TRIBUTE: “We will never forget and will always remember,” Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told a large gathering of fellow chiefs, officers and dignitaries from throughout Bergen County at the annual 9/11 memorial service at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus.

Batelli, who is president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association, presided over the solemn ceremony at the 4-foot-high by 3-foot-wide granite memorial donated by the association in 2002.

“We gather here today, like we do all September 11th’s since this tragedy, to pay respect to those lost on that dreadful day and to tell those who survive that we will never forget and will always remember,” Batelli told an audience that included an honor guard, the Pipes and Drums of Bergen County, former chiefs and county Sheriff Michael Saudino.

Former Hillsdale Police Chief Frank Mikulski, who was the BCPCA president when the memorial was dedicated a dozen years ago, thanked Westfield Management and the Garden State Plaza for positioning it in a highly trafficked area outside Macy’s.

“We sought a prominent location so that literally tens of thousands of people can pass by this memorial and take a moment to reflect on the events of that day and honor all those who lost their lives,” Mikulski said. “And not just on the anniversary of September 11, but every day.

“It’s a constant reminder of the innocent lives lost as well as the sacrices of our first responders and military personnel preserving our safety every day.”

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PHOTOS: Pasquale Destro, owner of NY Sunglasses Destro Style at the GSP.

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PHOTOS BELOW: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION

HOW YOU CAN HELP: While many parents were preparing their youngsters for school earlier this month, Daniel and Vanessa Abbadessa of River Edge were at Hackensack University Medical Center, where it was discovered that their 1½-year-old son, Luke, has neuroblastoma.

Both teach in the West New York public school system and were preparing to meet their new students when the world suddenly crashed down on them.

Luke had shown no signs of trouble before doctors detected a mass during a routine exam 10 days ago. Tests followed and the little innocent’s cancer was diagnosed as Stage 4 aggressive.

HELP SUPPORT BABY LUKE

Surgery isn’t possible, given the size and place of the tumor, so he’s undergoing chemotherapy.

Luke, who has a 3½-year-old brother, Matthew (below), is a fighter. So are his parents, Vanessa Forte, originally from Ridgefield Park, and Bergenfield native Daniel Abbadessa.

The Abbadessas have been unable to return to teaching for now.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for them.

No amount is too small.

Please share this story. And thank you.

Matthew and Luke, with Daniel and Vanessa

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RELATED:

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. A Wood-Ridge couple whose 13-year-old son died of AML leukemia is reminding people to “Go Gold” in the hopes of increasing scarce funding for pediatric cancer research. READ MORE….

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trio of Port Authority police officers delivered a baby girl at the upper level tolls to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee this morning.

The Monroe, N.Y., mother was in a taxi with her husband when the driver summoned medical assistance just after 6:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said.

With Officer Laverne Watson (above, right) leading, and Officer Steve Pisciotta (left) clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, the newborn was brought safely into the world, he said.

Pisciotta, a trained EMT, carries an “OB Kit” in his medical bag while on patrol and had all the necessary instruments, Pentangelo said.

Fort Lee EMS stabilized both mother and baby and took them to New York University Medical Center, he said.

Barely an hour and a half later, a rookie officer patrolling the GWB for only her third day pulled an emotionally disturbed man back from a bridge railing after he put one leg over the side. READ MORE….

PHOTO ABOVE (l. to r.): Pisciotta, Fort Lee EMT Tatyana Ofenbakh, Watson

TRIBUTE: After nearly 35 years, a plaque commemorating a Hackensack police officer who was killed responding to a call is being dedicated at headquarters, thanks to the local PBA.

Allen Fednick was struck and killed by a train after his car stalled on railroad tracks on March 5, 1980. He left behind a pregnant wife who later miscarried. 

Those who knew Fednick described him as a “a good cop, a good husband and a great friend.”

Still, his death wasn’t formally recognized with any form of lasting tribute — until now.

Officer Frank McCall began looking into it soon after joining the department two years ago.

McCall, the treasurer for Hackensack PBA Local 9, said he was told the union couldn’t afford a plaque. It can now, he said.

A dedication ceremony was being arranged with mostly police officers attending. Fednick’s wife died a few years ago, and he had little other known family in the area.

“The police director [Michael Mordaga] gave us badges to put on the plaque,” McCall, a Teaneck native, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The Officer Down site provided the photograph.

“The plaque will go in the front lobby Hall of Heroes in the display case,” he said. “We think it’s a fitting tribute.”

