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Englewood Choir Enters Year 5 On High Note Englewood Choir Enters Year 5 On High Note
Englewood Choir Enters Year 5 On High Note ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Attention youth singers of all ages: St. Paul's Choir in Englewood has openings. The St Paul's Choir School will begin its fifth year in the fall and is holding an open house on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 3 p.m. in St. Paul’s Parish Hall.  The program is tuition-free and open to all children ages eight through high school. The St. Paul’s Choir School program is based on the idea that all children are able to sing, given encouragement and instruction.  St. Paul's offers tuition-free music education and performance opportunities for girls and boys, ages eight through high school …

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No End In Sight For Oakland Motor Vehicle Line No End In Sight For Oakland Motor Vehicle Line
No End In Sight For Oakland Motor Vehicle Line People took to their phones while standing in the hot sun outside Wallington motor vehicle on Monday, venting to anyone who would listen: local police, state troopers, the health department. Maybe it was the 90-degree temperatures that pushed people, perhaps it was the non-answers from the police in charge of line control, or the supervisor who came out upon request, only to complain herself. “There is no reason to be nasty,” Herman Woods of Hasbrouck Heights said, overhearing the supervisor yell at those requesting her presence. Woods decided to go home. “State workers…” he muttered as he …

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Hackensack Course Supports Families Of Mentally Ill Hackensack Course Supports Families Of Mentally Ill
Hackensack Course Supports Families Of Mentally Ill HACKENSACK, N.J. -- People dealing with family members who have serious mental illness can get help through a 12-week course offered in Hackensack.The free program is offered at Bergen's Promise from 7-9:30 p.m. and meets every Friday, Sept. 2-Nov. 18. Space is available on a first come, first served basis. The course is offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Bergen County and is part of the Family-to-Family Education Program.   To register, call Ann Marie Lazarus, 201-935-NAMI (6264).  The course is taught by trained family members and all instruction and course mate…

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Westwood Community Band Ends Summer With A Song Westwood Community Band Ends Summer With A Song
Westwood Community Band Ends Summer With A Song WESTWOOD, N.J. --The summer concert series at Veteran's Memorial Park in Westwood ends the season on Sunday, Sept. 4. The Westwood Community Band will conclude its 16th summer season at 3 p.m. The program will feature a variety of light classics, show tunes, marches and patriotic selections.  In the event of rain, the concert will be held indoors at the Westwood Community Center, 55 Jefferson Ave.  The Westwood Community Band is a group of adult volunteer musicians of varying ages and experiences. Sponsored by the Westwood Department of Recreation since 2001, the band plays summer concerts …

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Memorial Fund Donates $1,000 To Englewood Center For Food Action Memorial Fund Donates $1,000 To Englewood Center For Food Action
Memorial Fund Donates $1,000 To Englewood Center For Food Action ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Children in Bergen County will get weekend snacks thanks to a grant awarded in memory of a local leader who died in 2014.The Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund awarded a $1,000 grant to the Center for Food Action (CFA), a nonprofit organization based in Englewood. The purpose of the fund is to help local nonprofit organizations continue Halejian's legacy of community involvement and support. CFA was chosen for this grant because Halejian was a former volunteer. The Wyckoff resident was also an active leader at St. Leon Armenian Church of Fair Lawn, and chaired the bike…

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Atria Briarcliff Honors Purple Heart Recipient Atria Briarcliff Honors Purple Heart Recipient
Atria Briarcliff Honors Purple Heart Recipient BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- A national war hero was celebrated in Briarcliff with a proclamation and party with the Atria community.Purple Heart recipient Robert Katzenoff, an Atria Briarcliff resident, was honored with his family for National Purple Heart Day. In attendance for this special recognition were Kemi Pogue, Engage Life Program Instructor; Specialist Johnnie Williams, Vietnam Combat War Veteran and CEO of Help is on the Way; Dina Ciaramella, Lions Club District 20-R1 Governor; and Army Captain Amy Castleberry.  A proclamation presented to Katzenoff was signed by retired Army Lt. C…

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Schools
Peekskill High Senior Tackles Genotoxicity At NY Medical College Peekskill High Senior Tackles Genotoxicity At NY Medical College
Peekskill High Senior Tackles Genotoxicity At NY Medical College PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- A student from Peekskill High School spent her summer doing original research alongside scientists at New York Medical College in Valhalla.Brittney Pauta, class of 2017, was accepted to participate in the college’s Summer Trainees in Academic Research (STAR) Program.  The five-week internship matches a student with a medical scientist/professor for the purpose of conducting original research. Pauta tackled "The Evaluation of Genotoxic Potential of Various Chemicals in Chicken and Turkey Egg Genotoxicity Assays" with Tetyana Kobets, NYMC Assistant Professor of Pa…

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Ramapo College Appoints Dean Of Business School Ramapo College Appoints Dean Of Business School
Ramapo College Appoints Dean Of Business School MAHWAH, N.J. – A Cold Spring resident was appointed dean of Rampo College's business school in Mahwah. Ed Petkus Jr., a native of North Haledon, is now Dean of the Anisfield School of Business, Ramapo College President Peter P. Mercer announced.  An international educator, Petkus joined Ramapo in 2006 as a professor of marketing and directed the marketing and international business programs. Petkus was awarded the prestigious Bischoff Award for Teaching Excellence at Ramapo College in 2012 and served as Acting Dean of the Anisfield School of Business in the spring of 2015. "Over the…

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Wyckoff Selling 1,500 Flags To Line Streets On Sept. 11 Wyckoff Selling 1,500 Flags To Line Streets On Sept. 11
Wyckoff Selling 1,500 Flags To Line Streets On Sept. 11 WYCKOFF, N.J. -- Residents are hoping to line the Wyckoff streets with American flags to honor the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to northjersey.com.The Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary is selling flags for $2 each and residents are asked to display them starting Sept. 9, according to northjersey.com. Money raised from the flag sales will go towards the restoration of the town's Sept. 11 memorials, according to northjersey.com. Eleven township residents died in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, according to northjersey.com. Click here for the story on northjersey.com.

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Happy Birthday To St. Louis First Baseman Joe Cunningham Of Paterson Happy Birthday To St. Louis First Baseman Joe Cunningham Of Paterson
Happy Birthday To St. Louis First Baseman Joe Cunningham Of Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- Happy birthday to Joseph Robert Cunningham Jr. of Paterson and Saddle Brook.The first baseman and outfielder was born Aug. 27, 1931 and turns 85 on Saturday. He signed a contract at age 17 with the St. Louis Cardinals after graduating from Lodi High School, where he played for the Rams. Saddle Brook didn't have a high school when he lived there.  He played for the Cardinals in 1954; and 1956–61. He also played with the Chicago White Sox (1962–64), and Washington Senators (1964–66). Cunningham also was the Cardinals coach, manager and executive. He was a coach on Whitey He…

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