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Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats
Daughter Of Late Bergen Pizzeria Owner Turns Grief Into Giving Through Mental Health Chats If you knew Demarest Pizza owner Steve Renke, you wouldn’t be surprised by an organization created by his daughter to help those struggling with mental health issues. That it’s happening amid the COVID-19 pandemic just makes “The Pizza Project” created by Braden Renke that much more important. Before social distancing, members of Braden's group met every Friday night for pizza and frank discussions at Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania, where she's a junior student athlete majoring in Psychology. Now they Zoom. "I saw a major gap in mental health awareness for a lot of people…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Community Saddened By Closing Of Demarest Pizza Following Owner's Sudden Death Community Saddened By Closing Of Demarest Pizza Following Owner's Sudden Death
Community Saddened By Closing Of Demarest Pizza Following Owner's Sudden Death Demarest Pizza announced it will be closing nearly three months after the sudden death of beloved owner Steve Renke. The lease on the restaurant was up on Dec. 31, 2017, but the landlord is refusing to renew it, according to the pizzeria's Facebook page. Community members were saddened to hear that Nov. 30 will be Demarest Pizza's last day in business. "For over 25% of Demarest’s existence, Steve and the Pizzeria have been a staple of the community," Mark Berberian said. "Steve and Pizza Express/Demarest Pizzeria will always be ingrained into the history of our town.  "Unbe…

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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
Business
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
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Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For Late Demarest Pizza Owner
Students, Responders, Others Attend Candlelight Vigil For 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 -- advertising campaigns at his shop, urging people to give what they could. Now the community is rallying to help his widow and three children after he died suddenly late Saturday. Renke, a 49-year-old father of three, from Haworth was a senior at Northern Valley Regional High School when he and three partners bought the Hardenburgh Avenue shop in 1987. "Because the day of the closing was a school day, he proceeded to ask his lawye…

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by Jerry DeMarco