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Former Arts Foundation Director, Devoted North Jersey Mother Hillary Cooper-Piputtana Dies, 47 Former Arts Foundation Director, Devoted North Jersey Mother Hillary Cooper-Piputtana Dies, 47
Former Arts Foundation Director, Devoted North Jersey Mother Hillary Cooper-Piputtana Dies, 47 Condolences and heartfelt tributes are pouring in for Hillary Catherine Cooper-Piputtana, the former events director of an arts foundation and a devoted mother who died at her Bernardsville home on Sunday, June 11 aged 47. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Hillary was raised in Westfield and experienced many years in New York City before settling in Bernardsville in 2018, her obituary says. Hillary graduated from Kent Place School in Summit and New York University, where she earned a BA in sociology. She worked as the Manager, Artist Development for Island Records at Island Def Jam Music Group in …

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by Valerie Musson
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Penn State University Dean's List Dancer Ashley Pauls Dies, 20 Penn State University Dean's List Dancer Ashley Pauls Dies, 20
Penn State University Dean's List Dancer Ashley Pauls Dies, 20 Lehigh Valley high school graduate and Penn State dean’s list dancer Ashley Paige Pauls died suddenly on Thursday, Feb. 11 at the age of 20. Born in Allentown, Pauls graduated from Southern Lehigh High School in 2018 and lived in Center Valley at the time of her death, her obituary says. Pauls was a junior on the Dean’s List at Penn State University with a 4.0 GPA. She was a longtime dancer with the school’s Dance Alliance, according to her memorial. “She was a selfless, beautiful light in this world and will be missed by all who knew her,” reads her obituary. Pauls is survived by her par…

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by Valerie Musson
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Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27 Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27
Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27 Former Jersey City and Chatham resident Cory C. Heidaran died Oct. 8. He was 27 years old. Heidaran was born in Rockville, Maryland and spent time in California and North Carolina before settling in Chatham, where he graduated high school in 2012, according to his obituary. Heidaran was known for his passion of sports and was an avid football, lacrosse and ice hockey player, making him a tri-varsity athlete, his obit says. Cory attended SUNY Cortland and had most recently been working as an entrepreneur in Jersey City, according to a GoFundMe created in his memory. “He was the type of fri…

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by Valerie Musson
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Pascack Valley High Grads Mourn Classmate Shanon Pasternak, 20 Pascack Valley High Grads Mourn Classmate Shanon Pasternak, 20
Pascack Valley High Grads Mourn Classmate Shanon Pasternak, 20 HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Pascack Valley High School graduate Shanon Pasternak died on Jan. 21. He was 20 years old and had been living in Clifton. His former classmates from PVHS have raised more than $3,600 on Shanon's memory, to be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He was born on Nov. 26, 1997 in the New York Catskills, where he lived until he was six years old.  He spent his school years in Hillsdale, where he graduated from Pascack Valley High School. Shanon was then accepted by S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, where he was attending college.  Shanon was a great lover of the out…

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by Cecilia Levine