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Lorraine Ash

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lash@dailyvoice.com

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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.

Lorraine Ash's Contributions

Events

At Maywood Aphasia Center, Caregivers Get Free Support MAYWOOD, N.J. — The Adler Aphasia Center, a key resource for aphasia patients in the state, is offering a support group for caregivers of aphasia supports at its Maywood office. The Free Caregiver Support Group, led by an experienced life coach, meets 7-9 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the center office at 60 West Hunter Ave. Founded by Mike and Elaine Adler in 2003, the center now has 100 members with aphasia and 40 caregivers. The couple started the center for patients, their loved ones, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community partners after Mike Adler had a stroke…

by Lorraine Ash

08/02/2016

Events

New Harry Potter Book Draws Hundreds To Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Barnes and Noble in Hackensack looked more like Hogwarts Saturday night as hundreds gathered for the Harry Potter Countdown to Midnight Party. The witching hour was the stroke of midnight, when J.K. Rowling’s latest in the series – “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two (Special Rehearsal Edition)” went on sale. The book, which is the script of a play that opened in London Saturday, visits Harry 19 years later. Harry and Hermione look-alikes walked around the store, waving wands and quoting from the Potter stories. Dozens of teens and children dress…

by Lorraine Ash

07/31/2016

Lifestyle

Church Members Flock From Connecticut As NJ Pastor Connects Living, Dead POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — People wait two years to get a private reading with the Rev. Janet Nohavec, an internationally known psychic medium and pastor of The Journey Within, a Spiritualist church in Pompton Lakes. Church members flock from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut to attend her services – two on Sunday mornings, one on Wednesday nights. The congregation started 20 years ago with 10 people. Today, 200 show up for services. “We’re seeing a lot of people leaving traditional religion and seeking an alternative,” Nohavec said. Journey Within, a Spiritualists’ National Union Church a…

by Lorraine Ash

07/31/2016

Lifestyle

Pompton Lakes Pastor Connects Living, Dead POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — People wait two years to get a private reading with Rev. Janet Nohavec, an internationally known psychic medium and pastor of The Journey Within, a Spiritualist church in Pompton Lakes. Church members flock from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut to attend her services – two on Sunday mornings, one on Wednesday nights. The congregation started 20 years ago with 10 people. Today, 200 show up for services. “We’re seeing a lot of people leaving traditional religion and seeking an alternative,” Nohavec said. Journey Within, a Spiritualists’ National Union Church at …

by Lorraine Ash

07/29/2016

Business

River Vale Teen Learns Business Ropes At Westwood Firm RIVER VALE, N.J. — Brian Sumereau of River Vale, a rising senior at Pascack Valley High School, spent a week at Modera Wealth Management, a Westwood firm, to learn how it operates. The 17-year-old won the opportunity last spring when he was chosen among high school juniors and seniors who applied for the company’s Business Scholar Early Immersion Externship. Sumereau rotated among the specialists in Modera’s financial planning, investments, human resources, operations, corporate philanthropy, marketing, and business development departments. The goal was to give him a closer look at the ca…

by Lorraine Ash

07/28/2016

News

Ideas Flow At Forum To Make Ridgewood Senior Friendly RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Three dozen people turned out for a public forum Wednesday night to brainstorm ideas to make Ridgewood more senior-friendly. “We need a senior committee or a spot on the village council,” said Baron Rightmyer. That way, he added, seniors will have ongoing representation in all challenge areas identified in a survey conducted by the Age-Friendly Ridgewood Initiative. The survey went out last fall to all 6,000 people ages 55 and older in the village, initiative team leader Beth Abbott told the crowd. Six problem areas for seniors identified in the survey were: housing, tr…

by Lorraine Ash

07/27/2016

Neighbors

Allendale Pastor Believes In Going To The People ALLENDALE, N.J. — Take a close look at that hip-looking millennial at the Ramsey Starbucks on Franklin Turnpike and you’ll immediately spot her clerical collar. “People ask me about it all the time,” said 29-year-old Pastor Jenny McLellan of Calvary Lutheran Church in Allendale. Some ask outright if she’s a minister. Others want to know if she’s making some kind of fashion statement. Then there’s the sign she places in front of her as she sits at the coffee shop: “May I pray with you? I am available for you if you would like a prayer.” Whatever people ask or say is fine by her: "Past…

by Lorraine Ash

07/27/2016

Business

Chef Dishes On Cuisine At Ridgewood’s New Steel Wheel RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — The Steel Wheel Tavern on North Broad Street will open in mid-August at the site of the former Smith Brothers Steak and Chophouse. “We’re shooting for serving friends and family on Aug. 12 and 13 and opening to the public Aug. 14,” said Executive Chef Bryan Tortorella. The new menu, almost ready to be put in jackets, shows a crowd-pleasing array of options. They include craft cocktails – Jersey Lemonade, anyone? – popular pasta dishes, including shrimp and capellini, locally sourced white meat and veggie dishes, and great seafood, sandwiches, and burgers. Three kinds o…

by Lorraine Ash

07/27/2016

Business

Family Brings Taste Of Mexico To Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. — Victor Sanchez is cooking up the tastes of his homeland — Oaxaca, Mexico — at his new Sanchez Mexican Restaurant in Teaneck. Tuesday, his wife, Paula Jimenez, made homemade tortillas using corn and water, like they do in the mother country. In the meantime, Sanchez cooked up one skillet of cactus, another of chicken, before filling the tortillas and making them into taquitos. “Chicken,” he said, distributing the white meat among the tacos. “Then onion, scallions, and cilantro.” He paused. “If there’s no cilantro, it’s not a taquito.” Sanchez garnished the plate with cact…

by Lorraine Ash

07/27/2016

News

Hackensack OKs Mixed Use Project On Main Street HACKENSACK, N.J. — A builder has received city approval to build a 24-unit, mixed-use property at 76 Main Street in Hackensack, where a three-story residential building and restaurant burned down last year. The project, part of Hackensack’s Main Street redevelopment plan, will be developed by Alexander Anderson Real Estate Group. “This new development will be a cornerstone of the Main Street redevelopment plan and attract new residents and retail tenants to the area,” said Eric Anderson, CEO of Alexander Anderson, based in Hackensack and Jersey City. The planned, six-story building, which…

by Lorraine Ash

07/26/2016

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