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Lorraine Ash

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Lorraine Ash has been a reporter/editor in her native New Jersey since 1982, the year she earned her master’s degree in Public Communications from Fordham University. Her articles have gained global, national, state, and regional attention and awards and have appeared in a number of newspapers, including USA Today. She has worked for publications such as Family Circle Magazine, The Ridgewood News, and the Daily Record. Lorraine also has penned two memoirs and teaches memoir writing. Experience has taught her that everyone has a compelling story to tell. Have a story the community needs to hear? Email her. She’d love to hear from you.

Lorraine was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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250 Gather At Allendale Vigil To Grieve Drug Deaths 250 Gather At Allendale Vigil To Grieve Drug Deaths
250 Gather At Allendale Vigil To Grieve Drug Deaths ALLENDALE, N.J. — Some 250 people, all of whom had lost a loved one to addiction, gathered in Allendale for a candlelight vigil Wednesday night. The event was organized by Hope and Healing After An Addiction Death, a one-year-old bereavement group that meets at an Allendale church. As the evening started at The Red Barn at Crestwood Lake, the bereaved hung pictures of their loved ones and wrote tributes on a huge Wall of Remembrance. In the background, as the sun set, the music of James Taylor played. Taylor writes and sings movingly of his own experiences with drug addiction and loss. “I…

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Business
River Vale Native Brings Camp Game Indoors At Gagasphere River Vale Native Brings Camp Game Indoors At Gagasphere
River Vale Native Brings Camp Game Indoors At Gagasphere WALDWICK, N.J. — A man walks into the new Gagasphere at the Hamilton Square Shopping Center on Franklin Turnpike in Waldwick. “What do you do here?” he asks Leslie Kossar Schraer of Glen Rock, one of the owners. “We play gaga,” she replied. “Like Lady Gaga?” “No,” Schraer said, “it’s a ball game.” Translated from Hebrew, “gaga” means “touch touch.” Co-owner Pamela Diamond, also of Glen Rock, explains: the game is started by dropping the ball in the middle of an octagonal pit. That’s two touches: ball in the hand, ball hitting the floor. And off the game goes. Players are only allo…

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Business
Five Generations Keep Paramus Candy Store Thriving Five Generations Keep Paramus Candy Store Thriving
Five Generations Keep Paramus Candy Store Thriving PARAMUS, N.J. — Linda Manzo of Rochelle Park figured she’d just take a part-time job doing the books for her mother’s business – Hanna Krause’s Homemade Candy in Paramus. That was 38 years ago. Today, she runs the place with her sister. They’re as busy as when Alfred and Hanna Krause, Manzo’s grandparents, opened the store in 1929. “We’re still here because of word of mouth,” Manzo said. “It goes from generation to generation. “People come in,” she added, “and tell us their grandma just died and she always came here and they have to get our chocolate because that’s what the family is use…

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Fuel Up: Ridgewood Schools Supt. Invites Families For Coffee Fuel Up: Ridgewood Schools Supt. Invites Families For Coffee
Fuel Up: Ridgewood Schools Supt. Invites Families For Coffee RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Ridgewood Schools Supt. Dr. Daniel Fishbein and the board of education will host residents for “Coffee and Conversation” three times this school year. The first date is 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct, 19 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place. Future dates will follow on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 and Wednesday, May 17, 2017. All residents are invited to drop in to share their thoughts, questions, suggestions, and concerns. For ore information, contact Debra Anderson at danderson@ridgewood.k12.nj.us or 201-670-2700, ext. 10555.

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Enjoy Food, Rides At Bloomingdale’s Annual Pride Day Enjoy Food, Rides At Bloomingdale’s Annual Pride Day
Enjoy Food, Rides At Bloomingdale’s Annual Pride Day BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. — Bloomingdale will hold its annual Pride Day, a small town festival, noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 24 at Delazier Field. The townwide event, which features food, vendors, rides, games, and a DJ, also includes performances by local dance and martial arts studios. Any vendor interested in participating should contact Mayor Jonathan Dunleavy at jdunleavy@bloomingdalenj.net. Rain date is Sept. 25. Delazier Field is located at 52 Ballston St. In the 1940s, it was the home field for the Bloomingdale Troopers, a minor league baseball team in the North Atlantic League.

