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Melissa Heule

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Business

Christmas Tree Seller Sales Stay Evergreen At Closter Commons CLOSTER, N.J. — A Closter Christmas tree seller is permitted to set up shop at Closter Commons for the holiday season. “I’ve been in the business for a total of 40 years. I’ve learned a lot,” said Evergreen East owner Ron Miller. The Cresskill native is still awaiting the final amount for the temporary permit for his second annual tree sale in the parking lot of the shopping area, where he has about 400 trees available through Christmas Eve. He found that it was a lucrative business in Manhattan, where he worked with a partner and sold over 5,000 trees a season. "Trees there sell…

by Melissa Heule

12/07/2015

Schools

Cliffside Park Library Lets Tech-Savvy Teens Create Gaming Apps CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — Cliffside Park Public Library is allowing tech-savvy teens to help fellow students learn how to make their own gaming apps. Fifth-graders through high school seniors will be pooled in a free, six-session TouchDevelop app-making program under the acronym T.A.K.T.I.C.S., “To Advance Knowledge Through Incrementing Computer Science." Courses will run from Dec. 8 - Jan. 26. Instructors on who to be innovative with computers, smartphones and tablets include CPHS senior Shravan Parvathaneni, 17. “We’re very pleased to have the program," said Danielle Serra, the …

by Melissa Heule

12/07/2015

Neighbors

Oakland Becomes Landing Pad For Marine Corps League Detachment OAKLAND, N.J. — The Marine Corps League Lakeland Detachment 744 has settled in to its new home at American Legion Hall in Oakland and it is ready to continue serving members from Bergen, Passaic and Morris counties. The detachment assists active duty Marines, reserve Marine units, as well as all service veterans in our local area. The Marine Corps League is a veterans service organization and helps all branches of the military connect with veteran's affairs and other organizations. “This is what we do until the day we die. There is no such thing as an ex-Marine,” said Sr. Vice Commandant Mi…

by Melissa Heule

12/07/2015

Neighbors

Dumont Church's Hoops Ministry Scores Big In Faith DUMONT, N.J. — A Hackensack native from Lyndhurst is helping to keep a popular basketball program alive in Dumont. “It’s about men and leadership and helping one another,” said Christopher Guevara, who organizes the Monday night Hoops Ministry events at Living Word Community Church on East Madison Avenue. “It’s about fellowship, getting to know each other, growing as men and understanding the meaning of brotherhood," he said. After Guevara's parents died, he turned to a military friend and mentor who helped connect him to the church. He, Pastor Sammy Medina and fellow parishioner Fr…

by Melissa Heule

12/07/2015

Events

Wyckoff YMCA Youngsters Send 'Holiday Mail For Heroes' WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Children from the the Wyckoff Family YMCA’s Pre-K participated once again in the American Red Cross’s “Holiday Mail for Heroes.” The youngsters create cards that were sent to military service men and women around the world for the holidays. MORE INFO: (201) 891-2081 The Wyckoff Y is located at 691 Wyckoff Avenue.

by Melissa Heule

12/05/2015

Neighbors

Bergenfield Musician Stages Open Music Jams BERGENFIELD, N.J. — A Bergenfield native has been holding open jam sessions at Teaneck’s Mexicali Live in an effort to not only showcase local artists but to unite them with listeners. “We went though a phase where everyone recorded music at home,” said Robert Mohr, the venue's event coordinator. “That’s great, but who’s going to hear it? We want to get people out into the community." Mohr, a deejay at Fairleigh Dickinson University's WFDU-FM, performs with the ChinStraps and fills in whenever needed on guitar and drums with the Tuesday Family Band. He and Mike “The Hat” Garrett appr…

by Melissa Heule

12/04/2015

Neighbors

Montvale Firefighters Prepare Town For Visit From St. Nick MONTVALE, N.J. — Continuing a tradition that is headed to the century mark, Montvale firefighters are decoratively paving the way for Santa’s grand Christmas Eve arrival in town. "We do it rain or shine. We always hope for a little snow,” Fire Chief Clinton Miller said. “Last year, we got (it) right around 6 p.m. It was great for the aesthetics.” Miller was raised in the borough, and his father was chief in the early 1960s. Several of his relatives, including his sons, and other generations of families have served and decorated over the years so that Santa can enjoy the chilly evening …

by Melissa Heule

12/04/2015

Business

Wyckoff Boutique Donates To Families Who Have Children In Need WYCKOFF, N.J. — A Wyckoff shop owner who was touched by a personal tragedy is raising money for a borough-based nonprofit organization that helps children with terminal diseases and chronic illnesses. Several volunteers stopped by on the rainy day to participate in the second year of the event and browse through holiday boutique items for the home. Patricia LaCourte donated 15 % of all sales at Eurica on Wyckoff Avenue to Julia's Butterfly Foundation. The organization honors a Midland Park girl who had been born with cerebral palsy and passed away in 2005 at 6 years old. Julia's Butterfly …

by Melissa Heule

12/03/2015

Events

'Razor'-ing Awareness: Fundraising Cresskill Police Get Free Shaves CRESSKILL, N.J. — Cresskill police got a clean-shaven start to December after raising $3,000 during the No-Shave November fundraiser to fight cancer and raise awareness. Several officers visited Jan’s Cresskill Barber Shop on Union Avenue for complementary shaves. “Both of my parents passed away when I was in my teens, so this event is meaningful,” Capt.Joseph Trubetti said. A total of 18 of 22 police officers and two dispatchers donated at least $50, raised additional funds, and followed Police Chief Edward Wrixon's lead in supporting awareness for all kinds of cancer. “I liked it.” sai…

by Melissa Heule

12/02/2015

Neighbors

Teaneck Rotary Honors Attorney With Humanitarian Award TEANECK, N.J. — The Teaneck Rotary will honor Samuel L. Davis as its Humanitarian of the Year at its annual gala on Thursday, Dec. 3. "I'm very humbled to receive this award," Davis wrote in an email. "But more importantly, it's a great opportunity to thank my volunteers and supporters over the past 10 years who have gathered here to share our accomplishments. "I hope this recognition will shed a spotlight on an area of great suffering and urgent need of attention," wrote Davis, a personal injury attorney with Davis, Saperstein & Salomon. The event will benefit…

by Melissa Heule

12/02/2015

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