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{ ON THE TOWN } Gatherings

From celebrating the county’s best at a big bash or helping those in need during a food drive, Bergenites always show their support.

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BERGEN WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE 2021

More than 600 guests attended BERGEN’s annual wine and food festival, held in October at the Edgewood Country Club in River Vale. The event attracted some of the area’s leading restaurants, wine and spirits professionals and other vendors, all of whom offered plenty of food, drink, demonstrations, presentations and more. 1 Bridget Guthrie, Randi Ciancio, Sara Deutsch, Allison Manna, Lucia McCahill, Maria Coglianese, Megan Jurik, Cortnie LaMere 2 Alyssa and Mike Baldino, Miguel and Cassie Beltre 3 Edgewood Country Club from above 4 Seth Kessel and his band 5 Sophia and Denise Doyle 6 Bella D’Ambrosio, BERGEN Editor in Chief Rita Guarna 7 Kirsten Barber and Cheryl Petrillo 8 Guy and Marcy Baroan 9 Guests enjoy samples of wine and other beverages 10 Christine Mayancsik and Nicole Buccola 11 Coviello Salinés and Sean James

1 FOOD BRIGADE USA The Food Brigade in Dumont holds weekly drive-through food distribution, handing out full meals provided by local restaurants. The organization partners with the restaurants as well as Holy Name Medical Center Foundation in Teaneck and Our Community Dinner Table in Palisades Park to hand out meals. 12 Volunteers prepare to distribute meals that were donated by Bergenfield eateries My Recipe Italian Restaurant and Lula’s Latin Cuisine as well as Cassie’s Pizzeria in Englewood

APPLEBEE’S

Applebee’s, with locations in Garfield, Hackensack and Paramus, recently held a fundraiser that yielded more than $67,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a charity dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. 13 Liz Scott, Scott Lake, Kevin Coughlin, John Antosiewicz

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BERGEN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

When they’re not pitching in on a job site building homes for those in need, Habit for Humanity volunteers help staff at Bergen ReStore, the nonprofit’s home improvement and furnishing store. 15 Volunteers from North Jersey Federal Credit Union

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ACADEMY OF THE HOLY ANGELS

This fall, students at Academy of the Holy Angels Middle School contributed more than 700 diapers and those from the high school donated nearly 2,900 sanitary wipes to the campus’ Diaper and Toiletry Drive. Donations were sent to the Office of Concern food pantry at St. Cecilia’s in Englewood. 16 Holy Angels students load diapers onto the donation truck.

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BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union debuted its Hackensack location, its latest branch in Bergen County. Sheriff Anthony Cureton was on hand to welcome the employees during their recent opening. 14 Bridgette Figueroa, Ana Suarez, Anthony Cureton

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REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN

Bergen County officials and the Bergen County Division of Veterans Services joined dozens of residents during the opening of the “Remembering Our Fallen” memorial at Overpeck County Park. The memorial, which stood from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, commemorates and honors service members who were lost to war since Sept. 11, 2001. 17 Bergen County officials at the unveiling of the “Remembering Our Fallen” memorial