Columnists of NorthJersey.com
Sports
Mark Czerwinski
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Mark J. Czerwinski has been a staff writer at The Record since 1985, covering everything from high school sports to the NHL. Mark also writes The Record's weekly hunting and fishing column. Mark currently covers high school football, girl's basketball and high school baseball. Mark graduated from Pace University in White Plains, N.Y, in 1984 with a B.A. in Journalism and worked for three years at the Paterson News before joining The Record. He was ordained a permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church in June 2008 and is married with two children.
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Vinny DiTrani
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Vinny DiTrani has been the New York Giants beat writer for The Record since 1974, except for a three-year stint as a football columnist. He has covered 33 Super Bowls and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee. He also has covered three Winter Olympics, including the 1980 Lake Placid Games, several World Series and Stanley Cup finals and Hank Aaron's historic 715th home run.
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Gridiron
Dick Englehardt
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Dick Englehardt is known as the Voice of the Cutters. Football P.A. announcer for Fair Lawn high School. He writes a high school football column on Fair Lawn Football.
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Captain Jim Freda
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Captain Jim Freda, who has been fishing the ocean off the Jersey Shore for more than 25 years, is recognized as one of the state's premiere saltwater experts. He is a member of Shore Catch Guide Service, LLC in Manasquan that charters saltwater fly-fishing trips. Freda is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and his work has appeared in numerous saltwater fishing publications.
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Bob Klapisch
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Bob Klapisch has been covering baseball for The Record since 1996. He previously worked at the New York Post and New York Daily News and is currently a regular contributor at Fox Sports.com. An author of five books, including “The Worst Team Money Could Buy,” Klapisch was recently voted among the nation’s Top 5 columnists in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest. Klapisch is a graduate of Columbia University where he played varsity baseball. He now lives in Westwood with his wife and two children.
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Buc Shots
Mike Lamberti
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Mike Lamberti has been a contributing sports writer for the Belleville Times since 1975, and has been a columnist since 1979. A Belleville native with a bachelor’s degree in finance, Lamberti was the first sports writer to be inducted into the NJAIAW Region 4 Hall of Fame. He has spent the past 30 years in the banking business, where he works as a consultant, specializing in mergers and acquisitions.
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Chuck Pezzano
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Chuck Pezzano has authored numerous books, columns and stories on bowling for more than 40 years. The award-winning writer was inducted into the Professional Bowlers Association’s Hall of Fame inaugural class of 1975 for Meritorious Service. A charter member of the PBA who was instrumental in starting the tour, Pezzano has served as a regional director, regional representative and secretary while also serving the PBA’s executive and Hall of Fame boards.
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John Rowe
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John Rowe has covered sports from high school to college to pros, for The Record for 36 years. His assignments have included the Super Bowl, World Series, men and women’s NCAA basketball tournament Final Fours, NBA Finals, world championship boxing matches, and the Kentucky Derby.
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Art Stapleton
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Art Stapleton is the local sports columnist for The Record and the Herald News and has been with North Jersey Media Group since 1997. The UMass graduate has won numerous journalism awards in his career, including honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the New Jersey Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. He continues to make his mark by telling hard-hitting and heart-hitting stories that matter to North Jersey.
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Tara Sullivan
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Tara Sullivan, a columnist, feature writer and general assignment reporter, has been at The Record for 11 years. She has been the beat writer for the New York Giants, New York Mets, Rutgers and Seton Hall universities, and has covered every professional team in our market. Sullivan previously was a sportswriter at The New York Daily News and New York Newsday. She is a graduate of Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts in History.
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Sideline Chatter
Steve Tober
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Steve Tober is a veteran columnist, reporter, and TV and radio commentator. His column has appeared in The Montclair Times for more than 30 years.
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J.C. Baumuller
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J.C. Baumuller is an award winning columnist who has been covering the local high school sports scene since 2002. His columns encourage family values, while pointing out the positive accomplishments of players and coaches both on and off the field.
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Darren Cooper
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Darren Cooper is from Slidell, La., and is a graduate of Louisiana State University. He covers any North Jersey sport — including soccer, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming and softball — within walking distance of an ice cream parlor. Email: CooperD@northjersey.com
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Opinion
James Ahearn
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James Ahearn has been writing and editing for The Record since 1962, when he became the paper’s first full-time State House correspondent. Since then he has served as editorial page editor, managing editor, and now, semi-retired, as contributing editor. A graduate of Amherst College, he was a Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard in 1970-1971. He was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1972 and served twice subsequently as a Pulitzer juror. His work has been honored by the American Bar Association and the New Jersey Press Association. He entered journalism in Boston as a newsman for United Press and was subsequently assigned to its Newark and Trenton bureaus. Previously, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, as a combat information and operations officer on destroyers. He and his wife Mary Ann celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2007. They have four adult children and two grandsons.
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Montclairvoyant
Dave Astor
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Dave Astor is a freelance columnist for The Montclair Times. His weekly column humorously comments on local news.
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Stranger Than Fiction
Mike Daly
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Mike Daly lives in Bloomfield and has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years. His column has won awards from the New Jersey Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Hmmm
Rob Errera
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Rob Errera lives in northern New Jersey with his wife, two kids, and two rescued dogs. The award-winning writer has worked as a writer, musician, restaurant reviewer, restaurant manager, farm worker, factory janitor, convenience store clerk and burger flipper, among other things, and has been writing a general “life according to Rob” column for Wayne Today and Passaic Valley Today since 1990.
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Bruce Lowry
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Bruce Lowry is the assistant editorial page editor of the Herald News. A Louisiana native, Lowry is an award-winning editorial writer and columnist. He is a former sports writer, and served previously as commentary and book editor for The Anniston (Ala.) Star. His 2003 essay, “A Handful of Heroes,” about former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, won the national award given by the Association of Opinion Page Editors. Lowry has been a member of the Herald News’ editorial board since 2005.
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Paper Trails
Elizabeth Oguss
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Elizabeth Oguss is a staff writer for The Montclair Times. Her award-winning column is an occasional essay on local and personal topics.
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Passing Thoughts
Sam Passow
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Sam Passow is the managing editor for the Northern Valley Suburbanite, the Edgewater View, Leonia Life and the Fort Lee Suburbanite. He writes on political and school issues concerning the Northern Valley area.
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Phalon's File
Joe Phalon
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Joe Phalon is a former Suburban Trends reporter and currently is a senior editor for American Lawyer. He generally writes about issues affecting Pequannock.
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Believe Me
Nancy Rubenstein
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Nancy Rubenstein is a former executive editor of North Jersey Media Group who has retired and lives in Cedar Grove.
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Frank Scandale
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Frank Scandale has been the editor of The Record since he joined the paper in January 2001. During that time, The Record has won numerous state and national awards, including General Excellence from the New Jersey Press Association for six of the last eight years. While an editor at The Denver Post, he and his staff were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the paper's coverage of the Columbine High School massacre.
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Ahmed Soliman
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Ahmed Soliman is a veteran print and television journalist and commentator. Currently, Soliman’s weekly column appears every Thursday in The Record . Soliman has been invited to speak at various conferences, including the international peace conference in Mumbai, India (sponsored by the United Nations Global Compact) where he spoke on the topic of combating extremism using the media. In the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, Soliman produced and directed a post- Sept. 11 documentary for a PBS affiliate titled "Born in the USA: Muslim Americans. " Prior to the Sept. 11 attack, Soliman started his career as the managing editor of the Gazette-Leader, a weekly newspaper for the towns of Elizabeth and Hillside in New Jersey. Soliman is the recipient of a writing award from the New Jersey Press Association, and has traveled abroad extensively, having visited such countries as Egypt, India, Greece, Romania, Canada and Mexico. Gov. Jon Corzine appointed Soliman to serve on the Arab-American Heritage Commission, created by executive order in 2008. Soliman is currently pursuing his Juris Doctorate degree from the Rutgers School of Law in New Jersey, and lives with his wife, Aya.
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My Word
Holly Stewart
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Holly Stewart lives in Hewitt and is a long-time area resident. She is a frequent writer about the environment and politics involving the New Jersey Highlands.
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Community
Life in Silver Lake
Marie Strumolo Burke
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Marie Strumolo Burke has been a resident of Belleville for nearly 50 years. She is the co-founder and president of the Silver Lake Civic Association, the Belleville Democratic chairman, and has been the Belleville Planning Board clerk for 20 years. She was elected First Ward councilwoman in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
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Over the Back Fence
Victoria Chalk
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Victoria Chalk began her column in 1996. She has worked in many communications-related industries, including television, advertising, and the New Jersey Film Commission, in addition to teaching full-time and raising three children as a single mom.
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Life Currents
Janice Cohn
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Dr. Janice Cohn has been a practicing psychotherapist for more than 30 years. She is also a published author and playwright, speaker and consultant. Dr. Cohn’s website is www.drjanicecohn.com. She can be reached at drjanicecohn@aol.com.
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Browsing at the Bloomfield Library
Lisa Cohn
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Lisa Cohn is a reference librarian at the Bloomfield Library and also serves as Web master and the head of Interlibrary Loan.
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Browsing at the Bloomfield Library
Linda Esler
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Linda Esler is the principal librarian at the Bloomfield Public Library.
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Superintendent's Corner
Daniel Fishbein
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Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D., is the Superintendent of the Ridgewood Public Schools. He is also a Ridgewood resident.
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After Thoughts
Ed Flynn
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Ed Flynn has been writing his weekly column for North Jersey Media Group’s community newspapers for more than 35 years. Prior to retiring, he was an account executive and creative director at several leading New York City advertising agencies, an editor at McGraw-Hill and a newspaperman. He was born in New York City and grew up in Bergenfield. He is also a World War II veteran.
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Reflections
Jay P. Granat
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Jay P. Granat is a psychotherapist with a focus on sports psychology. He is the founder of www.stayinthezone.com.
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For What It's Worth
Tony Haryn
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Tony Haryn is a 22-year resident of suburban Jefferson and self-described “grouchy old man” with stories to tell. His column is a comedic adventure about living and working in New Jersey.
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Two Cents' Worth
Linda Lynwander
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Linda Lynwander is a Ridgewood resident.
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'Round Ridgewood
Betsy Murphy
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Betsy Murphy, a Ridgewood resident since 1971, has been writing her column for The Ridgewood News since 1994. Murphy’s commentary is a bold-name column of who’s-doing-what, who’s-going-where, what’s-going-on in the village. It’s a fun and witty way to keep up with the neighbors.
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Imagine That
Gene Newman
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Gene Newman, a Parsippany resident, provides a humorous look at life as it was and as it is now.
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Top Blonde
Jennifer Botkin Phillips
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Jennifer Botkin Phillips is a speaker, a personal coach, a former talk radio show host and former television host. The author of “Nice Girls Don’t Get Raped,” she has taught adult education for over 20 years on the topic of speaking up, and is writing a book on the same topic. Phillips’ work has been featured in newspapers coast to coast and she has made guest appearances in both radio and television. She writes a blog at www.jenleetalk.blogspot.com.
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Chatterbox
Krystle Laub
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Erin Outerbridge
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Krystle Laub and Erin Outerbridge are best friends and Bergen County twentysomethings.
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Sullivan Street
Tom Sullivan
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Tom Sullivan, a seasoned journalist, began to pen his opinions and observations about Clifton and its residents for Clifton Journal more than 25 years ago.
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News
Mike Kelly
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Mike Kelly has reported on events in New Jersey and the world for more than 30 years – the last 19 as a columnist. His assignments have taken him from small towns in northern New Jersey and the range of characters who live there to Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Northern Ireland, Cuba – all in search of a New Jersey link.
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Road Warrior
John Cichowski
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John Cichowski has uncovered flaws in North Jersey’s transportation system and provoked safety reforms statewide since he became the Road Warrior in 2003. He was news director for WPAT radio and a news writer for CBS radio and TV before joining The Record in 1982. He received a National Headliners award for column writing in 2007 and his work has been honored by both civic groups and state and national media organizations. He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Politics
David Broder
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David Broder writes for The Washington Post.
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Alfred P. Doblin
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Alfred P. Doblin, the editorial page editor of The Record, writes a twice-weekly column as well as editorials, both of which have been recognized with state and national awards. He has moderated candidate debates and community forums since joining North Jersey Media Group in 2000 and appears regularly on television news programs. Doblin, a graduate of Long Island University, also teaches at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
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Speaking Frankly
Frank Hannan
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Frank Hannan runs his own business and has been active in local, county and state politics for a number of years. He typically provides a conservative perspective on what’s in the news.
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Jimmy Margulies
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Jimmy Margulies became The Record’s editorial cartoonist in 1990 after working at The Houston Post and Journal Newspapers of Maryland and Virginia. His award-winning cartoons appear in newspapers and Web sites around the state and are syndicated by King Features. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, he has appeared on network and local TV news programs.
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Political Stile
Charles Stile
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Charles Stile takes a hard and tough look at the political machinations in Bergen and Passaic counties and down in Trenton. The column appears every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with the Sunday column being a grab bag of political gossip from across the region.
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Christie Whitman
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Christie Whitman is a former governor of New Jersey and was the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Business
Career Coach
Eli Amdur
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Eli Amdur conducts workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions in career planning, career-skills development, resumes, interviewing and communication. He is also an adjunct professor of two graduate-level leadership courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Your Money's Worth
Kevin DeMarrais
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Kevin DeMarrais has been the eyes and ears of North Jersey consumers for 15 years. His column, Your Money’s Worth, runs in Business on Sundays and Wednesdays, with the Wednesday installment based on his blog and reader comments. DeMarrais has been named the state’s top business writer three times by the Society of Professional Journalists. A graduate of Columbia University, he previously did public relations work for the U.S. Olympic Committee and was vice president of a database company.
