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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.

Lorraine Ash's Contributions

Neighbors

Daughter Of Teaneck Activist Takes Up New Mantle TEANECK, N.J. – Kathryn Priscilla “Kaypri” Marcus, who grew up in Teaneck, is now living in Los Angeles and working on a book — “The Hip Hop Caregiver.” Marcus, 43, is an independent actor, writer and producer. She has penned and performed a play, “BABYGIRL.” But she had not planned on writing a book about being a young caregiver. Not until she became one to her mother, Dorothy Hampton Marcus, now 83. Dorothy Marcus, a civil rights activist, was known for helping create a community dialogue on race in the wake of the 1990 police shooting death of a black teen, Phillip Pannell, in Teaneck.…

by Lorraine Ash

05/24/2016

Business

Teaneck Music Shop Attracts World Famous Guitarists TEANECK, N.J. – Lark Street Music on Cedar Lane in Teaneck is a universe of guitars. Its instruments span centuries. The oldest guitar hanging from its ceiling, a French one, dates to 1799. Its customers are guitar enthusiasts around the world and some of the most famous guitarists of the modern age, including Robert Plant, Keith Richards, and Jackson Browne. “Vintage instruments are better sounding,” said owner Bernard Levine. “They were made with thinner finishes and good aged wood and now the wood is aged even more.” Today is a golden age of guitar making, which is why the shop also s…

by Lorraine Ash

05/23/2016

Lifestyle

Mahwah Gluten-Free Guru Creates Failproof Recipes MAHWAH, N.J. – Cookbook guru Annalise Roberts of Mahwah is the go-to source for gluten-free diet information, in age when cookbooks are becoming an endangered species. Her four books are bibles for those with celiac disease and gluten sensitivities. The latest is “Gluten-Free Baking Classics: The Heirloom Collection.” Launched last year, it features 90 recipes tested by both experienced and amateur bakers. “I want to give people a solid starting base in the gluten-free world so they can really build on their knowledge,” Roberts said. Her passion for the topic followed her own diagnosis …

by Lorraine Ash

05/23/2016

News

'Frappuccino Effect' In Emerson: New Starbucks Approved EMERSON, N.J. – Emerson is getting a Starbucks, complete with a drive-through. The 1,750-square-foot coffee stop will be built at 322 Kinderkamack Road, next to the M&T Bank, currently the site of a two-family house. The arrival of the chic coffee chain means all good things to the borough —taxes, jobs, and a social place for people to gather, Mayor Lou Lamatina said after the borough Land Use Board approved the application Thursday night. Not every town has a Starbucks, he said, especially one of this size. “I like gentrification,” Lamatina said. “Some old-timers don’t necessarily l…

by Lorraine Ash

05/20/2016

News

Kinderkamack Road Project In Emerson To Start In July EMERSON, N.J. – Bids for a $4.6 million Kinderkamack Road improvement project in Emerson will be opened June 22, with work to start in early July. “Traffic will be difficult this summer,” Mayor Lou Lamatina said. “The work is going to be disruptive, but it’s much needed and finally happening.” The project has been on the county’s drawing board for 59 years, according to Borough Administrator Robert Hoffmann. Once completed, it will improve the flow of traffic through the business district. Highlights include installing a new traffic light at the corner of Kinderkamack and Lincoln Boulevar…

by Lorraine Ash

05/20/2016

Lifestyle

Ramsey Acupuncturist Draws Patients Near, Far RAMSEY, N.J. – Patients come from as far as Europe and the West Coast to get acupuncture treatments from Ken Andes, founder of Natural Chinese Medicine in Ramsey. Usually, though, they don’t turn to acupuncture first. “By the time people come here and try acupuncture, they’ve been to seven doctors,” Andes said. “That’s our average. So we see the most complex cases. These patients are puzzles.” Andes, 40, considers treating them an honor. First, patients learn that Chinese medicine awakens the body’s natural self-healing qualities, which is a different approach than Western medicine, whic…

by Lorraine Ash

05/20/2016

Events

Hundreds Attend Vietnam 'Moving Wall' Ceremonies In Bergen's Overpeck Park RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – More than 200 people gathered on the Great Lawn at Overpeck County Park on Thursday to touch and reflect on The Moving Wall. The wall, which will remain at the in Ridgefield Park county facility through May 23, is a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The Bergen County Division of Veterans Services conducted somber ceremonies to mark the occasion. These included a presentation of colors by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 800 and a stirring roll call of the names of Bergen County residents killed in the war. Special note wa…

by Lorraine Ash

05/19/2016

Events

Bergen Mounts ‘Moving Wall’ In Overpeck In Time For Thursday Service RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. – Veterans on Thursday morning installed a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, honoring those who died in the war, in Overpeck Park. A memorial service will be held near The Moving Wall on the Great Lawn near the Bandshell at 5 p.m. More than 180 veterans from Bergen County who died in the conflict will be honored by having their names read at the memorial service, according to Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco. Relatives of veterans who passed in the Vietnam War who would like to add names to the list should contact Fred Hayo at the Bergen County Divisio…

by Lorraine Ash

05/19/2016

News

County Executive Announces Safety Plan For Paramus Hospital HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco announced a four-point plan to ensure the safety of patients and staff at the Paramus-based Bergen Regional Medical Center on Wednesday. The plan trails a report in The Bergen County Record citing almost 300 assaults at the 1,000-bed hospital last year—a 38 percent increase from 2014. Tops on Tedesco's list is appointing a senior member of his administration to be his direct liaison to the medical center. Whoever holds this position will review hospital operations, procedures, and compliance — particularly with respect to safety. …

by Lorraine Ash

05/18/2016

News

Emerson Takes First Step Toward Banning Puppy Mills EMERSON, N.J. – The Borough Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday night that would ban the sale of puppy mill dogs in Emerson. “We are on top of it,” Mayor Lou Lamatina said. “We feel strongly about it as a council.” The measure passed by a 4-0 vote. Next comes a June 14 public hearing on the issue, which could be followed by a final vote the same night. The timing wasn't fast enough for those who gathered, some of whom are part of a group protesting every Wednesday and Saturday outside Just Pups, a Kinderkamack Road shop owned by Vincent LoSacco. He has been hit with hundreds of viol…

by Lorraine Ash

05/18/2016

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