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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

Schools

Westwood School Super Torpedoes 10th Kindergarten WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Parents in the Westwood Regional School District who want a 10th kindergarten class walked away from Thursday’s Board of Education meeting disappointed. Instead, Schools Supt. Raymond Gonzalez recommended that each of the existing nine kindergartens in four schools add an aide. “We can reallocate $300,000 to accommodate the salaries for this,” he said. Space is the issue, according to Gonzalez. Not money. As enrollment now stands for the fall, each of the kindergartens at the Berkeley, Brookside, George, and Washington elementary schools has 23 to 25 students.…

by Lorraine Ash

07/14/2016

Neighbors

Wyckoff Psychologist Shares ‘Secrets From The Sofa’ WYCKOFF, N.J. — Ken Herman of Wyckoff, an 89-year-old clinical psychologist, spoke to a packed auditorium at the Ridgewood library Tuesday on “How to Live a Meaningful Life.” “A lot of people are looking to cope more effectively, deal with obesity, deal with parenting, deal with anxiety and depression,” said Herman. “They want answers,” he added. “They want a meaningful life.” At this point in his career, Herman has become a sagelike figure to whom people turn. They always have. For 50 years, Herman, who holds a doctorate from Columbia University, treated patients at his Teaneck office, …

by Lorraine Ash

07/14/2016

Events

Hackensack Church Hosts Vigil For 'Nation On The Edge' HACKENSACK, N.J. - Pastor Gregory Jackson is hosting a vigil around the theme of senseless violence and death 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at his Mount Olive Baptist Church. The gathering is called "A Time Of Prayer and Reflection for a Nation on the Edge." The deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the five police officers in Dallas prompted Jackson to invite rabbis, imams, pastors, police officials, and community leaders to the event. “I just feel our nation is on the edge,” said Jackson. “What happened in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and Minnesota could easily happen here. “Pe…

by Lorraine Ash

07/13/2016

News

Embattled Pet Shop Owner Closes Emerson Store, Drops Lawsuit EMERSON, N.J. — The embattled owner of a string of pet shops dropped his lawsuit against the borough of Emerson and kept his store there closed for good on Wednesday after officials rejected his bid for a new license. Vncent LoSacco "agreed to close and terminate his lawsuit" against the borough, Mayor Lou Lamatina told Daily Voice. The remaining dogs at the Kinderkamack Road shop will go to LoSacco's East Hanover store or a local rescue, he said Wednesday afternoon. Applause filled the chamber barely 12 hours earlier as Emerson council members unanimously agreed not to renew the…

by Lorraine Ash

07/13/2016

Business

Orchid Paradise Blooms In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Rueben Kim of Paramus can’t stop smiling when he looks at the international array of plants that fill his new Ridgewood shop. “Orchids are exquisite. They’re nice,” said Kim, the owner of Orchid Hunters on Godwin Avenue. “The more I get to know them, the more intrigued I am. “There are monkey orchids. They look like monkeys. There are dancing lady orchids and butterfly orchids.” There also are the popular Phalaenopsis orchids, originally from Taiwan -- and Lady’s slippers from California, Cattleya and Grammatophyllum from Hawaii. Miltonia, too, from South America, and ma…

by Lorraine Ash

07/13/2016

Business

Ridgewood Language Teacher No Longer Lost In Translation RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Inlingua School of Languages has been a fixture in downtown Ridgewood for 30 years, but it’s sure been changing with the times. The school, whose home office is in Switzerland, offers language training as well as translating and interpreting services, according to Sandra Stern of Mahwah, its coordinator of translation services. When Stern started working there as an English teacher 14 years ago, almost 90 percent of the translations were from a foreign language into English. “In the last eight or nine years, it’s going the other way,” Stern said. “That’s good news because…

by Lorraine Ash

07/12/2016

Lifestyle

Old Tappan, Park Ridge Welcome Army Veteran Cross-Country Cyclist OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — Old Tappan and Park Ridge made sure there was a sweet finish for U.S. Army veteran Devin Faulkner of California, who completed a grueling cross-country bicycle ride this week. Faulkner, who served in Afghanistan, spent 34 days on the road from the Golden Gate Bridge to One World Trade Center to raise money for the Warrior Built Foundation and awareness about PTSD among veterans. “I read about groups that take you out and follow you in a bus that carries your gear,” said Faulkner, 25. “I figured it would be better to make a story of my own. “People stop and talk to me and…

by Lorraine Ash

07/09/2016

News

Emerson Pet Shop To Stay Open With Third-Party Monitor HACKENSACK, N.J. — An Emerson pet shop that lost its license will remain open with the oversight of an independent third-party monitor, a judge in Hackensack ruled on Friday. Borough officials have had the ability to close Vincent LoSacco's Just Pups store themselves but haven't done so, Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia said in denying borough officials' request for a temporary injunction. “Emerson as a borough has the ability to self-govern and to take steps and measures on its own,” Perez Friscia said. “It has not done that in the last four months. "They have not slated a cou…

by Lorraine Ash

07/08/2016

Business

Mike Monaco Returns To Restaurant Scene in Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. — Mike Monaco got an offer he couldn’t refuse when he was asked to run the newly open Picco Tavern on Prospect Avenue, between the two Excelsiors. For one thing, 20,000 people live on the street, which is lined with high-rises. For another, the place was once home to The Restaurant, a noted dining destination. “It’s a spectacular facility,” said Monaco, 59, a Cliffside Park native. But Picco, which boasts a dining room, bar and piano lounge, catering facility, and upscale retail deli, also signals a return to Monaco’s glory days. As a young man, Monaco apprenticed with a…

by Lorraine Ash

07/07/2016

Business

Dumont Pet Store Grows As Community Unto Itself DUMONT, N.J. — Sabrina Marino of Dumont stopped in at Pet Valu on Washington Street Wednesday to pick up a sparkly collar for Maleficent, her Akita. She likes to pamper her dog, a gift from her father after her husband’s recent death. “This is the best store ever,” said Marino, 51. “We bring Maleficent in here. She walks around and picks out her own little bones.” The whole staff, including Christine Peterson, assistant manager, loves watching every animal that comes in grow or recover from whatever may ail them. The place has the feel of a neighborhood mom-and-pop, Peterson said, which …

by Lorraine Ash

07/07/2016

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