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'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer 'WE'RE FAMILY': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer
'WE'RE Family': Glen Rock Police, Colleagues Rally For Dad Of 6 Fighting Esophageal Cancer Glen Rock police are banding with their brothers and sisters in blue in Ridgewood, Franklin Lakes and Ho-Ho-Kus to help a borough family struck by cancer. The esophageal cancer diagnosis came for Bob Allison, a father of six, in July. “The primary tumor was about 4.5 cm,” according to the Glen Rock PBA. “There was a smaller 4 mm tumor in the upper esophagus, and a few cancerous lymph nodes.” Initial chemotherapy rounds weren’t effective. Allison has begun a new chemo treatment, along with radiation, to be followed by surgery in January or February. Glen Rock police are dedicating this y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Saddle Brook Dad's Message To Late Son's Peers Will Break Your Heart Saddle Brook Dad's Message To Late Son's Peers Will Break Your Heart
Saddle Brook Dad's Message To Late Son's Peers Will Break Your Heart Frank and Kathy Gutierrez stood on Veteran's Field in Saddle Brook Monday evening looking into a sea of their late son's former classmates, friends and teachers. Three days prior, they learned that their 15-year-old son, Andrew Gutierrez, had taken his own life. "All you kids out there, take care of each other. Be kind to each other." "We don't know what happened," Frank said into the crowd, faces illuminated by candles. "But we're going to make it through this with Andrew in our hearts." Andrew's sister Jackie remembered her beloved brother as beautiful and …

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by Cecilia Levine