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Lauren Kidd Ferguson

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lkferguson@dailyvoice.com

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Lauren Kidd Ferguson began her journalism career in 2004 as a statehouse reporter for Gannett New Jersey. She was a member of a team that covered state government and politics for seven daily newspapers throughout New Jersey. Her coverage of the McGreevey administration and young voters earned her the New Jersey Press Association’s award for best rookie reporter in the state. Lauren also served as a reporter for Gannett’s flagship New Jersey paper, the Asbury Park Press. She covered communities along the Jersey Shore, and won investigative reporting awards for writing about police brutality in Seaside Park. She has also worked as a speechwriter and spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, as well as a communications manager for Children’s Rights, a national advocacy organization that uses the law to reform foster care systems. Lauren graduated from the College of New Jersey. She grew up in Ringwood, and now calls Waldwick home. She believes everyone has a story to tell, and she’d love to hear yours.

Lauren was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Obituaries
Paramus Army Veteran Richard Martin Dies Paramus Army Veteran Richard Martin Dies
Paramus Army Veteran Richard Martin Dies PARAMUS, N.J. – U.S. Army veteran Richard O. Martin, of Paramus, died Sunday. He was 74. Martin was born in Teaneck and raised in Ridgewood. In 1967 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and deployed to South Vietnam. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and volunteered to be assigned to the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Company attached to the division. Martin was wounded by AK-47 fire during a mission outside Saigon. For his gallant service, he earned two Purple Hearts, Bronze Star, CIB, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and the Good Conduct Medal. Martin is survived by his wife Barbar…

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Business
Fair Lawn Bank Volunteers Feed Hundreds In Paterson Fair Lawn Bank Volunteers Feed Hundreds In Paterson
Fair Lawn Bank Volunteers Feed Hundreds In Paterson FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Volunteers from Fair Lawn-based Columbia Bank recently pitched in to serve lunch to their poor and homeless neighbors. The volunteers served about 300 meals to individuals at Eva’s Village, an anti-poverty non-profit organization in Paterson. “We are extremely pleased to support Eva’s Village and their charitable mission to feed our poor and homeless neighbors,” said Columbia Bank President and CEO Thomas Kemly. The bank has also recently issued community grants to Eva’s Village to purchase chairs and tables for its dining room and a new transport van for its culinary art…

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Real Estate
Application For Controversial Ramsey Firing Range Withdrawn Application For Controversial Ramsey Firing Range Withdrawn
Application For Controversial Ramsey Firing Range Withdrawn RAMSEY, N.J. – An application to create an indoor firing range at the former Liberty Travel building in Ramsey has been withdrawn from the borough Planning Board, Ramsey Mayor Deirdre Dillon announced Monday. “Since our first meeting with the property owners several months ago, we have remained in touch through counsel in the hope that we would be able to resolve our differences. Correspondingly, the Council had tabled a legislative response to the situation signaling our sincere desire to come to an amicable solution,” Dillon said in a statement. “We appreciate the good faith efforts the o…

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Neighbors
Washington Township Grieves After 2 Girls Die Of Cancer, 1 Week Apart Washington Township Grieves After 2 Girls Die Of Cancer, 1 Week Apart
Washington Township Grieves After 2 Girls Die Of Cancer, 1 Week Apart WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Washington Township came together Sunday evening to remember two little girls who recently lost their battles with cancer just a week apart from each other. The candlelight vigil was held in honor of Grace Skuches and Natalie Lopac. The event, organized by members of the Washington Township Moms Facebook Group, featured a live rendition of Amazing Grace. To watch a video of the vigil, CLICK HERE.

