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Lorraine Ash

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Lorraine Ash has been a reporter/editor in her native New Jersey since 1982, the year she earned her master’s degree in Public Communications from Fordham University. Her articles have gained global, national, state, and regional attention and awards and have appeared in a number of newspapers, including USA Today. She has worked for publications such as Family Circle Magazine, The Ridgewood News, and the Daily Record. Lorraine also has penned two memoirs and teaches memoir writing. Experience has taught her that everyone has a compelling story to tell. Have a story the community needs to hear? Email her. She’d love to hear from you.

Lorraine was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Lorraine Ash's Contributions

Events

Curtain Opens On Teaneck Film Festival Thursday TEANECK, N.J. — The 11th Teaneck International Film Festival, which will roll out Nov. 3-6, is expected to draw some 4,000 people. As always, its theme is “Activism: Making Change.” “The films represent the social fabric of our community in Teaneck,” said Jeremy Lentz, executive director of the festival. “We select films from all over the world,” he added, “including features, documentaries, shorts, and programming for children.” They will be shown at three venues — the Puffin Cultural Forum, Temple Emeth, and Teaneck Cinemas, the oldest theater in Bergen County. The festival is a proj…

by Lorraine Ash

11/02/2016

Business

Autistic Closter Twins Learn Job Skills At Norwood Eatery NORWOOD, N.J. — Twins Jared and Jonathan Yammerino of Closter – and their classmate, Thomas Dunn of Northvale – love going to work in the mornings at Blue Moon Mexican Cafe in Norwood. They’re volunteers. And they’re autistic. General Manager Scott Morrissey greets the young men and their caretakers and teachers most mornings at 9. For two hours, they practice skills that could one day land them a job. They take chairs off tables, set the tables, vacuum. They are in the one-year-old Summit Program, which serves 18- to 21-year-olds. It’s the adult branch of the Norwood-based Valley Progra…

by Lorraine Ash

11/01/2016

Neighbors

River Edge Lawyer Wants To Open Café For Addicts In Recovery RIVER EDGE, N.J. — Lisa Gladwell, a River Edge lawyer, has a dream for the recovery community in Bergen County: she wants to open the Rise Up Café. It will be an alcohol-free place for those in recovery from addiction. She knows what the feelings of early recovery are like. The loneliness. The isolation. Her mission is to help make the path for those in early recovery a little bit easier. “For me, recovery was hard work in the beginning,” said Gladwell, 58. “But it’s a blessing now.” Next month, the Demarest native will be sober for 15 years. Addicts in recovery know what they’re not s…

by Lorraine Ash

10/31/2016

Business

Photos: Hundreds Enjoy Gourmet Hot Dogs At New Milford Farm NEW MILFORD, N.J. — Jean Kupfer of River Edge bit into her hot dog at a gourmet tasting at Fresh and Fancy Farms in New Milford Saturday. “This topping is so good,” she said. “There’s caramelized onions and cheese and it tastes like some raspberry jam, too.” Kupfer and her son, Ben, were two of 275 people who came to the one-acre farm, owned by the Low family, to enjoy an autumn afternoon of fun, flowers, fresh food, cider, and pumpkin painting. Megan Low-Nobile and her family prepared hot dogs with four scrumptious seasonal toppings – and homemade fries – from noon to 3 p.m. “We had a r…

by Lorraine Ash

10/31/2016

News

Glen Rock Gives Hometown Love To Woman Allegedly Groped By Trump GLEN ROCK, N.J. — When Glen Rock's Karena Virginia came forward with claims that Donald Trump had groped her at the U.S. Open in 1998, some of her old pals from GRHS were rooting for her from afar. “She discussed the idea of going public with her Facebook friends a couple of weeks before she did,” said Felix Svider, who graduated Glen Rock High School in 1988. Virginia graduated in 1989 as Karena Ferrari. “I’m a skeptical person. When I see allegations on TV, I tend to think people do it for publicity,” Svider said. “But knowing Karena’s character, I know she is not a person that in any w…

by Lorraine Ash

10/29/2016

Neighbors

Ramsey Man With Alzheimer’s: 'You're In Your Own Little Box' RAMSEY, N.J. — Alzheimer’s crept up on Steve Donnelly of Ramsey. “It started with a sinus issue,” said the 65-year-old. “My wife pointed out I was snoring a lot more.” He had sleep apnea, which causes breathing disruptions that deprive brain neurons of oxygen. Scientists have linked the condition to Alzheimer’s. In 2013, a spinal showed Donnelly had a very high plaque and tau count in his brain. That meant he probably had the disease. There’d been other indications, though. Trouble had surfaced three years earlier while he was in the midst of conducting a computer demo in England. “I …

by Lorraine Ash

10/28/2016

News

Uber: We'll Drive Ridgewood Commuters To And From Train RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Two Uber executives proposed a plan Wednesday night to offer Ridgewood commuters subsidized rides to and from the train station. “We’re proposing 50 residents for the pilot program, but really we’re looking to work with whatever suits your needs,” said Lily Sassoon, driver operations and logistics manager for Uber in New Jersey. Participants in the program would pay a flat rate, she told the Village Council. “But it would only be recognized during the specified times — Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.,” Sassoon said. Ridgewood’s role would be to pay the difference …

by Lorraine Ash

10/27/2016

News

Glen Rock Historical Site Working To Attract New Visitors MAHWAH, N.J. — History has to be repackaged to appeal to a changing world: that was the core message at a gathering of local historians at Ramapo College in Mahwah Tuesday night. “We need to get younger people to come to our historical sites,” said Cynthia Forster, head of the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historical Affairs. “We need to be looking at the demographics of the people who come,” she added, “and how we’re telling the story.” Forster addressed some 75 people at an annual dinner organized by the Northwest Bergen History Coalition, whose members comprise museums and hist…

by Lorraine Ash

10/26/2016

News

Ridgewood May Replace Train Station Taxi With Uber Service RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Uber will present the Ridgewood Council Wednesday night with ways it can replace Ridgewood Taxi at the village train station. The taxi contract expires Nov. 30, according to Janet Fricke, assistant to the village clerk. “Uber will show us multiple scenarios we could launch as a pilot program,” said Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon. In meetings Sedon described as “very preliminary,” Uber expressed interest in Ridgewood. He anticipates there will be some split in cost between the village and a resident taking an Uber to or from the train station. “We’ll see how much those cost…

by Lorraine Ash

10/26/2016

News

Citizen Letters Can Help Emerson Get $800K Kinderkamack Grant EMERSON, N.J. — Emerson residents and businesses can help the borough get a $800,000 state grant that would pay for new sidewalks, pavers, benches and lighting along Kinderkamack Road from the Westwood to Oradell borders. How? They can deliver a signed letter of support to borough hall. There’s a firm deadline, though: 2 p.m. Thursday. "We need to get as many signatures as possible during this short window of time to further support our application,” said Emerson Mayor Lou Lamatina. So far, he added, 22 letters are confirmed and about 20 more are promised. Grants that get significan…

by Lorraine Ash

10/25/2016

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