Autumn Years Fall 2024

A Cook’s Tour Restaurants Linked to Some

Bruce Harper Jets’ 42 Is Still Receiving—

Murder, Mayhem and Mischief By Tim Adriance

This Time, Life’s Blessings By Emily Kratzer

This record-setting former football player has followed his dream of helping young students by forming the Heroes & Cool Kids program, which matches former professional athletes with high school students who then mentor fifth- and sixth-grade students in school districts they attended; and, yes, he’s sticking with his yearly Jets prediction: “We going this year! This is it!!” A Love of Drumming United Hadja and N’Nassady By Emily Kratzer Known in Oakland as Kathleen Henkel, Hadja and her husband N’Nassady share their lives six months at a time when she travels to their home in Guinea, West Africa; how she has created a rich and rewarding life and how she sees the future may best be summed up in her words: “As we get older we can become younger—with the ability to see life with a childlike wonder”

Look through this menu of old Bergen County eateries that no longer exist (many of which may be familiar to you and you may have possibly even dined at some of them), but did you know what lurked in their history; the list includes prostitution, murder, robbery, gambling, an FBI sting, treason and a mob hit on the man who was Frank Sinatra’s godfather Meet the Wildcats Without Music, They Agree, Life Would B-Flat By Kelly Parr Meet this group of dynamic senior singers who perform at malls, senior centers, 55+ communities, libraries, community centers and organizations across northern New Jersey and Rockland County, New York; they are bonded by deep friendships, emotional support, mutual respect, genuine admiration and, above all, a love for each other and for singing (especially 1950s and 1960s music)

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