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Matt Speiser

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Events

Bogota Beauty Pageant Gears Up For Third Year BOGOTA, N.J. — The Bogota Community Alliance (BCA) is gearing up for its third annual Bogota Beauty Pageant. This year's pageant will feature male and female contestants all competing to be named Mr. & Miss Bogota and earn a scholarship on behalf of the BCA. "This year we are thrilled that we will have a Mr. Bogota contest join the Miss Bogota," BCA Vice President Ingrid Dominguez said. "We are very excited to begin the event." Eight elementary school-aged boys and girls are signed up to compete in the pageant, the vice president said. In the next two and a half mo…

by Matt Speiser

02/09/2016

Neighbors

Fundraiser Aids Oradell Boy, 6, Recovering From Cancer Treatments ORADELL, N.J. — More than $2,900 had been raised as of Monday evening on a GoFundMe page for a 6-year-old Oradell boy who is recovering from cancer treatments. When Hudson Starvou was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in September of 2015, his mother Jen had to resign from her job to care for him. Hudson underwent chemotherapy for two months and by the new year, it was determined that his cancer was in remission. Jen's close friend, Sunitha Thomas, started the GoFundMe campaign to help the Starvou family pay for Hudson's medical expenses. "For Hudson’s parents, 5 months of medical bil…

by Matt Speiser

02/09/2016

Neighbors

Cliffside Park Seeks EMT Applicants CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — The Cliffside Park Emergency Medical Services Department is currently accepting applications for the position of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). The emergency medical service/basic life support ambulance service is organized and licensed under the fire department. A full-time director of emergency medical service and seven full-time emergency medical technicians and a group of part-time emergency medical technicians staffs it. Two emergency medical technicians are required to staff the ambulance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All personnel are members of the …

by Matt Speiser

02/09/2016

Sports

Rutherford Bulldogs Boy's Swim Team Defends Njic Championship RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The boy's varsity swim team at Rutherford High School swam their way to a second consecutive championship Saturday at the NJIC conference meet at Lyndhurst High School. "It is really a credit to our hard-working kids that do anything they're asked to do," Bulldog's head coach Steven Dunn told Daily Voice. "We probably had eight or nine kids swim the best races of their lives Saturday and you could tell they were all ready to go." Among the noteworthy efforts from the Bulldogs were those of sophomores Alec Reimon, Chris Lee and Edel Barcenas, as well as…

by Matt Speiser

02/09/2016

Neighbors

Dumont EMS Raises Money For Colleague, 9/11 First Responder Battling Cancer DUMONT, N.J. — More than $12,700 had been raised as of Sunday night on a GoFundMe page launched by a Dumont emergency medical specialist for his longtime colleague battling cancer. Dennis Boos created the site when Newark University Hospital EMT Scott "Stitches" Williams was re-diagnosed with cancer in January after 1 year of remission. Williams, who was a 9/11 first responder, raised $40,000 for Boos when his house burned down in 2013. "Scott is always the first guy to step up and help someone else out and now he needs our help," Boos told Daily Voice. The funds raise…

by Matt Speiser

02/08/2016

Sports

Bogota High School Basketball Coach Notches 600th Win BOGOTA, N.J. — The third-winningest coach in Bergen County boys basketball history says he doesn't much care for basketball games. Bogota High School Varsity Basketball Coach Jay Mahoney would rather be in practice. "I’m not a big X’s and O’s guy," said Mahoney, who notched his 600th career win on February 2 in a 42-40 victory over Waldwick. "I just love the camaraderie and getting to interact with the kids on a daily basis." The Weehawken native played college basketball at Bergen County Community College and later at Division 3 Thomas College in Maine. When he was 2…

by Matt Speiser

02/08/2016

Neighbors

Photos: Ramsey Cub Scouts Compete In Annual Pinewood Derby RAMSEY, N.J. — Fifty-five cub scouts from Ramsey's Pack 175 competed in the annual Pinewood Derby Friday night at Hubbard School. The Pinewood Derby is a scout tradition in which scouts fashion a car from a block of wood and compete against their fellow scouts to see who created the fastest car. "The whole purpose of the race is to instill pride in what the boys have accomplished by making their car from a block of wood," pack leader Patrick Pacenza told Daily Voice. "Not everyone went home a winner, but the takeaway from tonight is the effort, skills, teamwork, and creativ…

by Matt Speiser

02/08/2016

Events

Demarest PBA Offers Night Out With The Devils DEMAREST, N.J. — The Demarest Police Benevolent Association Local #350 is selling group tickets to the New Jersey Devils game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 6 in Newark. The package includes a special group price, $10 food and beverage card, a photo with the Devils logo after the game, a group welcome on the big screen, a Devils group gift, and an auctioning off of an Andy Greene autographed puck. All order forms and checks may be returned to the Demarest Police Department at 118 Serpentine Road with attention to Det. Talty. Email Brian Talty for more information.

by Matt Speiser

02/08/2016

Sports

Super Bowl's Greg Olsen Sends Video Shout Out To Wayne Hills WAYNE, N.J. — Preparing for his first Super Bowl, Wayne Hills High School alumnus Greg Olsen of the Carolina Panthers paid tribute to his alma mater in a personal YouTube video. "I'm on the brink of playing in the biggest game of my life on the biggest stage," the star tight end says, "but some of my biggest memories [included] winning that first state championship on our home field and our fans running on the field." The Wayne native helped a Patriots' team coached by his father, Chris, win a 2002 state championship. After leading Carolina in receptions and receiving y…

by Matt Speiser

02/06/2016

Weather

Warmth Follows Morning Snow In Bergen, Passaic RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — The sun shone brightly, hastening a quick melt, after a brief overnight winter storm into the morning left a few inches of snow and played havoc with the morning rush in Bergen and Passaic. Blue skies will continue through the weekend, with Saturday temperatures in the low 40s and Sunday's a few degrees higher, AccuWeather.com reports. Dozens of schools had delayed openings Friday morning. They included: Eastern Christian School in North Haledon — 2-hour delayed start Immaculate Heart Of Mary in Wayne — delayed start at 9:30am Wayne Township Public Schools — closed Bogo…

by Matt Speiser

02/05/2016

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