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'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again 'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again
'Uninamigable': North Jersey HS Student Battling Cancer Again A community in Bergen County is rallying for a 16-year-old boy battling cancer. Colin Stern, a sophomore at Saddle Brook High School, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) when he was 20 months old, according to a GoFundMe account launched by a Peggy Dressel Pappas. "After 3 ½ years of grueling treatment, he finally went into remission," the page reads.  "[Eleven] years later, in an extremely rare occurrence, Colin’s leukemia has returned. This sudden, devastating news has changed the course of their family’s life forever." The GoFundMe had raised more than $31,000 as of Ap…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission 'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission
'Absolutely Unimaginable': Leukemia Returns 11 Years After Saddle Brook Boy's Remission A grueling bout with leukemia was nearly a dozen years in a young Saddle Brook boy's past when it made a sudden and devastating return. At a time when Colin Stern and his loved ones should've been celebrating his 16th birthday, he was in the hospital. At a time when he should be learning how to drive and feeling comfortable in high school, they find themselves facing at least two years of spinal taps, radiation and more. The sudden blow "has changed the course" of the entire family's lives forever, wrote Peggy Dressel Pappas, who organized a fundraiser for them. Colin's mom "will have to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Saddle Brook HS Wrestler Headed To Nation's Top Junior College Program Saddle Brook HS Wrestler Headed To Nation's Top Junior College Program
Saddle Brook HS Wrestler Headed To Nation's Top Junior College Program Saddle Brook High School senior Dean Setticase this past week signed a commitment letter to attend and wrestle at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, which has the No. 1 junior college program in the country. Clackamas this past season won the team national championship and had nine of their 10 wrestlers capture All-American honors. Setticase, who'll attend Clackamas on a full wrestling scholarship, had 52 wins and only three losses for the SBHS Falcons his senior year. He finished first in the MAWA Eastern Nationals, third at the New Jersey State wrestling tournament and 4th place…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Funeral Set For Saddle Brook Man, 20, Who Died On Easter Funeral Set For Saddle Brook Man, 20, Who Died On Easter
Funeral Set For Saddle Brook Man, 20, Who Died On Easter SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A funeral mass was scheduled this Friday for a popular 20-year-old Saddle Brook man who died suddenly on Easter Sunday. Andrew Camilleri was "sincere, witty and dedicated to everyone," reads his obituary, posted by Vander Plaat-Caggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. "He enjoyed working out and traveling.  "We will miss him dearly. A son is truly the greatest gift you can receive." Nicknamed "Hammer" and "A Train," Andrew wrestled and played football at Saddle Brook High School. His junior year, he scored five touchdowns and av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Services Set For Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez, 15 Services Set For Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez, 15
Services Set For Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez, 15 Andrew Gutierrez of Saddle Brook died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 16. He was 15 years old. Born in Ridgewood, he’s been a lifelong resident of Saddle Brook and was a student at Saddle Brook High School. Gutierrez is the second teen to die in Saddle Brook in less than three months. A vigil in his honor will be held Monday at 7 p.m. at Veterans Field. Visitation will be on Tuesday Feb. 20 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home in Elmwood Park. A service will be held Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m. with a Funeral Mass to follow at St. Anne's R.C. Church in Fair Lawn at 9:30 a.m. Andrew …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Saddle Brook Students Volunteer To Dig Out Neighbors Saddle Brook Students Volunteer To Dig Out Neighbors
Saddle Brook Students Volunteer To Dig Out Neighbors SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – As snow fell on Saddle Brook Thursday, a group of kind-hearted young people headed outdoors to dig out their neighbors. The Saddle Brook High School students are part of the school’s Community Partnership Club – a branch of a township-wide initiative aimed at linking vulnerable residents in need of assistance with volunteers and resources. “The Community Partnership high school students volunteered to shovel snow at homes of senior citizens and those who need help after the snow storm,” said Saddle Brook Mayor Robert White. The program was launched last December and is…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson