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Bergen County Candy Shop That Blended Whimsy With Class Slated For Closure Bergen County Candy Shop That Blended Whimsy With Class Slated For Closure
Bergen County Candy Shop That Blended Whimsy With Class Slated For Closure A Bergen County candy store launched by an owner with a sweet desire to be both tap into her creative side and be part of her community's fabric is slated for closure. Westwood Candy Company & Gift Shoppe, owned by Kim Aluotto, will close on June 29. Aluotto opened the store shortly after moving to the area with her family from Denville in 2021. She left her full-time job as an occupational therapist to fulfill her dream of opening a candy and gift shop, something with a little bit more eccentricity and flexibility. "I love working with people and I had this idea of candy and gifts — …

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Passaic Preschool Celebrates 130 Years Passaic Preschool Celebrates 130 Years
Passaic Preschool Celebrates 130 Years In 1893, Grover Cleveland was president. The Montreal Hockey Club won the first Stanley Cup. And Children's Day Preschool and Family Center first opened its doors. The Passaic preschool recently celebrated its 130th anniversary in its historic building at 104 Jefferson St. Children's Day first opened on March 29, 1893 and moved into its current building in 1905. Children's Day was first started by the children of immigrant millworkers from Central, Eastern and Western Europe. Today it mainly serves Latin immigrants.  "It's really incredible," Laurel Snyder, the board chair of Children…

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by Sam Barron
Neighbors
Community Rallies Around Passaic County Man Battling Brain Injuries Community Rallies Around Passaic County Man Battling Brain Injuries
Community Rallies Around Passaic County Man Battling Brain Injuries Steve Hinkle, a 28-year-old Woodland Park resident, has been courageously battling since he was diagnosed with having an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in his brain. Last December, Hinkle suffered a stroke and a brain bleed, which sent him to intensive care and rendered him immobile, facing a lengthy recovery. When he was 15, a cluster of blood vessels in his brain burst, forcing him into a coma and causing him to suffer memory less. Hinkle had to relearn how to breathe without medical aid, walk and talk. Despite the injury, Hinkle was able to graduate high school on time.  In c…

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by Sam Barron
News
One Of HUMC's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K One Of HUMC's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K
One Of Humc's Youngest Kidney Transplant Recipients Ever Readies For Pre-K HACKENSACK, N.J. -- When Marianny Hilario of Paterson was pregnant, her doctor told her there was a problem with her unborn son. The physician "recognized that his kidneys weren’t forming as they should,” she said. Born at 37 weeks, Kyle Lugo spent three months in neo-natal intensive care.  Just weeks ago, he became one of the youngest patients ever to undergo a kidney transplant at Hackensack University Medical Center. When Kyle was a year old, he was referred to Dr. Kenneth Lieberman, chief of Pediatric Nephrology at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack Meridian H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Discovering that a loved one needs emergency surgery is never easy. Last month, it was even more difficult for Christynn Henriquez of Saddle Brook, whose husband was on business in Oklahoma when he began suffering from stroke-like symptoms last month. Yuniel "Nuni" Henriquez, who shares two girls with Christynn, needed emergency surgery -- before his family had time to get to him. Doctors found an abscess in his brain caused by two different bacterias and, while Nuni is doing much better, he's still in Oklahoma. "I was truly hoping to be able to transpor…

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by Cecilia Levine