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Alexis Tarrazi

Community Editor

atarrazi@dailyvoice.com

Daily Voice Community Editor Alexis Tarrazi has been in the news industry for more than 10 years.

A New Jersey native, Tarrazi was graduated from Rutgers University with a Journalism and Media Studies degree and began writing professionally at the Daily Targum.

She later worked as a beat reporter, covering everything from political scandals to celebrity profiles.

Tarrazi's work has garnered her various journalism awards for writing and photography. She also worked as a one-woman-band by creating video news segments and is skilled in social media.

Tarrazi has contributed freelance pieces to various publications in New Jersey and New York.

Alexis was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Alexis Tarrazi's Contributions

Schools

Bergenfield Teacher Authors Book On Stigma Of Special Ed BERGENFIELD, N.J. — Teaneck Middle School Special Education Teacher Delores Connors of Bergenfield will discuss her book "I Don't Want to Go!" at the Teaneck Public Library this Sunday, Oct. 4. Connors' first book focuses on the struggles of a young boy transitioning from a mainstream classroom to a special education classroom. “I felt like the story needed to be told,” Connors said. “I see children who, unfortunately, don’t accept the help that special education provides for them. They can’t get past the stigma of being identified as different. "And because of that in, espe…

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/05/2015

Neighbors

Teaneck Teacher-Author Tackles Stigma Of Special Ed TEANECK, N.J. —Teaneck Middle School Special Education Teacher Delores Connors of Bergenfield will discuss her book "I Don't Want to Go!" at the Teaneck Public Library this Sunday, Oct. 4. Connors' first book focuses on the struggles of a young boy transitioning from a mainstream classroom to a special education classroom. “I felt like the story needed to be told,” Connors said. “I see children who, unfortunately, don’t accept the help that special education provides for them. They can’t get past the stigma of being identified as different. "And because of that in, especiall…

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/02/2015

Business

Sam's Hot Bagels' Son Opens Own Shop In North Arlington NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. — Ziad Majbour says the "small-town community feel" makes North Arlington an excellent choice for the bagel shop and deli he opened there last month. “They have really friendly, normal people here,” customer George McDermott said of Sam’s North Arlington Hot Bagels, Deli and Cafe. Born in Lebanon and raised in Waldwick, Majbour has "always been interested in the food business. [It] has been my dream since I was a child.” After getting an MBA, he moved to Wayne, was married and had two daughters -- with another child on the way. Majbour also worked for …

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/02/2015

Business

CityMD Extends Personable Urgent Care To Bergen PARAMUS, N.J. -- City MD officially launched the first of several planned New Jersey walk-in clinics in Paramus on Thursday, offering convenient immediate health care to the local community beginning this Monday, Oct. 5. "We are really focused on delivering patient-centric quality care that is convenient and accessible," Paramus native Nedal Shami said during the grand opening off Route 4. Shami, the chief strategy officer, united with eight other physicians to launch City MD in 2010 with a facility on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Since then, they've opened dozens of urgent care c…

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/01/2015

News

Wood-Ridge Continues to Pave Way For Road Improvements WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — The Wood-Ridge mayor and council applied for a grant to finish resurfacing the remaining roadways in the borough, which will complete a 10 year-long project. “We had a major road improvement initiative in place in the borough, where we were replacing curbs and sidewalks, resurfacing streets, replacing storm drains and planting new trees,” said Borough Administrator Chris Eilert. “Approximately 70 percent of the borough is completed now.” The council submitted a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation at the Sept. 15 meeting to complete the last ph…

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/01/2015

News

Smoother Ride Up The Road For Maywood Residents? MAYWOOD, N.J. — Maywood will apply for a grant for roadway improvements on Oak Avenue, following a unanimous Borough Council vote Tuesday night. Officials hope they'll have a response from the state Department of Transportation by next summer to an application for funding to address the section from West Pleasant Avenue to Parkway. “Oak Avenue was in need of repair,” Mayor Adrian Febre told Daily Voice. “Last year (the borough engineer and council) drove around and identified which of the roads were in most need of immediate repair. Every year we will continue to tack the next road on the l…

by Alexis Tarrazi

10/01/2015

Sports

Upper Saddle River Mom Nurtures All-Girls Lacrosse UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — A clinic run by a former lacrosse player from Upper Saddle River that began with 15 girls has blossomed to 175 athletes in just five years. “There were kids in the area who wanted to play and there was nowhere to go without some serious traveling, like going to Central Jersey,” Michelle Bradbury said. The Stick 2 Stick program fields tournament teams from 5th grade through high school. It also offers clinics for third- and fourth-graders who play for fun. Athletes come from across Bergen County to participate. Practices are ordinarily held outdoors in Ho-Ho-Kus a…

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/30/2015

Schools

Open Seat Still Up For Grabs On Wallington Board Of Education WALLINGTON, N.J. — The Wallington Board of Education has an open seat following the resignation earlier this month of Lucia Lauterhahn, who moved from town.“We will fill the position for one year and then next November someone would have to run for whatever is left on the term,” Schools Supt. James Albro said. A couple of candidates have applied and the board announced it will conduct interviews on Monday, Oct. 5 in executive session. A decision may be made then, officials said. The preferred candidate must live in town and doesn't necessarily need to have children in the school system. “I…

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/30/2015

Business

Tenafly Photographer Named To World's Top 10 TENAFLY, N.J. — Tenafly photographer Meg Bitton couldn't help but capture moments of her daughter, Jordyn, after she was born 14 years ago. Now, Bitton is one of the Top 10 family photographers in the world, according to topteny.com. “I never imagined this,” she said. “Not ever. It’s very rewarding.” Bitton, 43, "makes use of everything around her for capturing her amazing photographs instead of capturing them in a studio,” topteny.com wrote, in ranking her No. 3. “What increases the beauty of Meg Bitton’s photographs are not just the places that are carefully chosen," the site …

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/30/2015

Schools

East Rutherford District Eyes Home For School Expansion EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Preparing for an increase in student enrollment, East Rutherford school officials have applied for a $300,000 grant to purchase a home to make room for a Faust School campus expansion. “This is future planning,” Borough Councilman Joel Brizzi said. The council applied to the Bergen County Community Development for the grant on Sept. 15, specifically to purchase a home on Uhland Street, which abuts the Alfred S. Faust Intermediate School property. The borough is in negotiations to buy the property, which became available after the owner died. Preparations for a poss…

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/30/2015

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