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'Sheriff For All': Cureton Immediately Gets Out Among Bergenites 'Sheriff For All': Cureton Immediately Gets Out Among Bergenites
'Sheriff For All': Cureton Immediately Gets Out Among Bergenites New Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton jumped into his new position even both before and after he was sworn in, helping deliver Thanksgiving turkeys to families in need. Cureton – a 28-year law enforcement veteran and former president of the NAACP’s Bergen chapter -- joined members of his office’s PBA Local 134 and the Community Policing Unit in buying and distributing 1,000 or so turkeys with trimmings, including more than 700 to the Center for Food Action, over several days. The county’s first-ever African-American sheriff, Cureton was sworn in on the steps of the Bergen County Courth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Success Story: Garfield Club Motivates Student To Reach For PhD Success Story: Garfield Club Motivates Student To Reach For PhD
Success Story: Garfield Club Motivates Student To Reach For PhD GARFIELD, N.J. – Jasmine Cubuk of Garfield is now earning her PhD in biochemistry. But she doesn’t believe she would be where she is today if it weren’t for the Boys and Girls Club of Garfield. “The Boys and Girls Club has played a crucial role in making all of this possible for me,” said Cubuk, who graduated Garfield High School in 2013 in the top 5 percent of her class, and went on to study biochemistry, molecular biology and holistic health at Stockton University, before enrolling in the PhD program at the Washington University School of Medicine. At 15, Cubuk joined Keystone, a program…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson