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Hackensack Home Repaired By Bergen Volunteers On Giving Tuesday Hackensack Home Repaired By Bergen Volunteers On Giving Tuesday Hackensack Home Repaired By Bergen Volunteers On Giving Tuesday
Hackensack Home Repaired By Bergen Volunteers On Giving Tuesday HACKENSACK, N.J. — Volunteers from Demarest, Edgewater, Pompton Lakes, River Vale and Hackensack spent a rainy Tuesday with Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County repairing a Hackensack family's home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The Giving Tuesday project on Jackson Avenue was a continuation of a tradition started in 2013 to help repair, rebuild and restore homes destroyed by the storm. This year’s volunteers included Elizabeth Lowe of Demarest; Eric Koskinen of Edgewater; Jennifer Polidor of Pompton Lakes; Alan Gold of River Vale and Site Superintendent Chris Warburton of Hackens…
Cancer-Stricken East Rutherford Family Adopted By 8,500 Bergen County Moms Cancer-Stricken East Rutherford Family Adopted By 8,500 Bergen County Moms Cancer-Stricken East Rutherford Family Adopted By 8,500 Bergen County Moms
Cancer-Stricken East Rutherford Family Adopted By 8,500 Bergen County Moms EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — More than 8,500 Bergen County moms are on a mission to bring a cancer-stricken family from East Rutherford an unforgettable holiday. Kristen Hajiantoniou said she was "hit with a double-bomb" when her 11-year-old daughter, Maria, was diagnosed with a brain tumor four months after her husband, Manolis, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Annie Steinberg of Westwood wants to make it their best Christmas yet. “We’ve got their backs,” said Steinberg, who founded the Bergen County Moms Facebook group. Steinberg posted Monday night that she was turning her base…
Midland Park Coach Points Team Toward National Pop Warner Championship Midland Park Coach Points Team Toward National Pop Warner Championship Midland Park Coach Points Team Toward National Pop Warner Championship
Midland Park Coach Points Team Toward National Pop Warner Championship MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — The undefeated Bergen County Pop Warner Football Unlimited Division is bound for the national championship tournament in Orlando, Fla., led in part by organization president Anthony Galella of Midland Park. Preliminary games will be on Sun., Dec. 6, and Wed., Dec 9. If the team wins both, it goes to the Dec. 12 championship game. A 20-12 victory against the East Ward Stallion's from Newark on Saturday gave Bergen Unlimited the regional title. "It’s very difficult to actually qualify and play for that championship," said Galella, who established a GoFundMe a…
Life Coach Holds Adult Coloring Book Workshops In Ridgewood Life Coach Holds Adult Coloring Book Workshops In Ridgewood Life Coach Holds Adult Coloring Book Workshops In Ridgewood
Life Coach Holds Adult Coloring Book Workshops In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Leave your kids but borrow their crayons, because Bergen County-based Life Coach Randi Levin will hold Recoloring Life, a series of coloring book workshops at Ridgewood High School on Thurs., Dec. 3. The 7 p.m. session is based on the adult coloring book trend, Levin said. “People are using coloring books because they want to de-stress, reconnect to themselves and be creative,” said Levin, who put it all together to include interactive vision boards, treasure maps and a 45-minute coloring circle. A certified reinvention life coach, Levin conducts sessions all over the co…
Restaurants Help Serve Up Fundraiser For Injured Fair Lawn Motorcyclist Restaurants Help Serve Up Fundraiser For Injured Fair Lawn Motorcyclist Restaurants Help Serve Up Fundraiser For Injured Fair Lawn Motorcyclist
Restaurants Help Serve Up Fundraiser For Injured Fair Lawn Motorcyclist FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Several area taverns will donate food for a Dec. 11 fundraising dinner for a Fair Lawn junior wrestling coach who was seriously injured in an October motorcycle accident. Joseph Yuskaitis Jr., an Army veteran, underwent three difficult surgeries and will undergo rehabilitation over the next two months, longtime friend Cathy Schofield said. Yuskaitis is taking time off from his job at Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, where he works for Schofield's husband, Charlie Schofield. "I’ve watched Joseph grow up," she said. "He is a hard worker, a dedicated and loyal pe…
