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Obituaries
Rising MMA Fighter Juvaunne Gordon Of Hackensack Dies, 26 Rising MMA Fighter Juvaunne Gordon Of Hackensack Dies, 26
Rising MMA Fighter Juvaunne Gordon Of Hackensack Dies, 26 Hackensack native Juvaunne Gordon died on Friday, April 20. He was 26 years old. UPDATE: Cause Of Death For Hackensack MMA Fighter Juvaunne Gordon Released Gordon had been pursuing his passion as an MMA fighter. He got his start on the Hackensack High School (Class of 2010) wrestling team. He was known in the ring as Maica or Maika -- a tribute to his native country, Jamaica. Gordon on Facebook described himself as "A man striving to become a legend." "They say God makes no mistakes, but I find that very hard to believe right now." Friends remembered Gordon as one of t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness
Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness HACKENSACK, N.J. — A new book written by Hackensack High School English teacher Christopher Ryan is aimed right at the heart of current national debates driving us further apart each day. 

“It seems everybody in America is mad at or disapproves of some other segment of our cultural landscape,” said Ryan, a New Milford Board of Education member.  “From politics to the media to religion to race to even our own neighbors, these days we disagree more often than we find common ground. What if all this divisiveness continues to tear at the fabric of our society? What will become of America?” 

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Catnip Cocktail, $4M Rembrandt Top Bergen County News This Week Catnip Cocktail, $4M Rembrandt Top Bergen County News This Week
Catnip Cocktail, $4M Rembrandt Top Bergen County News This Week These are the five stories that topped Bergen and Passaic county news this week at Daily Voice: CATNIP COCKTAIL: A driver was under the influence of a "catnip cocktail" when he suddenly jerked his car across several lanes of Route 23, said police who arrested him. REMBRANDT: What three Teaneck brothers thought was just another inheritance painting under the ping-pong table in their basement turned out to be a lost Rembrandt recently auctioned off at nearly $4 million, Fox Business reports. MAYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL? Maywood school officials “must seek alternative remedies,” after rejec…

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by Daily Voice
Business
Support Group Launched In River Edge Has Put Hundreds Back To Work Support Group Launched In River Edge Has Put Hundreds Back To Work
Support Group Launched In River Edge Has Put Hundreds Back To Work RIVER EDGE, N.J. – John Fugazzie was out of work when he started a support group for job seekers at the River Edge library in 2011. Over time, the initiative blossomed into a network of neighborhood-based support groups that have helped hundreds of people attain employment. “We have helped over 700 people back to work, but more important is, we’ve kept thousands engaged through the meetings and online,” Fugazzie said, of the group Neighbors-helping-Neighbors. Fugazzie is now back to work himself as the full-time executive director of the Hudson County/Jersey City Workforce Development Boar…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson
Schools
Future Uncertain For Incoming Maywood High Schoolers Future Uncertain For Incoming Maywood High Schoolers
Future Uncertain For Incoming Maywood High Schoolers MAYWOOD, N.J. — Maywood school officials “must seek alternative remedies,” after rejecting the terms of a contract that would have allowed them to continue sending students to Hackensack High School, Schools Supt. Michael Jordan wrote in an email to parents. Those remedies “are yet to be determined,” Jordan wrote in the letter dated Jan. 16, and obtained by Daily Voice. He blamed soaring costs for rejecting a final out-of-district contract offer from Hackensack. "The Maywood BOE can no longer afford a tuition rate that is 20 percent of its operating budget as well as the added costs of…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson
Police & Fire
Police: Hackensack High Students Caught Pulling Fire Alarm -- Twice Police: Hackensack High Students Caught Pulling Fire Alarm -- Twice
Police: Hackensack High Students Caught Pulling Fire Alarm -- Twice HACKENSACK, N.J. – Two 15-year-old Hackensack High School students pulled school fire alarms Tuesday afternoon, said police who took them into custody. One pulled the alarm at 1 p.m., said Capt. Francesco Aquila, the officer-in-charge of the department. "The Fire Department responded, reset it, and a little while later, another student pulled [the alarm]," forcing firefighters to return, Aquila said. Neither was identified because they're juveniles. They were served with delinquency complaints of creating a false public alarm, Aquila said. The case will be heard in the Family D…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson & Jerry DeMarco