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Honor Flight Salutes Bergen Veterans Honor Flight Salutes Bergen Veterans
Honor Flight Salutes Bergen Veterans Hudson Valley Honor Flight will fly its next mission Saturday to Washington, D.C., so participants can see the nation's memorials honoring veterans. "Hudson Valley Honor Flight is a nonprofit organization honoring American veterans for all their sacrifices by bringing them to Washington, D.C., to visit their respective war memorials at no cost to them," organizers note. This Saturday flight -- dubbed Mission 14 -- will depart from Westchester County Airport in White Plains at 7:30 a.m. On board will be HVHF’s 1,000th World War II veteran. This veteran's name is being kept confide…
Teaneck Workshop Preps Locals For Storytelling Nights Teaneck Workshop Preps Locals For Storytelling Nights
Teaneck Workshop Preps Locals For Storytelling Nights TEANECK, N.J. -- If you've got an interesting story to tell -- or you have one but aren't quite sure you can get up in public and tell it -- an upcoming workshop wants to help you hone your storytelling skills.Bob Gordon will facilitate a storytelling workshop on Saturday, Oct. 29, and Saturday, Nov. 5, to help people develop their personal stories, of around 15 minutes, about real events that shaped their lives in meaningful ways. His workshop will be based on his Moth development training. If you're not familiar with the Moth, it facilitates live storytelling. Here's its mission stateme…
When School's Out, Art's In At Midland Park Studio When School's Out, Art's In At Midland Park Studio
When School's Out, Art's In At Midland Park Studio MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- Midland Park's Drawing Room Fine Art and Sculpture Studio will be hosting "School's Out Art Workshops" on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 10-11, for all folks 6 and up.Studio owner and instructor Christine Zaccardi told Daily Voice that adults are certainly welcome, as well, to accompany little ones and work on their own technique. Daily Voice profiled Zaccardi and her studio back in June. She offers classes and portfolio development help, as well as an art summer camp. "It's a fun day, exploring new art techniques in fine art and sculpture," Zaccardi sa…
Wish Granted: Young Garfield Boy Meets Young Bruce Wayne Wish Granted: Young Garfield Boy Meets Young Bruce Wayne
Wish Granted: Young Garfield Boy Meets Young Bruce Wayne GARFIELD, N.J. -- The national children's charity Kids Wish Network partnered with actor David Mazouz, the young star of the TV show "Gotham," in late August to grant a once-in-a-lifetime experience for an 8-year-old Garfield boy who's dealt with a serious illness for a few years. Gavyn Boscio was diagnosed with Chiari malformation, a brain malformation, when he was 6. Early on, the severe pain he experienced forced him to miss a lot of school and playing with his friends, so he spent his day watching the latest episodes of his favorite TV show, "Gotham." Kids Wish Net…
Bergenfield Teen's Video Game Based On Old-School Roswell Bergenfield Teen's Video Game Based On Old-School Roswell
Bergenfield Teen's Video Game Based On Old-School Roswell BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Judah Mantell has already finished 75 percent of the development on a video game and is crowdfunding further costs -- and he's only a sophomore at the Frisch School, in Paramus. Judah's game "Roswell" is an adventure RPG -- that's "role-playing game" for the uninitiated -- with an old-school pixelated look, for both the characters and backgrounds. Here's the basic plot: The U.S. military is shaken. The first 'flying saucer' has officially crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. The public doesn't know what to make of this. In the wake of the Second Wo…
Hackensack Hospital Uses New Tech To Cleanse Donated Blood Hackensack Hospital Uses New Tech To Cleanse Donated Blood
Hackensack Hospital Uses New Tech To Cleanse Donated Blood HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The strictly regulated blood transfusion process is getting yet another enhancement at Hackensack University Medical Center. HackensackUMC is the first hospital in the tri-state area to adopt the Intercept Blood System for platelets. In conjunction with Community Blood Services, platelet donations will undergo traditional infectious disease testing, in addition to pathogen reduction through the Intercept system. Platelets are held for the first two days following donation pending the results of testing and then made available for the following three days. The newly …
Happy Birthday To Teaneck's Zab Judah Happy Birthday To Teaneck's Zab Judah
Happy Birthday To Teaneck's Zab Judah TEANECK, N.J. -- Happy birthday to pro boxer Zab Judah, who lived in Teaneck, Alpine and Closter during his professional boxing career. He turns 39 on Thursday. Born in Brooklyn, on Oct. 27, 1977, he began boxing when he was 6 and went pro at 18. Judah's been a four-time world champion, having held the WBO light welterweight title and the undisputed WBA, WBC and IBF welterweight titles, and he was the lineal welterweight champion from 2005-2006. In his professional career, his record, over the course of his 53 fights, he had 42 wins and nine losses. Judah currently runs a promotion compa…
Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue
Raffle, With Top Prize Of $500, Aids Englewood Animal Rescue ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Save the Animals Rescue Team II is once again selling tickets for its yearly raffle, to help offset vet bills, food and shelter for animals in its care.START II is an all-volunteer, nonprofit, no-kill animal rescue group in Englewood. It partners with three local PetSmart stores, for animal adoption events. Tickets are $1 each, sold in books of 10 or individually. There are three winners: a $500 first-place prize, $400 for second and $300 for third, all paid with a TD Bank gift card. The drawing will be Saturday, Dec.10, at 1:30 p.m., at the Paramus PetSmart, 60 Route 17…
NFL's Justin Tuck Named Grand Marshal Of Fort Lee Run For Leukemia Patient NFL's Justin Tuck Named Grand Marshal Of Fort Lee Run For Leukemia Patient
NFL's Justin Tuck Named Grand Marshal Of Fort Lee Run For Leukemia Patient FORT LEE, N.J. -- The Madonna 5K Walk/Run to aid a 12-year-old Fort Lee leukemia patient has been postponed. The run for Briana Lopez has been moved to Saturday, Oct. 29, due to the weather forecast. It has also been recently announced that Super Bowl legend Justin Tuck will be the race's grand marshal. "When my friends complain about doing homework, I tell them to just be thankful," Briana said in a live interview on NBC's "Today Show" on Sept. 22. Briana has been fighting leukemia for the past eight months, and her mother provided the bone marrow transplant that saved…
Bottoms Up: Beer Guru Will Share Wisdom In Old Tappan Bottoms Up: Beer Guru Will Share Wisdom In Old Tappan
Bottoms Up: Beer Guru Will Share Wisdom In Old Tappan OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- Join beer aficionado John Holl in a guided look at the world of craft beer on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Old Tappan Free Public Library."There are more than 4,500 small breweries in the United States, producing some of the most flavorful and innovative brews that have ever been created," organizers note. "Holl, the award-winning editor of All About Beer magazine and the author of 'The American Craft Beer Cookbook,' offers interesting facts, colorful stories and a look at why beer matters." Holl, who lives in Jersey City, has also written for The New Y…
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