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Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter'

Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter'

Hasbrouck Heights HS Grad Fights To Register Young Voters At Rutgers: 'Your Voice Does Matter' A Rutgers University student from Hasbrouck Heights is on a mission to get young adults registered to vote in time for the 2024 Presidential election. Alejandra Afanador, 19, spent the summer as an "RU Voting Ambassador," according to Rutgers Today. The sophomore political science major will keep volunteering through Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The honors college student on a pre-law track said she wants to motivate 18-to-29-year-olds to vote and become politically active. "I've simply come to realize that there is such disillusionment in the government and this is across the pol…

by Chris Spiker

09/25/2024

News

Port Authority Chairman, Companions Praise Cedar Grove High School's 9/11 Remembrance

Port Authority Chairman, Companions Praise Cedar Grove High School's 9/11 Remembrance

Port Authority Chairman, Companions Praise Cedar Grove High School's 9/11 Remembrance Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole made a special visit to his alma mater, Cedar Grove High School, to celebrate an annual tradition -- planting miniature American flags outside the school to remember and pay tribute to the victims of 9/11. “Having seen this extraordinary display, I said we needed to do something to honor the school and its students,” said O’Toole, Class of ’82. “This is about the kids and we thank them for this great project, for their wonderful civic-mindedness and their patriotism.” The sixth annual “Cedar Grove Waves” installation “is a source of pride, a sign of ho…

by Jerry DeMarco

09/15/2020

Lifestyle

Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some

Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some

Clifton Dentist's Playboy Bunny Easter Display Is Major Turn Off For Some Some are calling him disgusting, disgraceful and disrespectful. Others -- with a laugh -- are simply calling Clifton dentist Wayne Gangi Hugh Hefner. Drive past his Grove Street office and you'll see why: Five mannequin playboy bunnies ready for Easter. ** UPDATE: A neighbor who said she was disgusted by a Clifton dentist's Playboy bunny Easter display took it down herself just as a Pix11 news crew showed up for a story of their own. ** The dolls popped up back in February for Valentine's Day and sported bunny ears for St. Patrick's Day a month later. The girls are still rocking those…

by Cecilia Levine

04/08/2019

Police & Fire

Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage

Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage

Area Spree: Car Thief Crashes Unlocked Car, Key Inside, Backing Out Of Unlocked Tenafly Garage A thief trying to back a Tenafly resident’s car out of a garage after finding it unlocked with the key inside overnight slammed into a row of bushes and left it there, police said. Another car left unlocked in the same Depeyster Avenue garage – also not locked -- had valuables taken from inside around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Responding officers found the 2005 Honda Civic with the engine running and the driver’s side door open partially wedged in some bushes in-between two neighboring properties, he said. “It appears the [bandit] was able to start the car and back i…

by Jerry DeMarco

03/23/2019