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How Fort Lee's 'Deaf Strongman' Found Happiness Amid Hearing Loss How Fort Lee's 'Deaf Strongman' Found Happiness Amid Hearing Loss
How Fort Lee's 'Deaf Strongman' Found Happiness Amid Hearing Loss The moment Nick Gentile lost his hearing will never leave him. The Fort Lee native was working as a salesman, and was on a sales call, when suddenly his hearing disappeared from his left ear. Gentile had been having hearing troubles in both ears since elementary school, but he never thought it would come to that. The now-28-year-old walked out of work that day nearly deaf in his right ear and fully deaf in his left. He went on disability for months, the gym his sanctuary, as he made sense of his new life. Lifting with a focus on becoming a professional powerlifter — along with helping ot…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities 'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities
'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities For a while, Parisi Speed School in Fair Lawn was Brendan Brown's second home. The Wyckoff native trained and interned there -- fostering a close bond with owner Rich Sadiv, other employees and members. West Point Military Academy, however, became Brown's new second home after graduating from  Ramapo High School in 2016. The cadet found a reason to bring his two worlds together on Saturday, creating the first ever Battle of the Warriors at Parisi, which pit his peers against Bergen County law enforcement and SWAT team member, with a common goal of raising money for local nonprofit organiz…

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by Cecilia Levine