-olds recently rolled out "Gymi," a fitness chatbot on Facebook Messenger. The boys are among a small group of people who will have the "native payments" feature on th…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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: Bergen PBA Delivers Thousands Of Toys To Ill, Needy Youngsters
CLOSTER, N.J. — Time stood still Wednesday for Don Nicoletti during the Bergen County PBA's Annual Toy Drive. For the 28th year in a row, the "commander" marveled at the response from the "Santa Response Team" -- members of more than four dozen law enforcement agencies and other volunteers -- who trucked thousands of toys to the Closter firehouse. "We're making magic happen," Nicoletti told Daily Voice. "We don't have the power to relieve [those ailing and in need]," he said, "but we try to bring a little bit of joy to them just for a moment.&…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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'Om Sweet Home' Opens Cliffside Park Location
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — A plant-based and gluten-free bakery is will be opening a storefront on Anderson Avenue in Cliffside Park at the end of December. Om Sweet Home, founded by head baker Dawn Catherine Pascale, will take over the former Mezbah Meat Market. The approximately 800-square-foot facility will be used to produce baked goods, parfaits and Om Sweet Home’s non-dairy butter alternative for wholesale clients throughout New York and New Jersey. The space will also include a café that will be open seven days a week starting in mid-January which will serve an assortment of coffee dri…
Teaneck, NJ
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Italian Dad Solves Energy Crisis While Living American Dream In Teaneck
TEANECK, N.J. — For Teaneck's Daniele Dario, it started with a watch. A biodegradable one, particularly. A gift from his mother back home in Venice, Italy, when he was 6. She explained that the watch was made from recycled materials, which was better for the planet than using plastic or other artificial materials. When Dario moved from to Teaneck in 2008, he remembered the watch. Well, he remembered the lesson he learned from his mom at such a young age: reduce, reuse, recycle. What Dario noticed when he immigrated was how much energy was being wasted. It was quite different from the Ita…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Pay It Forward: Glen Rock Mathnasium Donates Toys To Police
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Students at the Glen Rock Mathnasium are using good behavior to pay it forward. Director Michael Wang and his students donated more than $500-worth of gifts to the Glen Rock Police Department Tuesday, based on a system perpetuated by behavior cards. For the second year in a row, Huang matched students' good behavior punch cards with one more — each worth a dollar — and used the money to purchase the gifts. The gifts will be part of a massive donation to children at Hackensack University Medical Center Wednesday for the annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive.
Hackensack, NJ
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Major Maywood Intersection To Remain Closed After Multi-Vehicle Pileup
MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Investigators assembled evidence into the pre-dawn hours Wednesday to determine why a truck driven by a Hackensack woman slammed into five cars at a busy Maywood intersection. The Ford Explorer was headed north on Maywood Avenue just after 8 p.m. when it "rapidly accelerated," hitting a car at the corner of Sterling Avenue near the Outlets at Bergen Town Center, Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. "It then continued straight, hit four more cars and rolled over into a utility pole," he said. Firefighters from Maywood, Hackensack and Rochelle Park r…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Lifer Keeps Dying Art Alive At Bella Mozzarella
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Fair Lawn lifer Mike Grisafe has become tired of the taste of mozzarella. He only samples it to make sure that it's coming out the way it should — salty and chewy, but not like gum. Making it, however, is something that will never bore him. "Handmade mozzarella is a dying art," said Grisafe while pushing a hunk of curd through through a guitara and into a bowl of 160-degree water in the Bella Mozzarella kitchen on Parmelee Avenue. Grisafe had his first taste of the cheese-production industry in the 1980's, when he began helping out at Scheps Cheese in Paterson.…
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Speech Therapist Pioneers Program For Students With Special Needs
PARAMUS, N.J. — A speech-language specialist in the Paramus school system is launching a new series of programs for local students with special needs. For the better part of the past decade, Barbara Vene-Anderson has been writing therapy grants for her students at Ridge Ranch School. She's now localized the programs that have proven successful to create a multidisciplinary, recreational program for Paramus youth with special needs. "Unfortunately, it's often difficult to find programs appropriate for children with special needs," Vene-Anderson said. "This is meaningful and…
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