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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Your Community
Ramsey Radio Takes 'Best Field Trip Ever' To New York City Station
RAMSEY, N.J. — Three deejays from the Ramsey High School Morning Program took a field trip to Q104.3 in New York City for mentoring from veteran Rock & Roll Morning Show co-hosts Jim Kerr and Shelli Sonstein. Jacob Ziff, Andrew Mattera and Nick Zysman — accompanied by supervisor and former Q104.3 intern Keith Lyle — were on the air for a few minutes during an experience that they say they'll never forget. "Standing and shaking hands with Jim Kerr is a dream come true," said Ziff, who goes by DJ Jazzy. He recalled being practically speechless upon greeting the 104.3 co-host las…
Rutherford, NJ
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New York Jets Kicker Nick Folk Surprises Healthy Carlstadt Students
CARLSTADT, N.J. — What was billed as an assembly on bullying for Carlstadt seventh- and eighth-graders turned out to be an exercise class with New York Jets kicker Nick Folk. Folk announced that the middle school was one of 10 winners of the "Eat Right, Move More" program. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture and the NY Jets jointly launched the program in 2006 to encourage children to eat well and be active. The students on Tuesday were split up into two teams and did relay races with Folk and NY Jets officials. "It's a really fun program and the kids had such a blast…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Advocate: Those With Mental Illness Are Often Victims
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — As thousands hurl accusations of mental illness at the shooter who on Wednesday killed 14 people at a Southern California developmental services center, one Fair Lawn mom looks to strip the stigma. Fair Lawn Sitgma-Free Task Force Co-Chair Tammy Smith maintains that having a mental illness does not make an individual more prone to crime or violence. In fact, it's often the other way around, she said. Most people that have a mental illness are the victims of a crimes — not perpetrators. Smith, who once suffered from mental illness herself, will participate in a "Stigm…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock School Teacher Surprised With Drawings From Students
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Glen Rock schoolteacher Jennifer Burke was in for a surprise when she returned to work from a doctor's appointment and found drawings from her third-graders guessing where she'd gone. Burke, of Ramsey, said she usually tells her Richard E. Byrd School students when she's going to be absent but didn't have time to warn them about Wednesday's rescheduled appointment. "I thought that it's great that they know me like I know them," said Burke, an athlete at Good Energy Training in Allendale. "I guess they know that sometimes I walk funny because I am sore from…
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Midland Park Dancers Perform 'Nutcracker' For Cancer Research
MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — More than 170 dancers from throughout Bergen County who attend Miss Patti’s School of Dance in Midland Park will perform “The Nutcracker” in Paramus with the internationally-acclaimed Donetsk Ballet to raise funds for cancer research. Twenty-two-year owners Patti and Darryl Vigon of Wyckoff are organizing the 17th annual production through the school’s nonprofit organization, JulieDance. The couple founded JulieDance in memory of their daughter and New York City ballerina, Julie Vigon, who died at 12 years old from a rare form of bone cancer in 1985. "It really g…
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne All-Day Kindergarten Voters Accuse Poll Workers Of Misconduct
WAYNE, N.J. — Wayne resident Joel Grossman says he and his wife were entering the George Washington Middle School on Election Day this year when an elderly poll worker told him that voting for full-day kindergarten would increase his property taxes. She repeated it while the couple was behind the curtain and again before they left the building, he told Daily Voice. "I was taken aback, shocked and surprised," said Grossman, whose son, daughter and daughter-in-law are school teachers. "She didn't just say it once — she said it before we went in, while we were voting and after I…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Terrier Mixes From Westwood Hoarding Case Need 'Fur-Ever' Home
WESTWOOD, N.J. — Two terrier mixes rescued from a Westwood hoarding case in August are the last among the 52 recovered dogs that need a fur-ever home. Dill and Pickles — who need to be adopted as a pair — were among the 52 dogs recovered from a Lincoln Boulevard house near Fourth Avenue that authorities said was in "horrific conditions" (SEE: Dogs, cats, parakeets, lizard among nearly 80 live, dead animals removed from Westwood home). Bergen County Animal Control officials couldn't get near Dill, a 2-year-old male, and Pickles, a 7-year-old female, without them shutting down in …
West Milford, NJ
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Paterson Firefighter Donating Stuffed Christmas Elephants To Kids
PATERSON, N.J. — What started as a way to raise money for the Paterson Fire Department's youth Christmas party in 2012 has become an annual holiday tradition for Firefighter Beth Fournier. Fournier, of Pequannock, is selling stuffed elephants, "Eduardo," for $20 to benefit the March of Dimes — an organization dedicated to fighting preventable preterm births. People also have the option of donating the stuffed animal for Fournier to deliver on Christmas Eve to patients in the St. Joseph's Children's Hospital and Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Fournier, also the PFD…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood's American Bulldog Cafe Closes Kitchen
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Ridgewood residents are learning a valuable lesson this week at American Bulldog Coffee Roasters: Savor every bite because the next could be your last. The North Broad Street coffee shop's organic kitchen closed Monday. That means no more gluten-free blueberry muffins. No more guiltlessly-gooey brownies. No more chocolate-hazelenut biscotti. "It's heartfelt but it's a business decision," said owner Maleigha Liburdi from behind the marble counter that last week boasted treys of baked goods. "I didn't put all this money into this place to lose it. Coconut o…
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale Police Reunited With Razors After Successful No-Shave November
ALLENDALE, N.J. — Allendale police got a clean-shaven start to December after raising $1,300 during the No-Shave November fundraiser to fight cancer and raise awareness. "Overall, I’d say this was a great experience for us," Police Chief George Scherb told Daily Voice. "We had the opportunity to have a little fun with each other over how our beards came in and do something good at the same time." The highest donation of $200 came from Tyco Animal Services. The Allendale Woman's Club, the Cinelli Family, Ted and Karen Clark and Sharysse Frasco each gave $100. "Havin…
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