PHOTO TOP (l. to r.) Hackensack PBA Local 9 Delegate Anthony DiPersia, Treasurer Frank McCall, President Frank Cavallo 

TRIBUTE: Nearly five dozen DWI victims’ surviving family members and friends took the second annual END DWI Walk of Remembrance — dedicated to reminding people about the dangers and potential hearbreak of drunk driving — in Van Saun Park in Paramus yesterday.

“Every step taken by those who participate is for someone who can no longer take that step as a result of a totally preventable tragedy — a drunk-driving incident,” said Bogota Police Chief John Burke, a member of END DWI’s Board of Directors. 

“The message to everyone is to make better decisions when considering driving under the influence — as in: don’t do it,” Burke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

The site features an END DWI Memorial Tree Grove, with bricks placed along the path in honor of drunk-driving victims.

The annual candelight vigil is set for Dec. 1.

You can help keep the message and mission of END DWI alive. For more information, CLICK HERE: www.enddwi.org

SHOUT OUT: The U.S. Marshals Service – the nation’s oldest law enforcement agency – celebrates its 225th anniversary today.

The New Jersey district’s first U.S. marshal, Thomas Lowry, was selected by the first U.S. president.

“When President George Washington appointed the first 13 U.S. Marshals Sept. 24, 1789, his pen marked the creation of an agency that has since played a role in virtually every facet of the nation’s federal judiciary during times of crisis and times of peace,” said U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia Hylton.

“From upholding the law in our untamed western territories to tracking and apprehending the most notorious fugitives, the U.S. Marshals Service has been committed to answering the call of our great nation for justice,” said Hylton.

That stretches back to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, as well as keeping the trains moving during the Pullman railroad strikes in 1894, enforcing 1960s court civil rights orders in the South, protecting witnesses in organized crime trials, securing all high-threat federal trials involving domestic and international terrorism – among them, the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombing trials — and most recently, the Boston Marathon bombing trial.

The service’s force is currently comprised of 5,400 deputies and civil servants who carry out operational and administrative duties as varied as apprehending fugitives, housing and transporting prisoners, protecting witnesses and federal judges, and managing and selling seized assets.

Many of us know the service best for fugitive investigations.

Working with its law enforcement partners at the federal, state, and local levels, the Marshals apprehend more federal fugitives than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined.

The U.S. Marshals Service’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, for one, targets the “worst of the worst.”

During fiscal year 2013 alone, the U.S. Marshals arrested more than 110,000 fugitives.

Other duties include protecting the federal judiciary, courts and facilities while managing the care and transport of federal prisoners throughout the three vicinages in Newark, Trenton and Camden.

MORE: www.usmarshals.gov

HOW YOU CAN HELP: A Wood-Ridge couple whose 13-year-old son died of AML leukemia is holding a special shop/dine/mingle “Ladies Night Out” fundraiser at the Fiesta in the hopes of increasing scarce funding for pediatric cancer research.

Linda and Richard Venezia are the driving force behind Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future foundation — named for their first-born son, who died in December 2012, nine months after he was diagnosed.

The 501(c)3 organization has helped families in need, raised funds for research and established an annual scholarship for young community volunteers.

The second annual “Ladies Night Out” will feature a four-course dinner, raffles and no fewer than 20 vendors, among other attractions.

It’s set for 6:30-11 p.m. Nov. 20 (see flier below). NOTE: No tickets will be sold at the door.

(CLICK HERE to ORDER TICKETS) 

Childhood cancer is not that rare, but the money for research, unfortunately, is.

“Only 4% of funding is allocated to pediatric cancer research, and only two new drugs for children have been developed within the 20 years,” the Venezias note.

The couple received Benjamin’s leukemia diagnosis in late March, 11 days after his 13th birthday, when he was admitted to the hospital with a white cell count over 219,000.

He was later diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a high-risk disease that’s difficult to treat.

After several rounds of ineffective chemotherapy, Benjamin had a bone marrow transplant that November. He was determined to graduate from 8th grade, but he didn’t make it to Christmas.

“Mom, my body aches,” he said to his mother after doctors sent him home to die.

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• 1 in 330 children are diagnosed with cancer;
•1 in 5 children will die;
• 3 in 5 will develop secondary long-term side effects;
• Childhood cancer receives only 4% of the NCI budget for cancer research;
• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children;
• Only 2 new pediatric cancer drugs has been developed in over 20 years.

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Among the many life-shattering lessons for the Venezias, they said, was the fact that Benjamin was being treated for “a very aggressive cancer that standard drugs do not cure.

“A computer system chose our sons treatment plan, not his doctors, not his parents but a random selection made by a computer program,” they added. “As luck would have it, the computer system chose the standard treatment plan, leaving the clinical trial he was participating in pretty useless.

