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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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Neighbors
Mahwah Business Owner Giving $10 Per Pool To Autism Group Mahwah Business Owner Giving $10 Per Pool To Autism Group
Mahwah Business Owner Giving $10 Per Pool To Autism Group MAHWAH, N.J. – Derek Thoelen, owner of Oasis Pool Service in Mahwah, will donate $10 for every pool he opens this season to an autism organization. Which one? That’s up to his 22-year-old brother, Logan, who has autism. “He wants to put it toward a charity that is more research-based,” said Derek Thoelen, 26. “If the money goes to something that could make progress with the disorder and help him and others in the future, that would be great.” The two brothers have enjoyed a tight relationship all their lives. They play sports together, Derek said. “My friends and my older brother's frien…

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Lifestyle
Escape Rooms For Fun And Business Come To Waldwick Escape Rooms For Fun And Business Come To Waldwick
Escape Rooms For Fun And Business Come To Waldwick WALDWICK, N.J. – Anyone from teens to corporate teams are using the three escape rooms at Cipher Seeker in Waldwick for a variety of reasons. The most popular one is to blow off steam after a big project, or just have fun, said Owner Chris Bartlett of Waldwick. “You’ve got a themed room. You go into it. You have 60 minutes to solve all the puzzles, open up all the locks, and try to escape back out,” Bartlett said. Customers are teenagers and older, with the bulk being in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. “This came from computer games where it’s the same idea,” he added. “You’re locked in a hotel…

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Lifestyle
Ridgewood Yogi Makes Inspiring Bracelets After Trauma Ridgewood Yogi Makes Inspiring Bracelets After Trauma
Ridgewood Yogi Makes Inspiring Bracelets After Trauma RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Eve St. John of Ridgewood entered the inspirational bracelet business in a violent way: She was hit in the head with a hockey puck. “Four years ago, I was at the Ice House in Hackensack watching a game,” she said. “My son was in Ridgewood High School at the time. The puck came over the plywood in front of our seats and struck me. Nobody saw it coming.” St. John, a yoga instructor at Life Time Athletic in Montvale, considered herself lucky. The puck did not hit her in the eye or between the eyes, which could have killed her. “I didn’t lose consciousness,” she said. “But I …

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Business
Allendale Business Owner Celebrates Decade Of Success In Custom Stationery Allendale Business Owner Celebrates Decade Of Success In Custom Stationery
Allendale Business Owner Celebrates Decade Of Success In Custom Stationery ALLENDALE, N.J. — In the age of the e-vite, Kelly Adams of Allendale is busy as ever creating customized invitations and stationery for her customers. This year, her RSVP to me celebrates its 10th year. It still means something to deliver artful invitations on paper, she said. Even today, most people send out paper invitations and even paper RSVPs for their weddings and special occasions. “A wedding is a big rite of passage,” she said. “The invitation is the first insight into the wedding. If you get an e-vite, it’s like saying you don’t care. If you don’t care, why would a guest care? “…

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News
Westwood Activist Pushes Local Laws To Stop Puppy Mills Westwood Activist Pushes Local Laws To Stop Puppy Mills
Westwood Activist Pushes Local Laws To Stop Puppy Mills WESTWOOD, N.J. – Protesting puppy mills wasn’t enough for Robike Noll-Faries of Westwood. The animal activist is pushing local governments to pass ordinances that would force pet shops to sell only dogs and cats that come from animal care groups. The issue came to the fore after Vincent LoSacco, owner of Just Pups, was hit with hundreds of violations for incidents at his Just Pups stores in Paramus, Emerson, and East Brunswick. Under public pressure, he cleared out his Paramus location earlier this month. A total of 42 New Jersey towns, mostly in Central Jersey, have passed ordinances tha…

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Lifestyle
Teaneck Taking Orders For Trees of Love Program Teaneck Taking Orders For Trees of Love Program
Teaneck Taking Orders For Trees of Love Program TEANECK, N.J. — The township of Teaneck is offering residents a chance to plant a tree to commemorate important life events and loved ones. The Shade Tree Advisory Board is sponsoring Trees of Love, which will all be planted in township parks. Plantings can be used to show respect for rites of passage, including an anniversary, birth, graduation, birthday, or wedding. Some trees are planted as a way to memorialize a loved one. The charge is $350, which covers the cost of the tree, planting, water bag, and an inscribed granite plaque. People can choose what they like from a wide variety …

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Neighbors
Fair Lawn Dentist Embraces Second Career As Painter Fair Lawn Dentist Embraces Second Career As Painter
Fair Lawn Dentist Embraces Second Career As Painter FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Fair Lawn Dentist Mary Mancuso-Englander has become a midlife Monet. Three years ago, at age 51, she started a second career as an Impressionist-style painter. She studied under noted artist John P. Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute. Osborne had been her art teacher at Indian Hills High School in Oakland. She’d followed his work over the years. In her first class she learned how to mix paints and created a still life of a white vase. “I’d found a moment of peace and focus that allowed it to happen,” she said. She was hooked. Today, Mancuso-Englander’s body of wor…

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Lifestyle
Waldwick, Bergenfield Dojos Teach Special Taekwon-Do Waldwick, Bergenfield Dojos Teach Special Taekwon-Do
Waldwick, Bergenfield Dojos Teach Special Taekwon-Do WALDWICK, N.J. — Sensory Taekwon-Do, which has locations in Bergenfield and Waldwick, modifies the Korean martial art to help people with special needs. Chiropractor Kerry Escamilla, who has adult ADHD, is the director of both schools and innovator of the whole brain/whole body approach. He holds a second-degree black belt in Taekwon-Do and has advanced training in neurology. “With regular Taekwon-Do, you learn a large group of skills including self-defense and self-control,” said Jonathan Kilburn, director of the Waldwick dojo. “It differs from other martial arts because it tends to includ…

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Lifestyle
Glen Rock Newswoman Hopes Residents Flock To Banana Tree Glen Rock Newswoman Hopes Residents Flock To Banana Tree
Glen Rock Newswoman Hopes Residents Flock To Banana Tree GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Like many who grow up in Glen Rock, Julie Maxwell Allen left town and then came back after starting a family of her own. Unlike her peers, the 46-year-old returnee launched a hyperlocal news site. Allen wants more people to turn to her BananaTreeNews.com than to the borough website to find human interest stories and in-depth reports on what’s happening in local government. “Glen Rock is unique in that people want to come back,” said Allen, a 1988 Glen Rock High School graduate. “There was this pride instilled in us growing up.  "I was a lifeguard at the pool and an …

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Business
Englewood Man Does More Than Drive For SilverStreak Englewood Man Does More Than Drive For SilverStreak
Englewood Man Does More Than Drive For SilverStreak ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Robert Miller went through his latest self-reinvention last month: He opened SilverStreak Limousine, based in his Englewood hometown. The very name of the business, which serves the tri-state area, references the silver hair of the 65-year-old entrepreneur. Miller in past career lives has worked for the apparel manufacturing business owned by his family, the communications firm run by his wife -- TV and radio talent Sara Lee Kessler -- and the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. So why a car service? “I love to drive,” Miller said, “and I love schmoozing and meetin…

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