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Business
Ridgewood Mayor Seeks To Postpone Downtown Utility Work Ridgewood Mayor Seeks To Postpone Downtown Utility Work
Ridgewood Mayor Seeks To Postpone Downtown Utility Work RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen is working with PSE&G to postpone its two-month underground construction project downtown until after the holiday season. Currently, the utility is scheduled to start work on its upgrade project east of the train station on Sept. 26 – a fact that has upset shopowners along the Broad Street and Franklin Avenue corridors. “Any other time of year would have been fine, but if this is not, in fact, an emergency, why are they doing this work during the fourth quarter?” asked Tony Damiano, owner of Mango Jam, a gift shop on North Broad Street. D…

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Lifestyle
Emerson Beekeeper Places Third In Annual Honey Contest Emerson Beekeeper Places Third In Annual Honey Contest
Emerson Beekeeper Places Third In Annual Honey Contest MAHWAH, N.J. — Ed and Heather Mika of Wood-Ridge won this year’s coveted annual Honey Cup competition at Ramapo College in Mahwah Friday night. The couple, who run Mika’s Backyard Beehive, beat out some 30 other beekeepers in the event to win best of show. Brian Eromenok of Clifton placed second and Richard DeKoyer of Emerson, third. More than 100 taste testers turned out to sample and vote on the season’s bounty. The Honey Cup, a kind of People’s Choice award, is staged by the Northeast New Jersey Beekeepers Association. What is the winners’ secret? According to Ed Mika, who’s been bee…

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Children Of Late POW Accept Honor For Dad In Hackensack Children Of Late POW Accept Honor For Dad In Hackensack
Children Of Late POW Accept Honor For Dad In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. — The daughter and son of a deceased World War II veteran and German POW accepted honors on their father’s behalf Friday at this year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony in Hackensack. The ceremony drew some 100 veterans, dignitaries, and private citizens to One Bergen County Plaza. The honoree was Murray Kent Ulrich of Englewood, who died in 1998. He was a World War II veteran and German POW captured in 1944. His children, Stefanie Ulrich of Englewood and David Ulrich of New York City, were visibly affected by the honor, presented by Bergen County Executive James J. Tede…

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Meet Harlan Coben In Paramus For Release Of New Book Meet Harlan Coben In Paramus For Release Of New Book
Meet Harlan Coben In Paramus For Release Of New Book PARAMUS, N.J. — Ridgewood’s own Harlan Coben, best-selling thriller author, will discuss his new novel, “Home,” at the Barnes and Noble in Paramus 7 p.m. Sept. 20. “Home,” the 11th book in the Myron Bolitar Series, focuses on the kidnapping of two young boys. “I liked the idea of having a missing kid who, after 10 years gone, comes back,” Coben said. “But what if it was two kids? And what if only one of them came back?” he added. “Imagine both families. One has the joy of the return versus the horror of still not knowing what’s happened.” Coben has 70 million books in print and is publish…

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Mental Health Leaders Call Legislators To Pascack Forum Mental Health Leaders Call Legislators To Pascack Forum
Mental Health Leaders Call Legislators To Pascack Forum PARAMUS, N.J. — Community mental health leaders in Paramus and Dumont, faced with state funding cuts, are asking: what happens when no one monitors the mentally ill in Bergen County? Because that’s what’s going to happen, starting July 1, 2017. Unless community mental health agencies succeed in their fight to restore funding. For four decades, the state has funded community health providers on a contract system. Now it’s moving to a fee-for-service model. That could work, mental health leaders say, except that the fees are so low that agencies won’t be able to meet their expenses. They an…

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