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Tomorrow's Children Of Hackensack Holds Annual Fundraising Party In Teaneck Tomorrow's Children Of Hackensack Holds Annual Fundraising Party In Teaneck
Tomorrow's Children Of Hackensack Holds Annual Fundraising Party In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- The Tomorrow’s Children holiday party had a great turnout to celebrate and at the same time raise funds for the children’s cancer treatment center at Hackensack University Medical Center. The party is an annual tradition started by the partners of Chopstix kosher Chinese restaurant, and has been held every year for 13 years. The party was held at the Moose Lodge and was sponsored by Chopstix partners Deputy Mayor Elie Y. Katz and Uri Herzog, Councilman Mark Schwartz, Camp Mesorah, The Jewish Link, Eli Auto, Trophy King, Camp Mesorah, Moose Lodge, Magic Masters Entertainmen…

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Schools
Little Ferry Schools Not Responsible For $1.5M Gap In Ridgefield Park Little Ferry Schools Not Responsible For $1.5M Gap In Ridgefield Park
Little Ferry Schools Not Responsible For $1.5M Gap In Ridgefield Park LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- The Little Ferry school district won’t have to pay extra tuition this budget year to make up for a $1.5 million shortfall in its sending district, Ridgefield Park. Ridgefield Park Superintendent Eric Koenig reached out to Little Ferry Superintendent Frank Scarafile after his board meeting Jan. 7 to go over plans for filling the budget shortfall.  Koenig assured him Ridgefield Park won’t be trying to make any changes to the sending - receiving contract that would impose new tuition in the current year, according to a letter Scarafile sent to his board members. The lett…

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News
Teaneck Considering Pedestrian Safety After Fatal Cedar Lane Crash Teaneck Considering Pedestrian Safety After Fatal Cedar Lane Crash
Teaneck Considering Pedestrian Safety After Fatal Cedar Lane Crash TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck officials said they planned Tuesday night to discuss pedestrian safety, with an emphasis on Cedar Lane's intersection with Garrison Avenue -- the site of a fatal Christmas night crash. “I’m not saying the corner is dangerous," Mayor Lizette Parker told Daily Voice. "I’m going to direct that we look at all the factors and see if there is a way it could be improved." Garrison Avenue and Cedar Lane had the first Braille crossing for blind pedestrians installed when Bergen County authorities upgraded it following a 2006 fatality, Deputy Mayor Elie Katz no…

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Police & Fire
Tuesday: Avoid Kipp Avenue In Hasbrouck Heights Tuesday: Avoid Kipp Avenue In Hasbrouck Heights
Tuesday: Avoid Kipp Avenue In Hasbrouck Heights HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- The Hasbrouck Heights Police Department advises motorists to avoid the 300 block of Kipp Avenue between Burton and Terrace Avenues until 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The street is closed for PSE&G utility work. Please plan alternate routes.

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Police & Fire
Burglary Pair Caught By Teaneck Police Get Four Years Each Burglary Pair Caught By Teaneck Police Get Four Years Each
Burglary Pair Caught By Teaneck Police Get Four Years Each TEANECK, N.J. -- Two confessed burglars will get four-year prison terms each in exchange for admitting Monday that they broke into homes in Fair Lawn, Paramus and Fort Lee. Tyrone Goins of Edgewater, 25, and Jamar Travis of Paterson, 28, were arrested in Teaneck last February after Detective Edward Kazmierczak began following their Lincoln LS and saw one of them toss out a gold bracelet. He and backup Detective Kevin Brennan approached the sedan and found a fur coat and several women’s handbags. The pair also had gloves and ski masks. Goins and Travis admitted in court in Hackensack Monda…

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Police & Fire
Illegal Salvadorn Immigrant Admits Stabbing Englewood Housemate Illegal Salvadorn Immigrant Admits Stabbing Englewood Housemate
Illegal Salvadorn Immigrant Admits Stabbing Englewood Housemate ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An illegal alien from El Salvador on Monday admitted stabbing his Englewood housemate. Jose Wilbur Hernandez-Cerrito, 24, pleaded guilty in Hackensack to aggravated assault in exchange for a six-year prison sentence -- of which he must serve a little over five years -- when he is sentenced on March 11. He remained held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Hernandez-Cerrito surrendered to police at a bus stop a few blocks down the street from the West Palisade Avenue house where the two lived after he stabbed the then-27-year-old victim in the chest before dawn Aug.…

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Police & Fire
Alert Fort Lee Police Officer Secures Human Trafficking Case Alert Fort Lee Police Officer Secures Human Trafficking Case
Alert Fort Lee Police Officer Secures Human Trafficking Case FORT LEE, N.J. -- Alert work by a Fort Lee police officer secured the return of two 17-year-old sisters who authorities said were forced to become prostitutes and a sweeping human trafficking indictment against three men, one from Englewood The North Jersey operation was uncovered after the officer spotted Yadir Araujo, a 33-year-old auto mechanic from Elizabeth, sitting in a car parked outside a Fort Lee motel before dawn last April. The officer said he saw Araujo duck down as he approached, then spotted several condoms in the vehicle ashtray and a purse on a floor board. Araujo who had a…

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Sports
Bergenfield Little League Begins First Softball Program Bergenfield Little League Begins First Softball Program
Bergenfield Little League Begins First Softball Program BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- The Bergenfield Little League baseball organization is starting its first softball program this year. “We are very excited to announce this new Little League softball program, which is aimed at girls born from 2001 to 2006," Kathie Lacey, safety officer for Bergenfield Little League, told Daily Voice. Registration is now open and will be until about March 15, when teams will be assembled. Practice begins about April 1, or as soon as fields are assigned. The season is planned for 12 games, and will run through the first and second week of June. There has been a co…

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Schools
Teaneck High School Magazine Seeks Entries For First Comic Book Contest Teaneck High School Magazine Seeks Entries For First Comic Book Contest
Teaneck High School Magazine Seeks Entries For First Comic Book Contest TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck High School’s literary magazine, "The Looking Glass," is accepting submissions for its first-ever comic book contest. "The Looking Glass" — an award-winning magazine — is designed, edited, and published by the students of Teaneck High School. Contestants will compete for a monthly prize for literature. To enter, authors must submit 8 to 12 illustrated pages, written either collaboratively or by one artist. Themes and images must be appropriate for the Teaneck High School community. Illustrated covers are optional. The top three submissions will…

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Police & Fire
Contractor Who Stalked Leonia Woman Facing Deportation After Year In Jail Contractor Who Stalked Leonia Woman Facing Deportation After Year In Jail
Contractor Who Stalked Leonia Woman Facing Deportation After Year In Jail LEONIA, N.J. -- A Guatemalan contractor who phoned and texted a Leonia woman 20 to 30 times a day for nearly five years will serve a short jail term and then be deported back to Central America -- for a second time. Julio Godinez, 42, was one of several workers who renovated the woman’s home after she bought in in 2009, authorities said. He got her cell number after she gave him some furniture from her deceased uncle’s house and then began calling her from pre-paid, untraceable phones, the victim said. Godinez would “call at 8 in the morning before work, at lunch time," she told Daily…

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