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Suffern Native Helps Rockland, Bergen Fund Fights Against Addiction Suffern Native Helps Rockland, Bergen Fund Fights Against Addiction
Suffern Native Helps Rockland, Bergen Fund Fights Against Addiction MAHWAH, N.J. – Victoria Shaw was a health teacher in Rockland County years ago when tragedy struck. “A bunch of wonderful young kids were drinking around a bonfire and one of the kids fell into the fire. And his friends were so intoxicated that they couldn’t get him out fast enough,” said Shaw, a Suffern native who now lives in Mahwah. The student survived, but was severely injured, she said. The incident prompted South Orangetown Central School District leaders to ask Shaw to create a taskforce around substance abuse prevention. But Shaw soon realized “it was hard to do a lot of education…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson
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Senior Chief Mary Cavanagh Named Rockland Female Veteran Of Year Senior Chief Mary Cavanagh Named Rockland Female Veteran Of Year
Senior Chief Mary Cavanagh Named Rockland Female Veteran Of Year NEW CITY, N.Y. – Rockland County Executive Ed Day marked the start of Women's History month and his new Women's Initiative today by naming Senior Chief Mary E. Cavanagh the Rockland Female Veteran of the Year. "We are proud to highlight the achievements that women have made in building our nation and, in this case, defending it," the County Executive said during a ceremony announcing the honor. Senior Chief Cavanagh grew up in Garnerville and graduated from North Rockland High School before beginning a long and distinguished career with the Navy. She is now director of the North …

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by Daily Voice
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Community Rallies For Bergen College Student Fighting Cancer Community Rallies For Bergen College Student Fighting Cancer
Community Rallies For Bergen College Student Fighting Cancer GLEN ROCK, N.J. — More than $10,900 had been raised as of Friday evening on a YouCaring page launched to aid a Glen Rock college sophomore battling cancer. Jack Mattsson was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2016, shortly after his second semester at James Madison University. He's had two surgeries, one to remove 30 tumors that had metastasized to his lungs, and was not able to return to college for his sophomore year.  The Mattsson Family has made more than 70 trips to New York City's Memorial Sloan Kettering and for five weeks commuted to the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta to participate in…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Alpine's Kellyanne Conway Getting Too Comfy In White House? Alpine's Kellyanne Conway Getting Too Comfy In White House?
Alpine's Kellyanne Conway Getting Too Comfy In White House? ALPINE, N.J. — Kellyanne Conway of Alpine is making headlines for putting her feet on the couch in the Oval Office. The White House senior advisor was pictured kneeling on a couch to take a picture of U.S. President Trump and leaders of the historically black colleges and universities, according to news reports. Conway made headlines earlier this month for apologizing to Trump after commenting on Ivanka's clothing line. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Beat Goes On For Suffern's Christian Cea, Who Enjoys Drumming After Dark Beat Goes On For Suffern's Christian Cea, Who Enjoys Drumming After Dark
Beat Goes On For Suffern's Christian Cea, Who Enjoys Drumming After Dark SUFFERN, N.Y. "Drumming is not what I do, it’s who I am,” a recent Facebook status of part-time drummer and Suffern resident Christian Cea read. Cea, a state university employee by day, drummer by night has been consumed with a passion for drumming since he was 10 years old. “My father was a jazz drummer when I was a little kid,” said Cea. “Then he was struck down by a disability that caused him to be in a wheelchair for the last 27 years of his life. I was 10 years old when he was struck down and 10 years old when I took up the drums. It was and is my tribute to him. My way of honorin…

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by Daily Voice
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Rockland Marks Dominican Independence Day By Honoring Locals Rockland Marks Dominican Independence Day By Honoring Locals
Rockland Marks Dominican Independence Day By Honoring Locals NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day recognized five people and two organizations for the contributions made by the local Dominican-American community on Friday. Day also issued a proclamation celebrating Dominican Independence Day, which will be observed on Monday. "We congratulate you, our Rockland residents of Dominican descent, on the 173rd anniversary of independence for the Dominican Republic," he said. "We know that the struggle for independence in the Dominican Republic was difficult and hard-won, as it was here in the United States of America." Day n…

