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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

News

Mayors Hash Out Housing Woes Over Hash Browns In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. — Concern about building more affordable housing than their towns can handle was issue No. 1 Thursday in Westwood as the Pascack Valley mayors met for their annual breakfast. “Breakfast with the Mayors” was hosted by The Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce at The Iron Horse. The event drew the largest crowd in its 40-year history, according to Skip Kelley, vice president of the chamber. “This year affordable housing is at the top of the agenda,” said Montvale Mayor Michael Ghassali. “There’s an organized movement to change this part of North Jersey to make it look li…

by Lorraine Ash

01/27/2017

Neighbors

Bergenfield Pastor Steering 92-Year-Old Church Into New Era BERGENFIELD, N.J. — The Rev. Mark Ennis of Clinton Avenue Reformed Church in Bergenfield is doing everything he can to draw more of the community into his church. “We did very well, historically, with Northern Europeans of the World War II generation,” Ennis said. “No one caught until recently that this town isn’t white anymore.” The 92-year-old parish draws some 40 to 50 white people to Sunday services, half of them older. Ennis laid out the reality of Bergenfield’s demographics: Whites are less than 50 percent of the population. A quarter, primarily in the southwestern section of town…

by Lorraine Ash

01/26/2017

News

Haircuts To Hot Meals: Hackensack Center Counts, Helps Homeless HACKENSACK, N.J. — Like the other 20 counties in New Jersey, Bergen County sent out teams from Hackensack Wednesday morning to find – and help – homeless people they discovered living outdoors. “This is the day that every year, in January, we send out street teams,” said Julia Orlando, director of the Bergen County Housing, Health and Human Services Center. “Our teams went out at 5 a.m.,” she added. “They searched under bridges, in parks, and any places where people are known to habitate when they’re living outside.” A small number were found, she added, though the final number hasn’t ye…

by Lorraine Ash

01/25/2017

News

New Oradell Police Chief William Wicker Sworn ORADELL, N.J. — Oradell Police Chief William Wicker was sworn to office Tuesday night in a packed Council chambers at Borough Hall. Holding the Bible were his Wicker's daughters, Gabriella and Gianna. “I am truly honored and I assure you that you will get my absolute best,” Wicker told Mayor Diane Carmelo Didio, who administered the oath, and the Borough Council. The new chief also thanked Oradell residents, his colleagues, family and friends -- including his brother, Englewood Cliffs Detective Lt. Keith Wicker, who pinned the chiefs badge on him. Then he directly addressed the officers w…

by Lorraine Ash, Jerry DeMarco

01/25/2017

Business

Got An Implant? Upper Saddle River Medical Company Probably Made It UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Triangle Manufacturing, a medical manufacturer tucked away off Route 17 in Upper Saddle River, may be an important part of your life. If you’ve had surgery. Or have an implant in any part of your body. The 62-year-old, family-run company makes medical instruments and implantable devices — or pieces thereof — for many companies. Including some of the largest biomedical leaders in the world. “See this?” asks Kristin Leone, the company’s digital content coordinator. She holds up what looks like an extraordinarily long acupuncture needle. “It clears out tear ducts…

by Lorraine Ash

01/25/2017

Events

‘Clandestine’ Film Airs First In New Milford, Then Worldwide NEW MILFORD, N.J. — “Clandestine,” an indie film about drugs in suburban neighborhoods, is about to be released worldwide. But New Milford gets to see it first. The film will air at 8 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Castle Theatre at New Milford High School. That’s only fitting, said Director David LaRosa of Feenix Films, a Ramsey-based independent film company. "New Milford embraced our project early on,” he said. "We filmed significant scenes in a New Milford home and in New Milford High School.” The multiple-award-winning “Clandestine” is a tense crime thriller that pits law enforcemen…

by Lorraine Ash

01/23/2017

Business

Waldwick Stop & Shop To Close March 2 WALDWICK, N.J. — The Stop & Shop on Wyckoff Avenue in Waldwick will close on or about March 2, a company spokesperson said. “All the associates in our Waldwick store will have the opportunity to be transferred to other Stop & Shop locations,” said Jim Keenoy, director of marketing and external communications. There are three other Stop & Shop stores in the area in Ridgewood, Paramus and Wyckoff. Contrary to rumors circulating on Facebook, however, Trader Joe’s has no plans to take over the space. According to a Trader Joe’s spokesperson, the only new store it will open in New …

by Lorraine Ash

01/23/2017

Obituaries

Park Ridge Folk Pop Legend Maggie Roche Dies PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Maggie Roche, the Park Ridge native who formed the folk pop trio The Roches along with her two sisters, has died, reports NJArts.net. She was 65. She and her sisters, Terre and Suzzy, performed in New York City clubs and broke through to a national audience in 1979, the arts site reports. They performed on Paul Simon’s 1973 album, “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon." Maggie Roche, who succumbed to cancer, was the group’s principal songwriter. For the whole story, CLICK HERE.

by Lorraine Ash

01/21/2017

Business

Rosie O’Donnell Lowers Price On Saddle River Estate SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Comedienne Rosie O’Donnell dropped the asking price on her six-acre Saddle River estate again, nj.com reports. The former talk show host, who has made headlines of late for her tweeting wars with President Donald Trump, now wants $5.9 million, according to the report. RELATED NEWS: Another famed Saddle River resident, Mary J. Blige, also has had problems selling her estate. The news site writes O’Donnell bought the 15-room English manor-style home in 2013 for $6.375 million, only to put it on the market 20 months later. This is the second time the celebrity has trimme…

by Lorraine Ash

01/21/2017

Business

Park Ridge Music Studio Teaching Third Generation To Play PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Gus Baxter of Mahwah has been teaching guitar at Woodside Music Studio in Park Ridge since 1971. At this point, the shop has become the “Cheers” of the Pascack Valley: you go in and everybody knows your name. “We’re now into teaching the third generation of the same families,” Baxter said. “It’s pretty freaky.” When he gave his first lesson at Woodside 46 years ago, he was a college student. It’s the only job he ever had. In the mid-1980s, Baxter took the place over when its founder — his brother-in-law — decided to become a Greek Orthodox priest. Today the downtown…

by Lorraine Ash

01/19/2017

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