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Anthony Locicero

Reporter

alocicero@dailyvoice.com

Paramus native Anthony Locicero is a reporter covering Bergen and Passaic counties for Daily Voice.

He writes breaking/urgent news, features, sports, and more.

Anthony covered both local news and local high school sports for various publications before joining Daily Voice in February 2016.

He is a graduate of both Don Bosco Prep and William Paterson University.

Anthony was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

Anthony Locicero's Contributions

Schools

Palisades Park Rockets Up List Of State's Top High Schools PALISADES PARK, N.J.– Palisades Jr./Sr. High School jumped 118 spots to No. 128 in New Jersey Monthly Magazine's list of the state's top high schools. According to New Jersey Monthly Magazine, rankings are based entirely on data reported by the schools to the state Department of Education and published in the School Performance Reports section of the department's website. Data considered: Percentage of juniors and seniors taking at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) test in English, math, Social Studies or science. Student participation in visual and per…

by Daily Voice

09/14/2016

Neighbors

Carlstadt Musician Rocks Out With Special Needs Children CARLSTADT, N.J.– Rock Out Loud was created by Carlstadt native Sean Yocum as a way to combine his love of music and his desire to help special needs children and adults. "The concept was designed to give individuals in the special needs community the opportunity to be exposed to creating music, and the social feeling playing music in a band," said Yocum, 30, of Garfield. Yocum has been a musician for 18 years and his father, Jack – aka Biff – is the drummer of popular cover band The Nerds. Both the elder Yocum and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Spiro – aka Mongo – are active in the …

by Anthony Locicero

09/14/2016

Neighbors

'Different Is Beautiful': Lyndhurst Teen Keeps Smiling Through Rare Disease LYNDHURST, N.J.–A rare disease that causes abnormalities throughout all of her organs leaves Gianna Cruz of Lyndhurst fighting for her life every day. But anyone looking at the Jefferson School seventh grader's face can see it tells a different story. Gianna, 13, is always smiling – even after 20 surgeries for the incurable DiGeorge Syndrome, also known as 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. "It doesn’t matter what she goes through," Gianna's mother, Anna Rizzo, said, wiping away tears. "It doesn’t matter the challenge. She is so full of life. She is so full of joy." Dancing…

by Anthony Locicero

09/13/2016

Events

Fort Lee Band Performs Anniversary Concert At Annual Arts, Music Festival FORT LEE, N.J.– Borough-based band The Royal Teens will perform a 60th anniversary concert Oct. 2 at the annual Fort Lee Arts & Music festival. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine, on Lemoine Avenue, between Main Street and Bruce Reynolds Boulevard. There also will be free rides, face painting, arts and crafts and vendors. Parking will be available in the adjacent municipal lot. For more information, contact the Fort Lee Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs at (201) 693-2763.

by Daily Voice

09/13/2016

Events

'Grandpa's Country Breakfast' Returns To Ridgefield Park Lodge RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.– Ridgefield Park's Mosaic Lodge 194 of Free and Accepted Masons will be raising money for its charity fund with another "Grandpa's Country Pancake Breakfast' Oct. 1. The event is from 8 a.m. until noon. The cost is $10 per person; $5 for children 10 and younger. The lodge will serve pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, coffee, tea and juice. "Remember: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day," organizers said. The lodge is at 129 Main St.

by Daily Voice

09/13/2016

Events

Flapjack Fundraiser: Eat Up For Garfield Boys & Girls Club Coaches GARFIELD, N.J.– The Garfield Boys & Girls Club Coaches Association is having a flapjack fundraiser Oct. 29 at the city's Applebee's. The event is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. The cost is $10. The meal includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and a beverage (coffee, tea, juice or soda). For tickets or more information, call (973) 478-7662 or e-mail coaches@bgcgarfield.org.

by Daily Voice

09/13/2016

Events

Closter Memorial Car Show Aids Tenafly's 'Joey's Fund' CLOSTER, N.J. – A memorial car show will be at St. Mary's Church in Closter on Oct. 1. The 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. show will feature classic cars, a DJ, trophies for competitors, door prizes, 50/50 raffles, gift raffles, food trucks and vendors and games. The inaugural event was launched by the DeCarlo family in honor of their son, Joseph, who was 2½ when he died in 1986. Joey's Fund out of Tenafly was established in his honor. Money raised from last year's event – $20,000 according to organizers – went to St. Joseph’s Children's Hospital to help the families of ill children pay for expenses. C…

by Daily Voice

09/13/2016

Events

Furry Friends Welcome To Strut At Fair Lawn Pet Walk FAIR LAWN, N.J.– Fair Lawn's River Road Improvement Corporation is inviting residents to bring their four-legged friends to the third annual Pet Walk and Fair Saturday. Attendees will be able to walk along River Road – from Berdan and Fair Lawn avenues – with their pet and meet vendors, business owners, and other pet owners. The event, sponsored by Community Bank of Bergen County and Inserra ShopRite, is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors include: Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation; Pony Power Therapies; Camp Bow Wow. Pets from BCPRF will be up for adoption. Pony Power is a nonp…

by Daily Voice

09/13/2016

Business

Recycled Tennis Balls Make Courts Squishier At Tenafly Racquet Club TENAFLY, N.J.– The courts at Tenafly Racquet Club are squishier, and General Manager Geoff Grant knows why: they're partially made of recycled tennis balls. "It really cushions your joints," Grant told Daily Voice. "It gives me the sense of feeling stronger out there because there isn't pain." Last year, Courtsense at Tenafly Racquet Club became the first tennis facility in the country to use Laykold Masters 5 courts, a high-performance, all-weather tennis and athletic surfacing system according to Surface America. “Those that find hard courts to be difficult on their …

by Anthony Locicero

09/12/2016

Sports

Fair Lawn All Sports Opens Registration For Girls Basketball Clinics FAIR LAWN, N.J.– Fair Lawn All Sports will be running two peewee girls basketball clinics starting this month, and registration begins Saturday. There will be a two-hour sign-up period from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Dobrow Complex. Applications can also be turned in at the Recreation Department. The first clinic is for athletes in grades two to four. Jerry Piemonte will run the program, which will focus on fundamentals. Former and current Fair Lawn High School girls basketball players will assist. There will be five sessions – Sept. 21 and 28, and Oct. 5, 19, and 26 –at Westmoreland Schoo…

by Daily Voice

09/12/2016

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