Women's Charity Holding River Edge Fundraiser For Mom With Rare Illness Women's Charity Holding River Edge Fundraiser For Mom With Rare Illness Women's Charity Holding River Edge Fundraiser For Mom With Rare Illness
Women's Charity Holding River Edge Fundraiser For Mom With Rare Illness SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — A fund-raising "Breakfast With Santa" for a Saddle Brook mom of three facing a life-threatening illness will be held on Dec. 12 in River Edge. Bad Girls Good Deeds is staging the charity event for 37-year-old Mary Rodriguez, who suffered from blood clots, strokes, seizures and organ failure a year before being diagnosed with Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (CAPS). Rodriguez needs as much financial help as she does medical. Enter, Bad Girls Good Deeds, a non-profit organization run by four female educators and innovators who organize fundraiser…
Ridgewood Holiday Boutique Benefits Children's Therapy Center Ridgewood Holiday Boutique Benefits Children's Therapy Center Ridgewood Holiday Boutique Benefits Children's Therapy Center
Ridgewood Holiday Boutique Benefits Children's Therapy Center RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Several businesses are uniting to help a children's therapy organization at The Holiday Craft and Vendor Boutique on Thurs., Dec. 3 at the Elks Lodge in Ridgewood. Vendor tabling fees collected for the 7 p.m. event will be donated to the Children's Therapy Center in Fair Lawn. The holiday bazaar will feature a Reiki specialist, Touchstone Crystal Jewelry, Gold Canyon Candles and more. Waldwick resident Kristen Castro will be donating 100% of the proceeds from her Younique makeup sales to CTC (SEE: Waldwick Moms Find Success, Support In Virtual Makeup Sales). "Giving…
Waldwick Woman Donates Proceeds From Holiday Boutique To Therapy Center Waldwick Woman Donates Proceeds From Holiday Boutique To Therapy Center Waldwick Woman Donates Proceeds From Holiday Boutique To Therapy Center
Waldwick Woman Donates Proceeds From Holiday Boutique To Therapy Center WALDWICK, N.J. — A Waldwick woman will be donating proceeds from her makeup sales from the Dec. 3 Holiday Craft and Vendor Boutique in Ridgewood to the Children's Therapy Center in Fair Lawn. Kristen Castro, a saleswoman for Younique, is augmenting the vendors' tabling fees so that children like her toddler with cerebral palsy can get the help they need. "Giving up a day of commission is the least I can do," said Castro, a mother of three (SEE: Waldwick Moms Find Success, Support In Virtual Makeup Sales). The 7 p.m. holiday bazaar will feature a Reiki specialist, Touchstone Cryst…
Westwood's Jack's Cafe Gets Food Network Makeover Westwood's Jack's Cafe Gets Food Network Makeover Westwood's Jack's Cafe Gets Food Network Makeover
Westwood's Jack's Cafe Gets Food Network Makeover WESTWOOD, N.J. — Westwood's Jack's Cafe got a rockin' makeover on Food Network's "American Diner Revival," thanks to celebrity designer Ty Pennington and celebrity chef Amanda Freitag. Chris D'Eletto and Risa Kandel's seven children surprised them by transforming their Broadway eatery from a classic 1940s boxcar diner into a rock 'n roll rail car while they were on a weekend vacation. "How often does this happen to somebody?" said D'Eletto, who opened the diner with Kandel in 2006. "It's like hitting the lottery." The "modern-day Brady Bunch family" …
Late Mahwah Resident Honored In Basketball Tournament Late Mahwah Resident Honored In Basketball Tournament Late Mahwah Resident Honored In Basketball Tournament
Late Mahwah Resident Honored In Basketball Tournament MAHWAH, N.J. — Three years after his death, late Mahwah resident Dan Zolotorofe was remembered in the Fourth Annual DZ Foundation 3-On-3 Basketball Tournament at Mahwah High School on Sunday. The former Mahwah High School Student Council President went into Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) at 20-years-old — two months after fracturing his spine in a car accident — and died three days later when he went into cardiac arrest. The approximately $17,000 raised by 30 teams and 200 supporters during the Sunday morning tournament will be split evenly between the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and…
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