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New Milford Firefighter First Recipient Of Scholarship Honoring Terroristic Victim Darren Drake New Milford Firefighter First Recipient Of Scholarship Honoring Terroristic Victim Darren Drake
New Milford Firefighter First Recipient Of Scholarship Honoring Terroristic Victim Darren Drake Volunteer New Milford firefighter and NMHS graduate Christian Pavone was named the first recipient of a scholarship honoring New Milford terror attack victim Darren Drake Drake, a 2013 New Milford High School graduate and former BOE president, was killed in a New York City terror attack last year. Pavone was awarded a $2,000 from The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) Darren Drake Memorial Fund. The scholarship award will be given annually to qualified students seeking to pursue a trade or technical career.  Pavone was selected for good grades attained in high school and hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Englewood Student ‘Idols’ Hit Recording Studio Englewood Student ‘Idols’ Hit Recording Studio
Englewood Student ‘Idols’ Hit Recording Studio ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – A dozen Englewood students will be cutting their own CDs, thanks to a grant from the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation. The $1,200 grant is being awarded to the Dr. John Grieco Scholarship Fund at the Academies@Englewood for the 13th Annual Englewood Idol talent competition's program. Englewood Idol is an annual singing competition open to any high school student living or attending school in Englewood. The talent competition attracts students at Dwight Morrow High School, Academies@Englewood, and The Dwight-Englewood School. “What an extraordinary experi…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson