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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Northvale Church To Hold Healing Mass For Sick 7-Year-Old Girl Northvale Church To Hold Healing Mass For Sick 7-Year-Old Girl
Northvale Church To Hold Healing Mass For Sick 7-Year-Old Girl NORTHVALE, N.J. – A healing mass will be held at St. Anthony’s Church in Northvale Wednesday evening for a local 7-year-old girl who fell ill over Easter Weekend. Vivienne Knopp is “a smart, funny, strong and energetic girl who always has a huge smile on her face,” Northvale resident Thomas Panarese wrote on a GoFundMe page he created Monday to raise money for her medical treatment. The campaign garnered nearly $45,000 in donations by Wednesday afternoon. Out of respect for her family’s privacy, Panarese did not disclose Vivienne's diagnosis. But he said she “requires immediate, aggressive…
Mahwah Artist Creates Vivid Images For Display Mahwah Artist Creates Vivid Images For Display
Mahwah Artist Creates Vivid Images For Display WYCKOFF, N.J. – An award-winning Mahwah artist will display a collection of her paintings at Gallery 691, at the Wyckoff Family YMCA, throughout May. Pastel artist Stephanie Cook, a Teaneck native, creates realistic, vivid images, according to the Y. Her exhibit, entitled “Awakening – A Collection of Paintings,” will feature still life, floral and landscape paintings. Cook will be at the gallery on May 3, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for an opening reception. The public is invited to meet her, watch her create a still life painting, and enjoy refreshments. The Y is located at 691 Wyckoff Aven…
Former Inner City Teacher Empowers Clients At New Allendale Gym Former Inner City Teacher Empowers Clients At New Allendale Gym
Former Inner City Teacher Empowers Clients At New Allendale Gym ALLENDALE, N.J. – Before Stephanie Pinto opened gyms in Orangeburg, N.Y. and Allendale, N.J. she taught children in inner city Brooklyn. Before that, she was in sales. And before that, in human resources. “I am the type of person where whatever I do, I have to have passion and purpose behind it … which is why I made a number of different career changes,” the Orangeburg resident said, while sitting at a table in her newly opened gym, Fit Body Boot Camp in Allendale. “My purpose now is to be helping people who, like me, maybe feel helpless, how I felt at one point, feel hopeless, feel like I…
Goodfellas Actor Bringing Italian Recipes To Wayne Goodfellas Actor Bringing Italian Recipes To Wayne
Goodfellas Actor Bringing Italian Recipes To Wayne WAYNE, N.J. – Actor Paul Sorvino – who appeared in the gangster film Goodfellas as well as the television drama Law and Order – will be in Wayne Friday. Sorvino and his wife Dee Dee Sorvino are slated to sign copies of their authentic Italian cookbook, Pinot, Pasta, and Parties at the Wayne Public Library at 7 p.m. on April 21. According to a description on Amazon.com, “Their easy-to-prepare, mouthwatering recipes range from regional Italian classics to new takes on traditional food. Stuffed clams oreganata, unique bruschetta combinations, pasta e faigioli, pizza salumeria, farfalle with as…
Support Pours In For Sick Northvale Girl ‘Who Always Has A Huge Smile’ Support Pours In For Sick Northvale Girl ‘Who Always Has A Huge Smile’
Support Pours In For Sick Northvale Girl ‘Who Always Has A Huge Smile’ NORTHVALE, N.J. – The Northvale community is rallying around a 7-year-old resident who fell ill while on vacation over Easter weekend. Vivienne Knopp “requires immediate, aggressive medical treatment to try to improve her medical situation,” Thomas Panarese wrote on a GoFundMe page he created Monday to raise funds for Vivienne’s treatment. By Tuesday afternoon, more than $25,000 had been raised. “She is a smart, funny, strong and energetic little girl who always has a huge smile on her face,” Panarese wrote. “Your support and donations are immediately needed to help her get the best treatm…
Body Of Franklin Lakes College Student Found Behind Florida Restaurant Body Of Franklin Lakes College Student Found Behind Florida Restaurant
Body Of Franklin Lakes College Student Found Behind Florida Restaurant FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – The body of an 18-year-old college student from Franklin Lakes was found behind a Florida restaurant, according to multiple media reports. Shayan Mortazavi was a freshman at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, who expressed an interest in film and multimedia journalism, according to the university. “Our deepest sympathies go out to his family, friends and loved ones,” university spokesperson Jamie D’Aria said in a statement. Workers found Mortazavi’s body behind Truluck’s restaurant in downtown Boca Raton around 6 a.m. Saturday, according to a Sun Sentinel report…
Pageant Sisters Collect Over 2,000 Books For Paterson Schools Pageant Sisters Collect Over 2,000 Books For Paterson Schools
Pageant Sisters Collect Over 2,000 Books For Paterson Schools WAYNE, N.J. – When Isabella Galan of Wayne learned children in Paterson were in need of books, the 12-year-old decided to enlist her friend’s help and start a donation drive. “We just wanted to help other people more than anything,” said Galan, a sixth grader at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Wayne. Galan and her friend Vanessa Wolf set up donation boxes at school and Wayne Town Hall. Galan said she also handed out fliers to family, friends and her dance team, and Wolf set up a donation box at her father’s office. Together with the assistance of some more friends, the girls obtained o…
West Milford To Honor Late Firefighter For More Than 50 Years Of Service West Milford To Honor Late Firefighter For More Than 50 Years Of Service
West Milford To Honor Late Firefighter For More Than 50 Years Of Service WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A late West Milford man who served as a volunteer firefighter in the township for more than 50 years will be posthumously honored with a lifetime volunteer award, NorthJersey.com reports. Alfred “Fred” Stewart, a former deputy fire commissioner and chief of West Milford Volunteer Fire Company 6, was selected by a committee of former mayors for the 2016 Mary B. Haase Lifetime Volunteer Award, according to the article. Stewart died in November after falling from a ladder while on maintenance duty at the firehouse. He was 79. He will be honored during a ceremony before th…
Moonachie Siblings Challenge Each Other To Graduate With 4.0 GPAs Moonachie Siblings Challenge Each Other To Graduate With 4.0 GPAs
Moonachie Siblings Challenge Each Other To Graduate With 4.0 GPAs MOONACHIE, N.J. – For the past year and a half Michael and Angela Bezzina of Moonachie have spent a lot of time together. The siblings have driven to school together, sat next to each other in class, helped each other with homework and pushed each other to close out their college careers with 4.0 grade point averages. “When I saw Angela having a 4.0, she challenged me to have a better GPA than her, so I studied as much as possible,” explained Michael, 23, who along with his sister Angela, 21, will be graduating from Berkeley College in May. They both took classes on Berkeley's Paramus and …
Esthetician Freezes Fat Away For Tenafly Real Housewife Esthetician Freezes Fat Away For Tenafly Real Housewife
Esthetician Freezes Fat Away For Tenafly Real Housewife RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – One star of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” went to a Ridgewood aesthetics practice for a procedure to kill fat cells. Now Bravolebrity Siggy Flicker already wants a second round, according to the esthetician who performed the procedure on the Tenafly resident. Aesthetics by Norden’s head esthetician Sharrona Katz-Moulay treated Flicker with a treatment called CoolSculpting. The procedure permanently reduces fat cells by freezing them to minus 13 degrees, the temperature that some of those cells freeze and die, she said. Katz-Moulay said with each treatment, patients …
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