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Lorraine Ash

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Lorraine Ash has been a reporter/editor in her native New Jersey since 1982, the year she earned her master’s degree in Public Communications from Fordham University. Her articles have gained global, national, state, and regional attention and awards and have appeared in a number of newspapers, including USA Today. She has worked for publications such as Family Circle Magazine, The Ridgewood News, and the Daily Record. Lorraine also has penned two memoirs and teaches memoir writing. Experience has taught her that everyone has a compelling story to tell. Have a story the community needs to hear? Email her. She’d love to hear from you.

Lorraine was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Pay More For Water? It Could Happen In Allendale Pay More For Water? It Could Happen In Allendale
Pay More For Water? It Could Happen In Allendale ALLENDALE, N.J. — Allendale residents and business owners could be looking at a 5 percent hike in their water rates, according to northjersey.com. If approved, the proposed hike would be the first since 2012. It would apply to everyone except senior citizens, people with special needs and those living in affordable housing, northjersey.com reports. A public hearing and final vote on the proposal is set for March 23. FOR THE WHOLE NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORT, CLICK HERE.

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Lifestyle
Calm Before The Next Storm In Allendale Calm Before The Next Storm In Allendale
Calm Before The Next Storm In Allendale ALLENDALE, N.J. — Three inches of snow left a dusting on the Korean War-era Howitzer in Allendale’s Memorial Park Friday. The scene was placid in the park and around the borough. The area is bracing for a major snowstorm, even a potential Nor’easter, Tuesday and Tuesday night, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.

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Business
Acupuncture Moms Treat Whatever Ails You In Westwood Acupuncture Moms Treat Whatever Ails You In Westwood
Acupuncture Moms Treat Whatever Ails You In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. — Odds were slim that two moms from different worlds, both acupuncturists, would open their own Westwood practice. Yet that’s just what happened with Aili Zhu of River Vale and Jannet Manteiga of Northvale. The pair opened Bergen Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine on Old Hook Road in 2011. Zhu, also a chiropractor, was born in Shanghai. She first encountered acupuncture when her mom took her to a practitioner. “I was getting nearsighted when I was in third grade,” she said. “My mother didn’t want me to wear glasses so she took me to acupuncture.” It worked. Zhu, now …

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Public Hearing Set For Senior Complex In Harrington Park Public Hearing Set For Senior Complex In Harrington Park
Public Hearing Set For Senior Complex In Harrington Park HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. — A public hearing on building a senior living complex on the site of the former United Water headquarters in Harrington Park is set for Tuesday, NorthJersey.com reports. The 175-unit Allegro Senior Living Project is planned for the 9.2-acre site on Old Hook Road along the Oradell Reservoir. The St. Louis company wants to build 83 independent senior living units and 92 assisted living units, including some for memory loss care, according to northjersey.com. FOR THE FULL NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORT, CLICK HERE.

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Ridgewood/Glen Rock Board To Discuss Anti-Semitic Act Ridgewood/Glen Rock Board To Discuss Anti-Semitic Act
Ridgewood/Glen Rock Board To Discuss Anti-Semitic Act RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — When the Community Relations Advisory Board (CRAB) of Ridgewood and Glen Rock meets next week, it will discuss an anti-Semitic incident in Ridgewood, its chairperson said. “It was very emotional because it happened at one of the schools,” said the Rev. Jan Philips of Ridgewood, a Quaker. “We have students on our committee and they brought it forward. I promised we would talk about it again.” Since those who air their grievances before the committee are guaranteed anonymity, no details can be revealed, according to Philips. She added only that the incident, which was hand…

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Wyckoff Burning With SuperJuice Fever Wyckoff Burning With SuperJuice Fever
Wyckoff Burning With SuperJuice Fever WYCKOFF, N.J. — SuperJuice Nation, the Ridgewood shop that serves up healthful superfoods, opened a second location in Wyckoff Monday. Already, customers are streaming into the new location in the Three Chicas mall on Wyckoff Avenue. On Thursday, Alan Ho of Waldwick figured he’d try one of the smovees — Kinky Reggae. A smovee is an all-superfood SuperJuice Nation version of a smoothie. Ho’s pink concoction features SuperJuice’s own coconut “supermylk,” strawberries, banana, maqui (a South American berry), agave, vanilla and Himalayan sea salt. Smovee flavors abound: Lemon Lift, Mint Nigh…

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Events
Emerson Teen Actors Push Themselves ‘Into The Woods’ Emerson Teen Actors Push Themselves ‘Into The Woods’
Emerson Teen Actors Push Themselves ‘Into The Woods’ EMERSON, N.J. — Sela Ghougasian plays the baker’s wife in “Into the Woods,” this year’s production at Emerson Junior-Senior High School. Getting one of the lead roles in the Stephen Sondheim musical was great. Still, the senior was tentative at first. The story, which draws from multiple fairy tales, centers around a childless baker, his wife and their quest to start a family. Not the easiest plot line in the world. “When we all got our roles, we were very scared,” Ghougasian said of the play, co-directed by drama/music teacher Bill Ullman and his wife, Lisa, of Cresskill. “One mornin…

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Business
Bergenfield Mini Diner Pushes Bagel Boundaries Bergenfield Mini Diner Pushes Bagel Boundaries
Bergenfield Mini Diner Pushes Bagel Boundaries BERGENFIELD, N.J. — When it comes to bagels, Bakin’ Bagels in Bergenfield doesn’t put on the brakes. Yes, there are cool flavors and colors: blueberry, rainbow and French toast, for example. But it doesn’t stop there. You can have your hobo sandwich made on a bagel. Wait. What’s in a “hobo”? “Taylor ham, egg and American cheese with a hash brown patty on top,” said Marc Windler, manager and bagel baker. Then there are bobos, which feature bacon instead of ham. And sobos, which feature sausage. Where did these names come from? Frankly, nobody can remember, Windler said. Bakin’ Bagels…

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Habitat For Humanity Makes American Dream Come True In Bergenfield Habitat For Humanity Makes American Dream Come True In Bergenfield
Habitat For Humanity Makes American Dream Come True In Bergenfield BERGENFIELD, N.J. — Geovana and Carlos Pimentel achieved their American Dream Tuesday at 110 Bergen Avenue in Bergenfield – their new Habitat Bergen home. The first guests in the living room of their three-bedroom residence were corporate and government guests. The occasion: the ribbon cutting for a 1,900-square-foot home that took six corporate sponsors and 750 volunteers to build over 13 months. “Everything will change now like day and night,” said Geovana Pimentel, a substitute teacher in Paterson schools who is originally from Costa Rica. Her husband, originally from Peru, has worked …

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Strike Two: Emerson Hit With Lawsuit On Eminent Domain Strike Two: Emerson Hit With Lawsuit On Eminent Domain
Strike Two: Emerson Hit With Lawsuit On Eminent Domain EMERSON, N.J. — Attorney Richard De Angelis of Morristown is making good on a threat he delivered in January: he filed a lawsuit Monday calling for Emerson to rescind all its actions concerning the controversial condemnation zone downtown. RELATED: Emerson Allows Condemnation Zone; Suit Threatened His client, 214 Kinderkamack LLC, owns 9 Lincoln Boulevard, 15 Lincoln Boulevard and 214 Kinderkamack Road in the now well-known Block 419. Currently, designated properties in that block can be taken through eminent domain — if the borough deems them necessary to carry out its redevelopment plans…

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