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The PC Guy
Peter Grad
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Peter Grad, editor of the Op-Ed Page and Sunday Opinion section, writes the weekly PC Guy column for the Business pages. In his 25 years at The Record, he also wrote the first software reviews for the paper, designed its first page to appear on the Web and produced The Computer Tutor column. Grad is a CCNY graduate.
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Charity Watch
Harvy Lipman
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Harvy Lipman has been covering philanthropy since 1999. He spent more than seven years as director of special projects at the Chronicle of Philanthropy in Washington before joining The Record as a senior writer in 2006. He also spent 15 years at the Times Union in Albany, N.Y. in various writing and editing positions, including running the newspaper’s Capitol bureau for four years.
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Money Matters
Randy Neumann
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Randy Neumann, a Ridgewood resident, is a certified financial planner with offices in Paramus.
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History
Bits 'N Pieces
Howard Ball
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Howard Ball is editor emeritus for Suburban Trends as well as fire chaplain for a number of our fire departments. Ball’s columns draw on his experiences and the people he has known throughout the years.
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Brown Around Town
Walt Brown
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Walt Brown received a Ph.D. from Notre Dame and has taught History and English at the primary, secondary, and university levels. Author of several history books, he is currently at work on a monograph for the Hillsdale Historical Association, and is in the middle of a historical Chronology, currently 7,000 pages long.
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Between Two Mountains
Gerald T. Caprio
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Gerald T. Caprio is the president of the Verona Historical Society and a member of the Verona High School Alumni Association. He graduated Montclair State University with a bachelor’s degree in social studies and later earned a master’s degree in urban education.
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Past Matters
Ron Dupont
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Ron Dupont is a Vernon resident and historian who has penned several books on local history. His column is dedicated to Vernon-region history and folklore.
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Back in the Day
Bryan La Placa
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Compiled by Bryan La Placa, Back in the Day reprints local news as it was originally reported in Suburban Trends.
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In Their Footsteps
Richard Townsend
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Richard Townsend has for years researched his family lines as well as local history, and currently teaches at Passaic County Community College. His column is about this region’s earliest settlers.
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Travel
Jill Schensul
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Jill Schensul has always loved to travel. She has been a popular music critic, fashion writer, copy editor and, for the last 15 or so years, written about travel. Her writing and photography, along with The Record’s Travel section, have won numerous awards over the years – including Lowell Thomas Travel Writer of the Year and Best Newspaper Travel section. Schensul, a Cornell University graduate with a master’s from the University of Arizona, also offers travel advice on numerous radio and TV shows.
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Health
Understanding Health Insurance
Irene and Betsy Card
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Irene and Betsy Card are both licensed insurance professionals working at MIC Insurance Services. Each week, Irene and Betsy help readers navigate the complex world of health insurance.
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Ask Dr. Bill
Dr. William Van Ost
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Dr. William Van Ost is the co-founder of the Van Ost Institute for Family Living in Englewood. He is certified by the American Society of Addiciton Medicine as a specialist for alcohol and drug dependencies.
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Family
Bill Ervolino
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Bill Ervolino, the humor columnist for The Record, has written extensively about entertainment, books, health and lifestyle issues. He is the author of “Some Kind of Wiseguy: Stories About Parents, Weddings, Modern Living and Growing Up Italian” and a co-author of “The Backstage Performing Artists Handbook” and “Italian American Authors on New Jersey.” Ervolino, who joined The Record’s staff in 1990, has won many national awards for his writing and is active with several local charities, including Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey.
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Viewpoint
Michael Dennehy
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Michael Dennehy served 3 years as an officer in the USMC, followed by a 32-year career as a Special Agent of the FBI. Married for almost 50 years, Dennehy and his wife, Kay, have been residents of Washington Township since 1968.
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Your College Advisor
Pat Restaino
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Pat Restaino is a former high school guidance counselor and consults with parents in college planning. His column answers questions and offers strategies for students applying to college.
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The Joy of Life
Gene Myers
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Gene Myers is Suburban Trends Living editor and a proud father. His columns deal with the ebb and flow of modern family life.
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Lost in Suburbia
Tracy Beckerman
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Before her foray into journalism, Tracy Beckerman was a writer and producer in the television industry. Her numerous honors for writing include the prestigious Writer’s Guild of America award, a CLIO, an International Film and Television award, and a New York Emmy. She is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and the National Writer’s Union.
