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Students Petition To Save Graduation Seat For Bergen Classmate Who Died By Suicide Students Petition To Save Graduation Seat For Bergen Classmate Who Died By Suicide
Students Petition To Save Graduation Seat For Bergen Classmate Who Died By Suicide A Bergen County teen who took his own life won't be honored at his high school's upcoming graduation ceremony, prompting protest from students and community members. Instead, there will be a moment of silence, district officials said. A memorial service honoring 16-year-old Jordan Falco during the 2021 graduation ceremony next Tuesday would "set a bad precedent," a Change.org petition quotes Northern Valley Demarest High School Principal Dr. Timothy Gouraige as saying.  Gouraige, in his defense, told Daily Voice that it was "a district decision, not a building decision," and denied saying…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke
Visitation Thursday For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Steve Renke Visiting hours are this Thursday for Steve Renke, the longtime Demarest Pizza owner who died suddenly over the weekend. A private funeral service and cremation will follow public visitation from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Barrett Funeral Home, 148 Dean Drive in Tenafly: (201) 568-8043. Renke, 49, who made Demarest Pizza a local institution for more than three decades, constantly took up the causes of anyone who needed funding help -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. "Steve was an incredible supporter of the [Northern Valley Demarest High School] m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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YOU CAN HELP: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner YOU CAN HELP: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner
YOU CAN Help: Fundraising Campaign Launched For Family Of Late Demarest Pizza Owner TRIBUTE: Steve Renke, who made Demarest Pizza a local institution for more than three decades, constantly took up the causes of anyone who needed funding help -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. "Steve was an incredible supporter of the [Northern Valley Demarest High School] marching band," Debbie Neill-Anaya. "There were countless times that we would order pizzas to feed the band and he always came through for us." Now the community is rallying to help Renke's devastated widow and three children after the popular pizzeria died su…

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by Jerry DeMarco