Bergenfield, NJ
Lifestyle
Public Transit Hell: Disabled Bergenfield Mom Rides Wheelchair Miles Home
What should have been a quick trip to the mall turned into a hellish nightmare for a paralyzed Bergenfield mom. Kathy Moore -- who is trying to raise money to buy herself a handicap accessible van -- ended up riding her electric wheelchair nearly two miles home in the cold Saturday due to problems with NJ Transit buses. Moore became paralyzed nearly 20 years ago after surviving a nearly-deadly stabbing by her ex-husband in Hackensack. She raised both of her sons alone and yearns to live an independent life -- working, volunteering and running errands. The public transportation system has …
Teaneck, NJ
Obituaries
Services Set For Teaneck Couple Who Died In House Fire
TEANECK, N.J. -- Services have been set for Roseanne and Gerald Ryan, who died when their house went up in flames on Jan. 28. Visitation will be on Friday, Feb. 2, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Volk Leber Funeral Home on Teaneck Road. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home. The bodies of the 81-year-old couple were found in the rubble, after the blaze burned their house to the ground. The Teaneck PBA started a clothing drive for the couple's neighbors, a family of five that lost nearly everything after the fire spread to part of their house.
