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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

Neighbors

Wood-Ridge 9/11 Responder With Cancer Warns Of Cuts In Care WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- Amid the day's somber remembrances, Tim Sullivan, a 9/11 responder with cancer, was thinking about one thing: Next month, he and untold numbers of people like him could be left without medical care or financial support.If the Zadroga Act expires without government action, tens of thousands responders and survivors of the attacks will be affected, said Sullivan, a retired Bergen County Sheriff's detective and Wood-Ridge firefighter."We just got there as the second plane hit the building," he recalled. "I did hear the ground shaking and saw the water shaking.&…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/11/2015

News

Lyndhurst Road Project Aims To Revive Neighborhoods LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Smoother roads are around the corner for Lyndhurst residents.Phase One of the Public Works Department’s Roadway Improvement Project got under way in July, focusing on:• Chase Avenue between Valley Brook Avenue and Fern Avenue;• New York Avenue between Summit Avenue and Ridge Road;• New Jersey Avenue between Newark Avenue and Millburn Avenue;• Lake Avenue between Stuyvesant Avenue and Riverside Avenue;• Jay Avenue between Tontine Avenue and Lake Avenue. "Back in 2009 to 2012, we did a very aggressive water main project where all of the streets were disrupted," Com…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/11/2015

Business

West Milford Therapist Massages Animals Back To Health WEST MILFORD, N.J. -- With a simple touch, April Stearns can massage away the aches and pains of her four-legged clients. "I am not a vet, but I can help animals and make a difference in my small way," said Stearns, who lives in the Oak Ridge section of West Milford. Stearns is a certified vet tech, a canine and horse therapist and a holistic minister. She uses a holistic approach that includes using acupressure, Reiki, aromatherapy, and raindrop essential oil therapy. Stearns, who also works at Holistic Pet Care in Little Falls, is also a black bear advocate, serves as a nutriti…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/10/2015

Neighbors

Tenafly Mom Does It All -- And More TENAFLY, N.J. -- Local resident Sarah Walton raises two children, posts a blog for fellow moms, has a line of skin care products and speaks to women's groups.She also also teaches at CoolHotYoga in Cresskill, runs half-marathons and recently assembled a book with 13 female authors, 10 from Bergen County."I wake up between 4:30 to 5 a.m., before anyone," Walton said. "I keep a notebook with my morning routine -- a mental routine, not a physical one about brushing teeth."Sipping coffee from a "Mug of Inspiration," Walton jots down her thoughts and feelings, then sh…

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/10/2015

Schools

Wood-Ridge Locals Mourn Loss Of Historic School WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- For 142 years, the historic Mount Pleasant School stood tall off Hackensack Street and Union Avenue in Wood-Ridge. So it was with mixed emotions that some responded to its demolition last week."I was devastated," said Carol Merritt-Brautigan, who attended the four-classroom brick school more than four decades ago, following both of her parents."It was like an icon," said Merritt-Brautigan, who rushed to the site to collect some brick keepsakes after discovering the school's demise on Facebook. "It's like history has been lost."Built in 1873, t…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/10/2015

Schools

Felician College Formally Unveils High-Tech Hub RUTHERFORD, N.J. — An antiquated, unusable library on Felician College's Rutherford campus was rechristened the Education Commons yesterday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "This was a vision when our new president, Dr. Anne Prisco, came here," said Susan Bernarducci, the college's communications and donor relations manager. "She wanted a place for students to gather and learn."The 32,000-square-foot building needed an extensive overhaul after Felician bought the campus from Fairleigh Dickinson University more than a decade ago.It sat empty, however, until the college re…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/10/2015

Lifestyle

Closter Mom's Stuffed Bunnies Ease Grieving Parents' Pain CLOSTER, N.J. -- What was supposed to be the happiest time in borough couple Lisa and Kurt Vreeland's lives collapsed when their first-born son, Robby, died four days later. In her grief, Lisa Vreeland turned to a blue teddy bear that a dear friend gave her on the August 2009 day that their boy was born. "After Robby died, I clung to this bear. It still sits on my bed," said Vreeland, who eventually found in the stuffed animal the inspiration for Robby's Rabbits. Created in 2011, the non-profit group collects stuffed animals -- mainly bunnies -- to "fill the aching arms of a…

by Alexis Tarrazi

09/10/2015

Events

Dapper Dogs Walk The Red Carpet At Edgewater's Woofstock EDGEWATER, N.J. — Dressed-up dogs will parade down the "Woofstock" red carpet at City Place in Edgewater on Sept. 12 to help save themselves and others from being euthanized. Now in its second year, the pet- and family-friendly event to benefit Pet ResQ will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the west end of the promenade. Pet ResQ was founded by Robyn Urman, a Tenafly hair dresser with a passion for pooches who more often than not pulls from her pocket to rescue, house and care for the canines. "The whole idea is to get people to adopt a pet," said Erik Bucci, publicist and…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/09/2015

Lifestyle

Tradition Thrives At Riverdale's Labor Day Street Fair RIVERDALE, N.J. -- For the 11th straight year, families from the local area and beyond gathered Monday at Riverdale's Labor Day Street Fair. "I have lived here all my life and been to every single one," said Joanne Aungst, who brought her sister, Debbie Meyers, of Bloomingdale -- and plenty of cash. "We come to buy stuff, to shop," Aungst said before snatching up a candle from borough-based Pami's Soy Country Candles. The sisters then hustled down Newark-Pompton Turnpike to gather more goodies.They had plenty to choose from: An assortment of shops offered everything from…

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/08/2015

Schools

New City Kids Program Comes To Paterson PATERSON, N.J. — A non-profit after-school program that teaches teens to succeed opens its doors in an old Paterson factory building today. The New City Kids program hires local high school students to tutor and teach musical instruments – keyboard, drums and vocals — to area youngsters."We invest in our high school teens as leaders and professionals,” said Gabriel Stiritz, the NCK developmental director. High-schoolers of all years are hired to work with children in first through eighth grade in the internship program, which pays them an hourly rate. A hundred students applied for a …

by By Alexis Tarrazi

09/08/2015

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