Lauren Kidd Ferguson

Community Reporter

lkferguson@dailyvoice.com

Lauren Kidd Ferguson began her journalism career in 2004 as a statehouse reporter for Gannett New Jersey. She was a member of a team that covered state government and politics for seven daily newspapers throughout New Jersey. Her coverage of the McGreevey administration and young voters earned her the New Jersey Press Association’s award for best rookie reporter in the state. Lauren also served as a reporter for Gannett’s flagship New Jersey paper, the Asbury Park Press. She covered communities along the Jersey Shore, and won investigative reporting awards for writing about police brutality in Seaside Park. She has also worked as a speechwriter and spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, as well as a communications manager for Children’s Rights, a national advocacy organization that uses the law to reform foster care systems. Lauren graduated from the College of New Jersey. She grew up in Ringwood, and now calls Waldwick home. She believes everyone has a story to tell, and she’d love to hear yours.

Lauren was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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1 Quarter Gets You 2 Hours Of Parking In Westwood 1 Quarter Gets You 2 Hours Of Parking In Westwood
1 Quarter Gets You 2 Hours Of Parking In Westwood WESTWOOD, N.J. – For just a quarter, people can park their vehicles in downtown Westwood for two hours. So, here's the question: Is there a better parking deal out there?
Wanaque’s Lakeland Regional High School May Add Swim Team Wanaque’s Lakeland Regional High School May Add Swim Team
Wanaque’s Lakeland Regional High School May Add Swim Team WANAQUE, N.J. – Lakeland Regional High School in Wanaque may add boys and girls swim teams in the 2017-2018 school year, NorthJersey.com reports. After the school’s athletic director and advisor to the swim club gave a presentation to the school board on the subject, district officials said they would look into creating a cooperative with another high school as well as consider a stand-alone program, the story says. The district is also considering adding a boys fencing team, according to the story. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL NORTHJERSEY.COM STORY.
Jets Wide Receiver From Teaneck Arrested After Fighting Police Jets Wide Receiver From Teaneck Arrested After Fighting Police
Jets Wide Receiver From Teaneck Arrested After Fighting Police TEANECK, N.J. – New York Jets wide receiver and Teaneck native Robby Anderson was arrested Sunday, according to multiple media reports. Anderson was fighting with security guards and police officers at a Miami music festival, and is being charged with resisting arrest with violence, and obstruction of justice, reports say. The athlete, who was born in Fair Lawn, finished his rookie season with 42 receptions, 587 receiving yards and two touchdowns in 16 games and eight starts.
Paterson Nun-To-Be Takes Unconventional Approach Paterson Nun-To-Be Takes Unconventional Approach
Paterson Nun-To-Be Takes Unconventional Approach PATERSON, N.J. – A young woman from Paterson who plans to enter a convent on Friday took to the internet to help her fulfill one of the religious order’s requirements. “In order to enter the community, I must be debt free as the sisters take a vow of poverty, and cannot take on any debt. While I have paid off most of my debt … I have a little bit left to go,”  wrote on a GoFundMe page she created. The Eastside High School graduate said she would be entering “a beautiful religious order” called the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara. “I am asking you to consider supporting me. Fi…
Waldwick Cookie Boutique Thrives On Creativity Waldwick Cookie Boutique Thrives On Creativity
Waldwick Cookie Boutique Thrives On Creativity WYCKOFF, N.J. – Michele Braun of Wyckoff started baking and decorating cookies as a hobby about 25 years ago. After her daughter was born, she made cookies for special occasions like her baptism and first birthday. “Then, when she went to school, more and more people saw the work that I did and were like, ‘Oh, you should sell those,'” Braun recalled. Braun said she took their advice, and started taking “little orders here and there.” But it wasn’t until she was laid off from her fulltime job as a sales executive in the fashion industry that she got serious about cookie baking. “I decid…
Watch River Edge Inventor Mom Make Television Debut Watch River Edge Inventor Mom Make Television Debut
Watch River Edge Inventor Mom Make Television Debut RIVER EDGE, N.J. – A River Edge mom will make her television debut this week when she appears on a special Mother’s Day episode of the Steve Harvey Show. Samantha Senack learned she was chosen to appear on a segment called “Made By Moms” on a Friday, and was flown to Chicago for the taping on Monday, she told Daily Voice. “I recognized opportunity knocks when you least expect it and you better make the most of it, no excuses,” she said. Senack, an Oakland native, was invited to talk about the Birdie Wedge, a product she invented after her baby daughter, Birdie, had trouble sleeping due to …
Fair Lawn Miss America Hopeful: Beauty More Than Skin Deep Fair Lawn Miss America Hopeful: Beauty More Than Skin Deep
Fair Lawn Miss America Hopeful: Beauty More Than Skin Deep FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Celinda Ortega of Fair Lawn has been pretty busy over the past few months. The 22-year-old Montclair State University graduate has been keeping track of current events, singing with a vocal coach and practicing walking in heals and posing. It is all to get her ready for the Miss New Jersey pageant in June, where she will be competing against 27 other women from around the state for the Miss New Jersey title. The winner goes on to compete for Miss America in September. Ortega – who holds the title of Miss Bergen County 2017 -- knows beauty isn’t only skin deep. And she has…
Husband Of Teaneck Mom Battling Cancer: ‘Together We Can Overcome Anything’ Husband Of Teaneck Mom Battling Cancer: ‘Together We Can Overcome Anything’
Husband Of Teaneck Mom Battling Cancer: ‘Together We Can Overcome Anything’ TEANECK, N.J. – As a mother of three from Teaneck battles breast cancer, her community is rallying around her with support and prayers. Maribel Echavarria was diagnosed with “Triple Negative Breast Cancer” in December, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by her husband, Edward. “My wife is Very Strong but news like that would break down the strongest person,” Edward wrote on the page. When the couple told their three daughters about the diagnosis, “it was extremely heart-breaking, but I knew as long as we stuck together we can overcome anything,” Edward wrote. Maribel recently had a m…
Wyckoff ShopRite Construction Moving Ahead – At Last Wyckoff ShopRite Construction Moving Ahead – At Last
Wyckoff ShopRite Construction Moving Ahead – At Last WYCKOFF, N.J. – Inserra Supermarkets is moving ahead with the construction of a new ShopRite at the corner of Greenwood and Wyckoff Avenues in Wyckoff, NorthJersey.com reports. The company will soon begin submitting plans for building permits, and has hired a person to help navigate the permitting process, the story says. Stop & Shop – which has a store just about 200 feet away in the Boulder Run shopping center -- had long opposed the planned 62,000 square-foot ShopRite. But after the Bergen County Planning Board’s approval of the project was upheld by an appellate court in April, Stop…
Flash Flood Warning Issued Across Bergen, Passaic Counties Flash Flood Warning Issued Across Bergen, Passaic Counties
Flash Flood Warning Issued Across Bergen, Passaic Counties EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for portions of Bergen and Passaic counties Friday afternoon. The warning, issued by the National Weather Service, went into effect at 12:30 p.m., and lasts until 4:30 p.m. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen.
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