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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Children's Author Aims To Help Mahwah Students Find Writing Ideas
MAHWAH, N.J. — Free-writing assignments shouldn't be difficult for elementary school students, children's author Audrey Vernick says. She'll be at all three of Mahwah's elementary schools on Thursday., Nov. 19 for Author Day helping young writers find good places to start. "When you take a character and put them in unexpected place, a story always shows up," said Vernick of Ocean Township. "Think of an animal where you wouldn't normally find it and come up with reasons why it's there and something will come up." Vernick has published dozens of children's books and short…
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Montvale Volleyball Team Plays For Cancer Victim
MONTVALE, N.J. — The Pascack Valley High School Girls Volleyball Team played its Thursday night match in honor of Daryl Palmer, a Montvale mother and pediatrician who lost her battle with cancer on Oct. 22. Palmer — whose three girls played on the team — every year helped organize the annual Dig Pink Rally that raised more than $34,000 for the Side-Out Foundation. This year she was too sick to spearhead the eighth annual event, so they played in her honor. "[Palmer]... saw Dig Pink as the perfect way to help others," Side-Out Foundation said in a blog post. "Unfortunately,…
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Young Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus Ball Players Eyeing Cooperstown
HO-HO-KUS, N.J. — A team of young Ho-Ho-Kus and Saddle River baseball players' longtime dream of heading to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown depends on whether they'll be able to raise a whopping $16,000 collectively. The 12 athletes on the Indians U12 travel team — some who've been friends since preschool — are tapping into both local businesses and family members across the country to help them collect the funds they'll need to compete in Cooperstown Dream Park's annual tournament. Working toward a goal isn't a new concept for The Indians, said Dana Koenig, whose son,…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Emergency Responders Reflect On Sandy
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Glen Rock TV gathered the borough's emergency management team for a panel discussion on the third anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. CLICK HERE to watch the video Glen Rock Police Chief Fred Stahman, Fire Chief Tom Jennings, Ambulance Chief Ed Esposito, Head of OEM Joanne Perry and Mayor John Van Keuren discussed the fateful Oct. 29, 2012 day that changed New Jersey's landscape. Participants recalled what they saw and how they helped Glen Rock cope with the natural disaster before, during and after it happened. Communication Director Mary Jane Surrago moderated.
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Waldwick Runner Brings Thanksgiving Turkeys To Domestic Violence Victims
WALDWICK, N.J. — A Ridgewood-based running group for women is more than halfway to its goal of raising $3,000 to buy Thanksgiving turkeys for a domestic violence support organization. Three months after founding Jersey Women Strong, LLC in 2011, Waldwick resident Dana White and her group of 65 new members voted on making Rochelle Park's Center for Hope and Safety — formally known as Shelter Our Sisters — their first philanthropy. It was ironically the same year the organization's benefactor was unable to provide turkeys for Thanksgiving. "We work out together, we train together, we ra…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Police Save New Milford Man From Heroin Overdose
NEW MILFORD, N.J. — Paramus police used Narcan to revive an overdosing heroin victim from New Milford in the back of a jitney bus stopped on Route 4. Officers Dan DeRienzo, David Betancourt and Gregg Hooper found five empty heroin packets beneath the 26-year-old victim, who was face-down on the floor of the bus near IKEA Drive on Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A single does of Narcan helped revive him, the chief said. The officers also did rescue breathing until paramedics and Paramus EMS arrived, he said. The victim was in stable condition when he was taken to Hackensack M…
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Wildlife Ecologist: Bow Hunting Not Effective Method For Saddle River Deer
SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Bow hunting will neither decrease Saddle River's deer population nor the frequency of Lyme disease, a wildlife ecologist from the Humane Society said during a forum Tuesday in Borough Hall, northjersey.com reported. Borough officials and residents have spent the last year discussing how to manage Saddle River's growing deer population, which the Board of Health deemed a public health risk, the article says. Council officials last week introduced an ordinance and a released a draft plan permitting limited bow hunting of deer on property with landowners' written and prior…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Runners Make Thanksgiving Special For Domestic Violence Victims
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A Ridgewood-based running group for women is more than halfway to its goal of raising $3,000 to buy Thanksgiving turkeys for a domestic violence support organization. Three months after founding Jersey Women Strong, LLC in 2011, Waldwick resident Dana White and her group of 65 new members voted on making Rochelle Park's Center for Hope and Safety — formally known as Shelter Our Sisters — their first philanthropy. It was ironically the same year the organization's benefactor was unable to provide turkeys for Thanksgiving. "We work out together, we train together, we r…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey Woman Collects Donations For Fire-Stricken Louisiana Humane Society
RAMSEY, N.J. — Ramsey resident Ashley Gardenier is collecting pet supplies to aid the the Humane Society of Louisiana, which lost several animals and part of its Mississippi-based facility in a fire Monday. The building that burned down housed staff members, cats and small animals. It also served as the center of the organization's relief operation after Hurricane Katrina forced them from New Orleans. Gardenier — the founding owner of Southern Paws, Inc. — visited the HSL in 2013 and met CEO Jessica Cameron, now her pet-rescue liaison. "It’s all kind of one big family," said Gard…
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth Resident Moderating CNBC Presidential Debate
HAWORTH, N.J. — A Haworth woman and CNBC news anchor will host Thursday's Republican presidential debate on CNBC. Rebecca Quick is the co-anchor of the network's breakfast-time talk show "Squawk Box." Her two co-moderators for the debate at the University of Colorado in Boulder will be Carl Quintanilla and John Harwood. Quintanilla is a "Squawk on the Street" and "Squawk Alley" co-anchor and Harwood is CNBC's chief Washington correspondent. The debate will begin at 8 p.m. on CNBC.
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