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Smitten Orangeburg Vet Tech Takes In Emaciated Hoarding Case Dog Smitten Orangeburg Vet Tech Takes In Emaciated Hoarding Case Dog
Smitten Orangeburg Vet Tech Takes In Emaciated Hoarding Case Dog ORANGEBURG, N.Y. — Phoebe was malnourished and covered in sores when Orangeburg’s Vivian Wong first laid eyes on her. But still, the Allendale Veterinary Hospital technician says it was nothing short of love at first sight. She was weeks into mourning the loss of her last dog and wasn’t looking to adopt so soon, but when Phoebe came into the hospital from a hoarding case in Louisiana, Wong just had to have her. “I don’t know how to describe her in simple terms,” said Wong, who also works at Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus.  I saw her and just really wanted her in my life. Phoebe, also …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Spring Valley Man's Humble Chinese Treat Aims To Be NYC's New Go-To Snack Spring Valley Man's Humble Chinese Treat Aims To Be NYC's New Go-To Snack
Spring Valley Man's Humble Chinese Treat Aims To Be NYC's New Go-To Snack RAMAPO, N.Y. – Rockland native Brian Goldberg tried his hand at a number of careers – professional luge racing, for one – before he decided to go into the good eats biz, according to a recent write-up in The New York Times. Goldberg, who grew up in Spring Valley, is a Chinese scholar who ran a few eateries when he lived in Hong Kong. It was in Beijing that Goldberg got hooked on Northern Chinese street foods such as jianbing, which are crepes made with a whole egg, herbs, condiments and stuffed with duck, chicken or pork. According to Goldberg’s website, he was studying Mandarin Chinese in…

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by Carol Reif
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Upper Saddle River Native's Son Snaps Selfie With Bernie Sanders Upper Saddle River Native's Son Snaps Selfie With Bernie Sanders
Upper Saddle River Native's Son Snaps Selfie With Bernie Sanders UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — An Upper Saddle River native's son was boarding a flight from Washington D.C. to Vermont when he noticed throngs of people crowding around around someone in the airport. It wasn't long before Eileen O'Grady's son, Conor Zeya, realized it was U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. "You'd think it was like, Mick Jagger, or Bono," said O'Grady of Washington D.C., whose father owned a toy store in Hackensack.  Zeya, 16, an avid Sanders supporter, went right up to the politician and simply asked for a photograph together. "He was very gracious," O'Grady sai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Muslim Student From Dumont Reveals Harsh Realities In Trump's America Muslim Student From Dumont Reveals Harsh Realities In Trump's America
Muslim Student From Dumont Reveals Harsh Realities In Trump's America PATERSON, N.J. — What one Paterson nursing student has long been seeing in the media has become an unfortunate reality for her and dozens of other Muslims in her circles. Osoul Taha, 22, says she's been assaulted in coffee shops and supermarkets several times since the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign. "You hear about these things on TV, but you don’t expect it to happen to you — and you don't know how to react," said Taha, who is Palestinian. She received her U.S. citizenship when she was only a month old and has lived in Dumont since she was six. But Taha k…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Worried About Trump, Rockland Author Starts Activist Group Worried About Trump, Rockland Author Starts Activist Group
Worried About Trump, Rockland Author Starts Activist Group ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Rockland woman emboldened and encouraged after attending the Women's March in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21 has been busy keeping the momentum going by starting a new Facebook group of like-minded folks unhappy with some of President Trump's new actions. The newly formed Rockland Organization for Active Resistance (ROAR) is all about offering practical local actions to defend progressive values in the era of the Trump presidency.  The goal, explained Founder Jeanine Cummins, is to turn the excitement of the national Women's Marches into direct participation in democ…

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by Jeanne Muchnick
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Give Me A 'B': North Rockland's Best Buddies Has Lots To Cheer About Give Me A 'B': North Rockland's Best Buddies Has Lots To Cheer About
Give Me A 'B': North Rockland's Best Buddies Has Lots To Cheer About HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. – Decked out in matching red T-shirts and hair ribbons, North Rockland Central School District's Best Buddies United cheerleaders tore up the floor last Saturday with their rocking routines. The squad performed stunts, jumps, motions and dances to customized background music that included the chant: “United and strong! Don’t limit us, ‘cause we belong!” Those words had deep significance for both the mainstream and special education students on the newly formed team, said Teacher and Co-Adviser Gina Tedesco. For the teens with intellectual and developmental challenges, it u…

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by Carol Reif