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Melissa Heule

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Neighbors

Cresskill Aromatherapy Workshops Teach Pure Healing CRESSKILL, N.J. — A Tenafly mom who learned the benefits of essential oils is helping Cresskill residents and others in the community by offering workshops. “Essential oils are not just something that smells good,” says Maria G. Turchi, a licensed massage therapist and accountant. “They actually have a deeper purpose - to support the functioning of the body physically, emotionally & spiritually.” Turchi started working with essential oils 14 years ago, when she sought to help her son who has Down syndrome. She tried elimination diets and homeopathy, but found that the oils were key for …

by Melissa Heule

11/12/2015

Business

Fort Lee Restaurant Family Serves Up 45 Years Of Quality FORT LEE, N.J. — A popular family-run Italian restaurant in Fort Lee is celebrating 45 years of catering to locals without cutting quality. “It’s a fine dance between keeping with tradition and evolving,” said Gene Bazzarelli of Franco's Metro just off Route 46. Parents, Franco and Antoinetta emigrated from Italy, saved money their money and in 1972 opened Main Pizza -- a 20-seat pizzeria and eatery -- on Main Street in Fort Lee. Back then, a veal parm dinner went for $2.25 and a slice of pizza 50 cents. They moved to Plaza West Shopping Center in the 1980s, renovated, then had a rebrandi…

by Melissa Heule

11/12/2015

Schools

Spirit Week Lifts Bergenfield High School's Pride BERGENFIELD, N.J. — Bergenfield High School is celebrating Spirit Week through Nov. 13 with a number of activities. “I was voted most school-spirited when I was here,” said Lauren LaPorta, a guidance counselor and Bergenfield alumna from the class of 2006. “I want to rally up the school and get the camaraderie going like it was when I was here. I’m a Bergenfield girl for life." Each day the 1,000-member student body is asked to dress in the schools red and black colors or for a particular theme. Students are also decorating hallways, selling 50-cent temporary tattoos, and participatin…

by Melissa Heule

11/11/2015

Neighbors

Edgewater Kinder Club Caters Through Cultures EDGEWATER, N.J. - An Edgewater mom is running a special club that caters to kids through international culture. "Everyone who works here is a mom, and the children help us choose the toys,” MyKinder Club owner Lénica Gutierrez Bujalil told Daily Voice. Bujalil's kindergartener was one of a half-dozen children roaming between playrooms with their mothers and caretakers. They pieced together puzzles or played in rooms with dragon and under-the-sea themes, all housed in the second floor of a complex off River Road. Bujalil opened the business after being unable to find one like it nearby…

by Melissa Heule

11/11/2015

Events

Haworth Pastor Discusses Priests' Splits From Church In New Book HAWORTH, N.J. — A Catholic priest in Haworth is sharing his studies on leaders who have left the faith and overcome religious transitions in a new book. The Rev. Stephen Fichter, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, spoke to former Catholic priests who left the priesthood for a variety of reasons for "From Celibate Catholic Priest to Married Protestant Minister: Shepherding In Greener Pastures.” “Before I wrote this book, no one knew how many there were,” said . “As it turns out, there are about 430 -- even up to 500 in the U.S.” Several who couldn't return as priests wanted to get back in…

by Melissa Heule

11/11/2015

Schools

Popular Field Of Heroes Flag Display Returns To Fort Lee High School FORT LEE, N.J. — Fort Lee High School is once again saluting veterans and emergency service workers with its popular display of nearly 5,000 flags in its Field of Heroes. “We’ve gotten so many phone calls about the project," said Lauren Glynn, the school principal. Student council and a number of teams and committees worked to have the flags on display. The program was initiated two years ago by former Supt. Paul J. Saxton. Members of the community have bought thousands of the $1 flags since last month, in time for the dedication ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. All procee…

by Melissa Heule

11/11/2015

Business

Unilever Of Englewood Cliffs Shares Meals To Feed Millions ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Englewood Cliffs-based Unilever will partner with Feeding America to provide millions of meals to those in need. This is the second year that the corporation has partnered with Feed America, the nation's largest hunger relief organization. The firm will donate one meal for every use of the #ShareAMeal hashtag. Thirty million meals have already been distributed over the past few years, Feed America said. "Unilever has a long history of partnering with Feeding America," said Christiane Paul, the vice president of marketing for Unilever. "We are pro…

by Melissa Heule

11/11/2015

Neighbors

Harrington Park Community Church Plans Mission Trip to DR HARRINGTON PARK, NJ — A local pastor is reviving a mission trip program at The Community Church in Harrington Park. "They can experience service in a different way and in a different atmosphere than they ever have before,” the Rev. Steve Sayer said.Sayer is seeking volunteers to join him in a mission trip next summer to the Dominican Republic, where they will help renovate buildings, among other work. “We can take as many as 35 or 40. We had a full house during our first interest group meeting,” he said. “It’s going to be about establishing relationships in other parts of the world th…

by Melissa Heule

11/10/2015

Schools

Saddle Brook PTO Offers Families One-Stop Holiday Shopping SADDLE BROOK, NJ - A Saddle Brook PTO is helping school programs by giving shoppers a one-stop hub of holiday items. More than 30 vendors of direct sale companies and homemade crafts have been invited to the fourth annual holiday shopping night for families from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Helen I. Smith School.Sixth-graders will operate the refreshment stand. “A lot of vendors come every year because they do pretty well with it,” said Jennifer Wein, the president of the school’s PTO, who has a first grader in the school and another child who was graduated from there. The organization is…

by Melissa Heule

11/10/2015

Events

Closter Spa Stages Brain Training Demonstrations CLOSTER, N.J. — A holistic fitness center and spa in Closter will present masters of a brain-training program during a benefit event. CGI Holistic Fitness & Spa will sponsor its second annual Heroes Talent Show for the International Brain Education Association (IBREA) of New York and New Jersey from 7 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 13. The association's mission is to educate and empower individuals and communities to realize the potential of the human brain through the study and application of special training. "It’s all over Korea and other places," said Gina Gallucci, an administrativ…

by Melissa Heule

11/10/2015

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