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No Shave November

Rivertowns, NY
News
Irvington Police Officer 'Doing Well' After Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis Irvington Police Officer 'Doing Well' After Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
Irvington Police Officer 'Doing Well' After Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis Members of a police department in Westchester will be growing out their facial hair as part of their effort to support one of their own who is bravely facing off against cancer.  Throughout this month, the Irvington Police Department will be supporting the American Thyroid Cancer Association with its annual No-Shave-November as one of its members, Officer Estefania Mejia, fights her own battle against the disease. According to the department, Mejia was diagnosed earlier in the year. There's good news, though — she has undergone surgery and treatments and is now "doing well," …

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by Ben Crnic
Lusby, MD
Lifestyle
No Shave November: Sheriff Drops Razors To Raise Money For Girl Critically Injured In Maryland No Shave November: Sheriff Drops Razors To Raise Money For Girl Critically Injured In Maryland
No Shave November: Sheriff Drops Razors To Raise Money For Girl Critically Injured In Maryland With the calendar turning from October to November, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office will be ditching their razors for a good cause. Each year, the sheriff's office participates in “No Shave November,” when Sheriff Mike Evans waives the agency's standard facial hair grooming policies to support a good cause. Deputies are dropping their razors and donating a $50 “fine” for the opportunity to grow a beard in support of 12-year-old McKenna Cox and her family after she was critically injured when she was struck by a vehicle in September in the Oakland Hall community. Evans stress…

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by Zak Failla
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
News
Jersey Shore Police Welcome 'No Shave' Months In Tribute To Brain Cancer Patient Jersey Shore Police Welcome 'No Shave' Months In Tribute To Brain Cancer Patient
Jersey Shore Police Welcome 'No Shave' Months In Tribute To Brain Cancer Patient Police in Lower Township are participating in “No-Shave November & December” to raise money for cancer patients including an employee of the Cape May County Sheriff's Office. Beginning on Nov. 1, and for the entire months of November and December, the Lower Township Police Department, along with many other agencies across the county, will be participating. One of the goals of “No-Shave November” is to raise cancer awareness by embracing our hair (which many cancer patients lose), and letting it grow wild and free. Another goal is to use the money you typically would spend on shaving an…

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by Jon Craig
Worcester, MA
News
Central Mass Police Growing It Out For Little Girl With Incurable Disease Central Mass Police Growing It Out For Little Girl With Incurable Disease
Central Mass Police Growing It Out For Little Girl With Incurable Disease A police department in central Massachusetts will be growing out their facial hair to help raise money for a little girl with an incurable disease.  The Hopedale Police Department will be donating proceeds during their "No Shave November" campaign to the family of Scarlett Hubsch, the department said on Facebook. Five-year-old Scarlett suffers from a condition known as Batten disease (CLN2) – a neurodegenerative disorder that attacks the nervous system.  Scarlett is a fan of Wonder WomanHopedale Police on Facebook CLN2 symptoms, including recurrent seizures and difficulty coordinating…

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by David Cifarelli
Fort Lee, NJ
News
FUND RAZOR: 'No Shave November' Goes Baby-Butt Smoothly For North Jersey Cancer Survivor FUND RAZOR: 'No Shave November' Goes Baby-Butt Smoothly For North Jersey Cancer Survivor
Fund Razor: 'No Shave November' Goes Baby-Butt Smoothly For North Jersey Cancer Survivor Things got more than a little hairy again for a group of police officers who returned to their usual No Shave November "shave off" with Fort Lee's Bob Ceragno on Tuesday. Ceragno, who owns the Eye Contact Vision Center on Bergenline Avenue in North Bergen, has raised more than $65,000 to help fund research and raise awareness of colorectal cancer since 2016 -- a year after he was diagnosed with it. The COVID pandemic forced Ceragno to switch up the finale of last year's campaign. He alone was shaved on the sidewalk outside his shop by Rene Diaz, who co-owns the Jagged Edge Spa & Salon …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Obituaries
Wife Of Jersey City Fire Captain Dies After Cancer Battle, 42 Wife Of Jersey City Fire Captain Dies After Cancer Battle, 42
Wife Of Jersey City Fire Captain Dies After Cancer Battle, 42 Support is surging for a Jersey City fire captain mourning the loss of his wife, who died after a colon cancer battle. Heidy Jimenez Farrell died at home in Roselle Park on Nov. 15, her obituary says. She was 42 years old. Heidy was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and came to the US in 1990. The Roselle Park Police Department this year vowed to raised money for the family through No Shave November efforts. She had been battling liver and colon cancer since February. In addition to her husband of four years, Robert, Heidy is survived by their son, Robert E Farrell IV; her pare…

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by Cecilia Levine
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting Police Departments Unite For Stricken North Jersey Mom, Young Son North Jersey single mom Joanne Bastante-Howard has worked tirelessly for years to help provide critical resources for kids who, like her young son, have Down syndrome. Bastante-Howard, a former advertising and marketing whirlwind, is personally responsible for raising more than $100,000 to help obtain critical medical, education and therapeutic services for those in need through the non-profit she founded, America's Special Kidz (A.S.K.). Parents of children with a wide range of circumstances -- including autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and mitochondrial disease -- have turned t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son North Jersey single mom Joanne Bastante-Howard has worked tirelessly for years to help provide critical resources for kids who, like her young son, have Down syndrome. Bastante-Howard, a former advertising and marketing whirlwind, is personally responsible for raising more than $100,000 to help obtain critical medical, education and therapeutic services for those in need through the non-profit she founded, America's Special Kidz (A.S.K.). Parents of children with a wide range of circumstances -- including autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and mitochondrial disease -- have turned t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Neighbors
Left Penniless By Embezzler, Ridgefield Park Boy Scouts Get Surprise Gift From Police Left Penniless By Embezzler, Ridgefield Park Boy Scouts Get Surprise Gift From Police
Left Penniless By Embezzler, Ridgefield Park Boy Scouts Get Surprise Gift From Police A Bergen County Boy Scouts chapter that authorities said had its bank account drained by a thieving Scout master got an unexpected boost from local police. Ridgefield Park detectives charged Christopher Infantino, 58, of New Milford with embezzling more than $11,000 from the Boy Scouts of America Troop 3 last July. The troop was left penniless while the charges against Infantino moved through the court system. Enter Ridgefield Park Police Chief Joseph Rella. In a rare move, Rella agreed to let the village PBA Local 86 extend its annual “No Shave November” fundraising campaign through Febr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Washington Township, NJ
Lifestyle
South Jersey Police Turn 'No Shave November' Into Cancer Fundraiser For Fellow Officer South Jersey Police Turn 'No Shave November' Into Cancer Fundraiser For Fellow Officer
South Jersey Police Turn 'No Shave November' Into Cancer Fundraiser For Fellow Officer No Shave November is extending into December as police officers raise money for one of their own partners who is battling cancer. Gloucester Township police and the Gloucester Township FOP Lodge 206 have raised more than $2,300 for a Camden County police officer recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, they said on Facebook. A police officer from Merchantville in Camden County, who is married with three children and. a grandchild, needs help with his health battle, according to area police.  The goal of No Shave November is to raise money and awareness for men's health such as prost…

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by Jon Craig
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
'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