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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ

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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…

by Cecilia Levine

12/01/2015

Ridgewood, NJ

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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…

by Cecilia Levine

12/01/2015

Northern Highlands, NJ

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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…

by Cecilia Levine

12/01/2015

Pascack Valley, NJ

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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" …

by Cecilia Levine

11/30/2015

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ

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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…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

Northern Highlands, NJ

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Ho-Ho-Kus Organization Seeks Meals On Wheels Volunteers HO-HO-KUS, N.J. — The Contemporary Club of Ho-Ho-Kus is seeking volunteers for Community Meals on Wheels on Tues., Dec. 1. The group will meet at Christ Church in Ridgewood at 11 a.m. Partners will be assigned a local route, a map, food and instructions for delivering meals to homebound seniors. Deliveries take approximately one hour and can be done with a child in tow. The Contemporary Club of Ho-Ho-Kus, Inc. is governed by the 11th District of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs (NJFWC) — the largest and oldest nondenominational, nonpartisan, volunteer service organization for w…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

Paramus, NJ

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Oradell Enterprise Employees Help Rebuild Homes In Hackensack, Moonachie ORADELL, N.J. — Oradell's Enterprise Rent-A-Car employees joined other company volunteers from across Northern New Jersey to support Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County on its Sandy Restoration job sites in Hackensack and Moonachie for the second year in a row. Enterprise Holdings Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the company — donated $1,000 for building materials. The volunteers’ tasks included priming, installing trim, caulking and light demolition work. “Enterprise focuses on supporting the communities in which we live and work,” said regional operations manager of Enterprise NN…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ

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Mahwah Takes First Place In Engineering Competition MAHWAH, N.J. — A team of Mahwah High School students placed first out of 12 school districts and were awarded $1,000 in an engineering competition at Ridgewood High School. Allan Chan, Jacob Davis, Jack Darrow, Robert Khorami, Elise Kronbickler, Kristen Lee, George Oliaynk, Katarina Radisic, and Christopher Rovito particiapted in the Nov. 20 Engineering Tomorrow Challenge under the guidance of STEM teacher Angela Schmalz. The day featured interactive demonstrations and presentations by high level engineering professionals, providing students with exposure to real world engineering discipli…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ

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'Bad Girls Good Deeds' Help Saddle Brook Woman With Rare Disease 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…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

Ridgewood, NJ

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Ridgewood 'Unplugged' Raises Fund For Historical Society Museum Paint Job RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — More than 40 bands will perform at the Schoolhouse Museum for Ridgewood Unplugged Season IX in January. The E. Glen Avenue concert series, organized by Jeff Sofka, will raise funds for the Ridgewood Historical Society for purposes that include painting the exterior of the 1872 museum. Ridgewood Unplugged will feature songs from breakout albums of well-known bands and solo artists in conjunction with the theme "Break On Through." Each band will have 13 minutes. The Schoolhouse Museum houses a wide assortment of artifacts from the 17th century to the mid 20th cen…

by Cecilia Levine

11/29/2015

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