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Daily Voice Bergen, Passaic Weekly Adoption Round Up Daily Voice Bergen, Passaic Weekly Adoption Round Up Daily Voice Bergen, Passaic Weekly Adoption Round Up
Daily Voice Bergen, Passaic Weekly Adoption Round Up More than 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year in the United States, the ASPCA reports. Several local rescues are giving those animals a better life with the help of fosters and adopters. Below and above are some animals who need "fur-ever" homes. A Pathway To Hope, North Haledon:  Ophelia: This Pit Bull Terrier, 4, was rescued after being used multiple times for breeding. She had a severe infection and needed immediate surgery. Ophelia is all healed up now and looking for a foster or forever home. She does well with some dogs but would also b…
Female Glen Rock Barbers Have Stag, Doe Salon Grand Opening Female Glen Rock Barbers Have Stag, Doe Salon Grand Opening Female Glen Rock Barbers Have Stag, Doe Salon Grand Opening
Female Glen Rock Barbers Have Stag, Doe Salon Grand Opening GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Barbers Christine Modica of Hawthorne and Rachel Israel of Mahwah knew it was time for a change when they found themselves taking turns cutting different sides of a client’s head at their Franklin Lakes barbershop. With sore shoulders from the non-adjustable salon chairs in their 500-square-foot salon, Modica and Israel set out to find a new place. As fate would have it, Salon Salon Rocks on Rock Road in Glen Rock had an opening. The barbers will have an official grand opening at 4 p.m. April 1 — rain or shine.  "We had every intention of opening a barbershop," …
Ridgewood Cafe Brings Back Baked Goods Ridgewood Cafe Brings Back Baked Goods Ridgewood Cafe Brings Back Baked Goods
Ridgewood Cafe Brings Back Baked Goods RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Maleigha Liburdi couldn't take not taking the heat — she's back in the kitchen. The owner of Ridgewood's American Bulldog Coffee Roasters cut her in-house treats in early December. After three months of outsourcing her goodies, Liburdi decided to reignite her oven's flame. "I can't do it any other way," said Liburdi of her mission to bring wholesome, organic food to Ridgewood. Liburdi was paying upwards of a thousand dollars for the almond flour that became a staple of her chocolate-hazelnut torte. She whipped up gluten-free French macaroons, blueberry muffins a…
Cliffside Park Doctor Honored As 'White House Champion Of Change' Cliffside Park Doctor Honored As 'White House Champion Of Change' Cliffside Park Doctor Honored As 'White House Champion Of Change'
Cliffside Park Doctor Honored As 'White House Champion Of Change' CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — A Cliffside Park native was honored Friday morning at the White House as a Champion of Change for the Affordable Care Act, NJ.com reports. Aakash Shah, who graduated from BCA in Hackensack, is the founder of Be Jersey Strong, a student-led grassroots movement out of Cliffside Park that aims to ensure that every New Jersey resident who is eligible and interested in having health insurance is able to obtain it, the organization’s website says. The movement is accessible in more than 50 different languages; roughly two-thirds of the organization’s volunteers speak a seco…
Ramsey Rescue Saves Puppy Pit Bull From NYC Fighting Ring Ramsey Rescue Saves Puppy Pit Bull From NYC Fighting Ring Ramsey Rescue Saves Puppy Pit Bull From NYC Fighting Ring
Ramsey Rescue Saves Puppy Pit Bull From NYC Fighting Ring RAMSEY, N.J. — They call her Faith — and she must’ve had plenty of it. Ramsey’s Southern Paws Rescue saved a two-week-old puppy that was found among six others by New York City police in a fighting ring on Wednesday, rescue owner Ashley Gardenier said. Each police officer that responded took in a puppy, but with their busy schedules couldn't care for them longer than that day, the rescuer said. Upon hearing this through a mutual friend who knows one of the officers, Gardenier made a bee-line for New York City to retrieve baby Faith, she said. And then, straight to Allendale Veterinary Hosp…
PHOTOS: Hackensack's BCA Has Sweet Competition PHOTOS: Hackensack's BCA Has Sweet Competition PHOTOS: Hackensack's BCA Has Sweet Competition
Photos: Hackensack's BCA Has Sweet Competition HACKENSACK, N.J. — Chocolate masterpieces to life as students prepared for Thursday's 18th Annual Chocolate Competition at Bergen County Academies in Hackensack. Confectionaries created winer wonderland, under the sea and stained glass-themed cakes. Dr. Seuss and raspberry cakes won the junior and senior competitions.
Harrington Park Church Processional Closes Local Streets Thursday Harrington Park Church Processional Closes Local Streets Thursday Harrington Park Church Processional Closes Local Streets Thursday
Harrington Park Church Processional Closes Local Streets Thursday HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. — Our Lady of Victory's processional will shut Lynn Street between Parkway and Harriot Avenue between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday evening. Borough officials are urging drivers to plan routes accordingly.
Roadwork Closes Birch Street, Rafkind Road In Bloomingdale Thursday Roadwork Closes Birch Street, Rafkind Road In Bloomingdale Thursday Roadwork Closes Birch Street, Rafkind Road In Bloomingdale Thursday
Roadwork Closes Birch Street, Rafkind Road In Bloomingdale Thursday BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. —  Birch Street and Rafkind Road will be closed while PSE&G does roadwork in Bloomingdale on Thursday. Detour signs will direct traffic out to Union Avenue.
VIDEO: Acrobatic Twins From France Perform In Teaneck VIDEO: Acrobatic Twins From France Perform In Teaneck VIDEO: Acrobatic Twins From France Perform In Teaneck
Video: Acrobatic Twins From France Perform In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. — An acrobatic pair of French twins performed for a crowd of standing room only for the Teaneck Chabad House's Purim celebration Wednesday evening. Israel and Yacov Gurion, originally of Marseilles, France, had spectators riveted by juggling fiery objects, hopscotching over children on a unicycle and flipped across each other. "The goal is to bring joy to children's faces," said Rochel Samuels Gurion, who often accompanies her husband, Yisrael, to hospitals, camps and community centers with their daughter, Shaina.
Teaneck High Grads Roll Out Social Media Consolidation App 'TOMO!' Teaneck High Grads Roll Out Social Media Consolidation App 'TOMO!' Teaneck High Grads Roll Out Social Media Consolidation App 'TOMO!'
Teaneck High Grads Roll Out Social Media Consolidation App 'Tomo!' TEANECK,N.J. — A group of Teaneck High School alumni are on a mission to solve the 21st century social media crisis: too many platforms, too little time. But now, there's an app for that — TOMO! Launched last November by the group of eight friends, TOMO! consolidates all of your social media accounts into one “hive.” “The same way that bees cross-pollinate flowers, we are trying to cross-pollinate social media accounts,” said CFO and co-founder Alfonzo Smith, 28, of Hackensack, THS Class of 2006. With one simple scan of a code, users see all of their friends' accounts in one place. No mor…
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