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Lorraine Ash

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lash@dailyvoice.com

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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

Business

Irish Pub In Heart Of Dumont Closes Its Doors DUMONT, N.J. — Ryan’s Public House in Dumont, the West Madison Avenue Irish pub, has closed. “The business has been sold and a new restaurant will be coming in a short period of time,” says a taped voice message on its phone. Ryan’s, which replaced the Frontier Room, underwent a renovation in 2015. According to the message, it stopped doing business as of Feb. 12. Ryan’s, which was billed as family friendly, was known for its Irish fare, according to its website. It served up corned beef and cabbage rolls, Ryan’s chili, Guinness soft pretzels, Guinness cheddar burgers, Irish pork sausag…

by Lorraine Ash

02/19/2017

Neighbors

Bergenfield Mosque: We Teach Peace Here BERGENFIELD, N.J. — No anti-Muslim prejudice has touched the Muslim Cultural Center of Bergen County in Bergenfield, its leader said. “After two-and-a-half years practicing our faith here, we have found this really is a friendly town,” said Imam Muhammad S. Tahir of Fair Lawn. “We are protected fully. We’ve never seen any kind of vandalism or hate or bias.” The East Johnson Avenue center, known as Masjid Al-Aisha, attracts a few dozen people during the midday prayers and sermon at 1 p.m. Fridays. Those who come are mostly men who stop in on their lunch hour and then return to their jobs,…

by Lorraine Ash

02/18/2017

News

Allendale Faces Day Two Of Gridlock As Gas Main Work Continues ALLENDALE, N.J. — Streets in Allendale on the west side of town are gridlocked Friday for the second day in a row as PSE&G continues repairing a gas main break on West Crescent Avenue. The road is still closed between Hillside Avenue and West Allendale Avenue. According to borough police, it’s looking like West Crescent won’t reopen until Saturday. In a SwiftReach message Thursday night, the borough suggested that motorists find alternate routes for Friday. A 16-inch gas main at West Crescent and West Maple avenues broke Thursday afternoon, evacuating Brookside School and some homes.…

by Lorraine Ash

02/17/2017

Events

Park Ridge TV Journalist: A DNA Test Changed My Life PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Bill Griffeth of Park Ridge, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” shares a startling family story in his new book, "The Stranger in My Genes." After taking two DNA tests four years ago, he learned the dad he loved — Charles Griffeth — was not his biological father. That meant his colonial New England Protestant ancestors, chronicled in his third book, “By Faith Alone,” weren’t really his family. That meant his mother had a secret life. Turns out, his real ancestors lived in the South and fought for the Confederacy. They were slaveowners. “How different does t…

by Lorraine Ash

02/17/2017

Police & Fire

Allendale School, Homes Evacuated After Major Gas Leak ALLENDALE, N.J. — A 16-inch gas main at West Crescent and West Maple avenues in Allendale broke Thursday afternoon, evacuating Brookside School, some homes and shutting West Crescent Avenue, police said. Police Chief George Scherb said no injuries were reported. Traffic around the scene was still being rerouted at 7 p.m., when many roads on the west side of town were still gridlocked. West Crescent Avenue, between Hillside Avenue and West Allendale Avenue, will continue to be closed into the Friday morning rush hour, officials said. Drivers are urged to find alternate routes. Firetrucks …

by Lorraine Ash

02/16/2017

Events

Women’s Political Group Grows To 900, Gathers In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Erin Chung of Wyckoff – once a Trump employee, now the leader of Women for Progress – charged up an overflow crowd of more than 250 women at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood Wednesday night. “Don’t be shy about talking about your beliefs,” she told those gathered. “It’s really worked out well for me.” And so it has. The membership for the Bergen-based group started with 35 people in her basement the week of the November elections. On Wednesday, it hit 900. The women gathered Wednesday to hear a pep talk, learn about the group’s ongoing agenda and meetings and write …

by Lorraine Ash

02/16/2017

Neighbors

Ridgewood Kids Sport Blue Hair Extensions For Cancer Campaign RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Groups of tweens and teens — and some adults — showed up smiling at Industrie Hair Gurus in Ridgewood Tuesday: they all wanted a $10 blue hair extension. The fundraiser benefited International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day. The village has a special feeling for the cause because of the late Michael Feeney, one of its native sons who succumbed to Ewing’s Sarcoma in November 2013. The life-loving and effervescent Michael — popular with his peers, the police and everyone around town — was only 10. Whatever he did, he used to say he was having his “best day ever.” People c…

by Lorraine Ash

02/16/2017

News

PSE&G Wires Up Ridgewood Street To Prep For New Starbucks RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — In the sky over Ridgewood Wednesday, PSE&G installed a capacitor bank in front of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. The foreman of the crew said the work is being done in preparation for the drive-in Starbucks that will be located across the street at 121 Franklin Ave.

by Lorraine Ash

02/15/2017

Schools

Bergen Community College Adds Airplane To Aviation Fleet PARAMUS, N.J. – From flight simulators to drones and high-altitude balloons, in recent years, Bergen Community College in Paramus has distinguished itself as a hub for aviation-related study. And now, thanks to donor Woody Saland, its fleet includes an airplane. Saland personally constructed the “Onex,” a 16-foot, single-seat plane, from a kit produced by Sonex Aircraft. Completion took 1,500 hours over two years. But, after 40 hours of flight time, Saland spent the last year searching for a nonprofit organization that could benefit from his handiwork. Bergen’s focus on aviation education…

by Lorraine Ash

02/15/2017

Business

Allendale Pizza Maker Learned His Craft In Italy ALLENDALE, N.J. — Ed Duli of Elmwood Park, owner of Toscana Pizza in Allendale, has made pies in exciting places. For instance, La Griglia in Rimini, Italy on the Adriatic Sea. And La Vecchia Romagna, also in Rimini – the town where Dulli's Albanian family moved when he was a boy. “Pizzerias are fun to me,” said Duli, 42, who opened Toscana last June. “Pizza is easy to make and it’s a pleasure to see people enjoying it.” Toscana Pizza, named for a region in northern Italy west of Rimini, is known for its thin crust pies (though it makes Sicilian ones, too). Duli especially enjoys worki…

by Lorraine Ash

02/15/2017

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