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Sports
Play Ball! Cresskill Softball Team Spans Generations Play Ball! Cresskill Softball Team Spans Generations
Play Ball! Cresskill Softball Team Spans Generations CRESSKILL, N.J. – Bonding over beers at a Cresskill bar about 35 years ago, a few guys decided to start a softball team. More than three decades later, the Maulers are still going strong -- and the team, sponsored by the Cresskill Tavern, has turned into a family affair. Since 1982, at least nine sets of fathers and sons (and even a father and daughter) have played together on the Maulers, according to Tom Mildenberger who manages the team along with Bill Hasenstab. Mildenberger, 64, is currently the oldest member of the team, while his son, JT, 16, is the youngest. “I am much older than …

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Real Estate
Two More Businesses Call Renovated Lyndhurst Building Home Two More Businesses Call Renovated Lyndhurst Building Home
Two More Businesses Call Renovated Lyndhurst Building Home LYNDHURST, N.J. – A newly-renovated office building in Lyndhurst has two new tenants. The 120,000-square-foot building at 1099 Wall Street West is now the home to EliteCAD Designs, a commercial MEP modeling and coordination firm, and Preferred Plastics & Packaging Co., Inc., a wholesale packaging supplies distributor, Bergman Real Estate Group announced. The two businesses join 40 others at the Meadowlands location, according to the real estate investment firm. “The combination of prime location and incredible value certainly spoke to EliteCAD Designs and Preferred Plastics,” said Isab…

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Sports
Bergen, Passaic Soccer Players Kick It For Wyckoff Teen Battling Cancer Bergen, Passaic Soccer Players Kick It For Wyckoff Teen Battling Cancer
Bergen, Passaic Soccer Players Kick It For Wyckoff Teen Battling Cancer WYCKOFF, N.J. – Soccer teams from throughout Bergen and Passaic Counties are kicking the ball for a good cause this season: to raise funds for a Wyckoff player fighting cancer. Ben Landel, a multi-sport athlete at Ramapo High School in Wyckoff, was diagnosed with a rare and powerful cancer in May, and has since gone through five rounds of chemotherapy, and is showing progress. Last month, his soccer team launched a social media challenge to raise funds and Landel’s spirits. And it's spread … a lot. By Friday afternoon, nearly $30,000 had been raised for the senior through a GoFundMe page, …

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Schools
Where’s The Money? Thousands Raised For Little Falls Kids May Be Missing Where’s The Money? Thousands Raised For Little Falls Kids May Be Missing
Where’s The Money? Thousands Raised For Little Falls Kids May Be Missing LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – Thousands of dollars raised for students in Little Falls appears to be missing, NBC reports. “There is an investigation underway into the alleged mishandling or misappropriation of funds, perhaps thousands of dollars by the PTA here in Little Falls,” NBC reporter Pat Battle reported from Little Falls. The president of the New Jersey Parent-Teacher Association told NBC that when it came time for a state audit, the president of the PTA for schools #2 and #3 in Little Falls “saw something she thought was amiss” and reached out to the state for guidance. The state PTA will…

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Lifestyle
Students Take Paterson Fashion Through Decades To The Catwalk Students Take Paterson Fashion Through Decades To The Catwalk
Students Take Paterson Fashion Through Decades To The Catwalk WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – For the past few months, members of Berkeley College’s Fashion Club in Woodland Park have been hard at work. They have been researching fashions from different time periods, collecting garments and accessories and preparing looks. “We are working really hard for people to see what we’re creating,” said the club’s president, Palenia Pichardo, of Paterson. It will all come together on Sunday, when the club presents its fashion show to help kick off a new exhibit at the Paterson Museum. The fashion show will reflect the silk and textile industry’s rich history in Paters…

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Schools
REPORT: 4 Bergen School Districts Among Those With Big Demographic Shifts REPORT: 4 Bergen School Districts Among Those With Big Demographic Shifts
Report: 4 Bergen School Districts Among Those With Big Demographic Shifts HALEDON, N.J. – Four Bergen and one Passaic County school district are among the 20 in the state that have experienced the greatest shift in demographics over the last two decades, according to a list released by NJ.com. Throughout New Jersey, changes in demographics were “led by a surge in Hispanic students, who went from 14 percent of the public school population in 1998 to more than a quarter of it in 2016,” the story says. The list is based on public school district data from between 1998 and 2016. Here are the Bergen and Passaic County school districts that made the list, their ranking…

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