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Frank Diaz
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Frank writes on parenting issues and is also a partner at diaz • schloss communications, a food + beverage public relations agency.
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Gardening
From the Ground Up
Raymond A. Edel
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Raymond A. Edel, a 25-year veteran at The Record, is the calendar listings editor for Features, writes and edits TV’s best bets and produces a weekly radio column called Radio Waves. He also writes a gardening column, From The Ground Up, and a gardening blog for northjersey.com. Edel, a graduate of William Paterson College, is a certified Passaic County Master Gardener and caretaker of the Hamilton House Museum Herb Garden in Clifton. He also teaches gardening classes at the Clifton Recreation Department.
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Garden Gal
Gina M. Mahon
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Gina M. Mahon writes about gardening for Pascack Valley Community Life. Her love of nature, and especially plants, has been with her for as long as she can remember.
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The Garden State
Betty Wiest
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Betty Wiest, Ridgewood resident, former deputy mayor and avid gardener with a degree in horticulture from Bergen Community College, writes her column for The Ridgewood News. Wiest is a member of the Women Gardeners of Ridgewood.
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Shopping
Your Money's Worth
Kevin DeMarrais
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Kevin DeMarrais has been the eyes and ears of North Jersey consumers for 15 years. His column, Your Money’s Worth, runs in Business on Sundays and Wednesdays, with the Wednesday installment based on his blog and reader comments. DeMarrais has been named the state’s top business writer three times by the Society of Professional Journalists. A graduate of Columbia University, he previously did public relations work for the U.S. Olympic Committee and was vice president of a database company.
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Arts & Entertainment
On Stage
Joseph Cervelli
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Joseph Cervelli is the theater critic for the Twin-Boro News for which he covers mainly Broadway and off-Broadway. His reviews can also be found in the other community newspapers, namely the Northern Valley Suburbanite, Edgewater View and Leonia Life. He is a longstanding member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle.”
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Radio Waves
Raymond A. Edel
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Raymond A. Edel began working at The Record in 1982. From computer system analysis to writing local features, Ray has worn many hats during his 25-plus-year tenure at The Record. Presently, he holds the title of calendar listings editor for The Record and the Herald News features department. In charge of the daily and weekly listings and TV pages, Ray also writes and edits TV best bets. Since 1994, Ray has written a weekly radio column that appears in The Record's Friday “Better Living” section and the Herald News' Friday "Life" section.
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Onstage
Robert Feldberg
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Robert Feldberg has been writing about Broadway and off-Broadway theater for The Record for 27 years. He’s a member of the New York Drama Critics Circle. A native of Brooklyn, he graduated from New York University.
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Teen Scene
Kendra Recht
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Kendra Recht attends Ramsey High School.
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Food & Dining
Choice Cuts
Karen Schloss Diaz
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Karen Schloss Diaz is The Montclair Times’ restaurant and food trends columnist. A dozen years ago, she and her husband launched diaz • schloss communications, a restaurant consulting and public relations firm.
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In Your Kitchen
Susan Leigh Sherrill
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Susan Leigh Sherrill has a degree in French and Italian Literature from Trinity College, Hartford, but her first love has always been all things related to food, cooking and entertaining. Early in her career, she worked in restaurants and hotels from Maine to Florida — including The Plaza Hotel in New York City — before opening her own business in Ridgewood — Village Green Café and Caterers — in 1989. In 2000, Susan sold the successful restaurant and embarked upon a second career in community newspapers, becoming editor of The Ridgewood News in the fall of 2001. She subsequently served as food editor, then food and entertainment editor for (201) Magazine prior to becoming food editor for The Record in September, 2010. Susan is a professional member of the James Beard Foundation, the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association and Montclair Editors and Writers. She lives — and cooks — in Montclair, N.J. with her husband, photographer Ted Axelrod, and her son.
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The Corner Table
Elisa Ung
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Elisa Ung has been The Record’s restaurant reviewer and food writer since September 2007. She writes a weekly Sunday column, The Corner Table, on North Jersey dining. Her reviews have won two New Jersey Press Association awards. She is a native of California and a graduate of the University of Southern California, and she spent eight years as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Local Flavor
Deirdre Flanagan Ward
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Deirdre Flanagan Ward is the social editor for The Ridgewood News and (201) Magazine. A passionate cook who also published her own cookbook, she reflects her love of food in her column, “Local Flavor,” which focuses on easy-to-prepare dishes that yield maximum results with minumum effort. Ward resides in Glen Rock with her husband and five children.
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