“We now are left to wonder whether the outcome could have been different had Benjamin been chosen for the alternate treatment which offered a different drug. We struggle to understand how our society could or would allow life and death decisions to be made by a computer system.”

The Venezias blame no one for Benjamin’s death.

“The lack of pediatric cancer drugs for AML killed our son. The lack of funding for pediatric cancer killed our son,” they said. “It is very frustrating to know that children are treated with adult drugs. It is frustrating to know that as a parent your hands are tied.

“We live in a world where the impossible is possible,” the Venezias said, “yet we still have no cure for cancer and thousands of children die from cancer every year.

“We cannot continue to avoid funding pediatric cancer research and need to start developing new drugs that actually cure cancer,” they said. “We need to fight for our children.”

You can join the Venezias in their fight to turn the tide.

GO TO: BenjaminsHope4TheFuture.org

SHOUT OUTS: Fairview police officially have a new chief, deputy chief and group of supervisors following promotions by the borough.

Thomas Juliano, who had served as the department commander following Police Chief Frank DelVecchio’s retirement at the end of April, was sworn as chief.

Deputy Chief Martin Kahn was promoted from captain of detectives.

Also sworn were new Capts. Vincent Bellucci and Brendan O’Reilly, as well as new Lts. Dennis Andreazza and Mark Citakian, and new Sgts. Robert Sabatino, Joseph Bucco and Gino Sculco.

SHOUT OUTS: Two women, two decorated Marine veterans from the first Gulf War and a Chinese-American translator who speaks three dialects are officially being promoted to sergeant with the Bergen County Police Department today.

The 5 p.m. swearing-in will be held at the Hall of Heroes at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute, 281 Campgaw Road, in Mahwah.

Sgt. Christopher Chan (above) 

Bergen County Police Department (CVP)

· Fair Lawn native, was graduated from FLHS;
· Bachelor of Science in Management, Rensselaer;
· Former NYPD and Fair Lawn police officer, more than 12 years combined experience;
· With BCPD: Medical Examiner investigator, SWAT officer, Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) member, firearms instructor, forensic video analyst, Chinese translator, Criminal Investigations detective;
· “Top Gun” shooting award winner in academy; Valor Award; Lifesaving Award.

Sgt. Gidget Petry (above)

· Lifelong Bergen County resident; was graduated from Hackensack High School, attended Montclair University in pursuit of Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies;
· Former Hackensack PD officer;
· With BCPD: Office of Emergency Management, OEM deputy coordinator, director of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and County Animal Response Team (CART), responsible for training more than 8,000 volunteers, BCPD Mounted Unit, senior SWAT Team hostage negotiator, member of Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) command staff, Access and Functional Needs (AFN) liaison to state.

Sgt Thomas Miller

· Born and raised in Chicago suburb of Harvey, IL;
· U.S. Marine veteran (1983); Infantry Mortarman at Camp Pendleton, CA and Camp Lejeune, NC; Marine Security Guard at embassies in Costa Rica, Indonesia, Honduras;
· Awarded Combat Action Ribbon for Operation Desert Storm; honorably discharged as Sergeant, 1994;
· Former Englewood Cliffs PD patrolman (2 years);
· With BCPD: detective, juvenile detective, training advisor at Bergen County Police Academy, Medical Examiner’s investigator, Bomb Squad;
· Did intensive 18-day training with Israeli Bomb Squad in Israel, certified firearms and physical fitness instructor;
· NJ PBA delegate from Local #49, member of the Bergen County Conference Executive Board, member of two state PBA committees.

Sgt. Scott Williams

· Lodi native, was graduated from LHS, enlisted in U.S. Marine Corps;
· Anti-Tank Assault Man in 1st Marine Division, deployed to Persian Gulf, participated in Operation Desert Storm, 6 years active duty, honorably discharged as Sergeant;
· Former State of New Jersey Human Services Police Department officer;
. With BCPD: SWAT Team, certified instructor for various tactical disciplines, including certified range master, has taught at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute for 16 years

Sgt. Sara Toro

· Fair Lawn native, was graduated from FLHS;
· Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Ramapo College; Master in Education and Human Development, George Washington University;
· Former FLPD officer (5 years);
· With BCPD: Primary BCC officer, juvenile detective, field training officer, active member of Water Search and Recovery Unit (WSAR).

SHOUT OUTS: Four Bergen County Sheriff’s officers were promoted during a ceremony today at the county courthouse.

Promoted by Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino are new Capt. Gene Kolich, Lt. Mark Criscuolo and new Sgts. Cornelius Van DerWeert and Daryl Bagnuolo (left to right above).

A career law enforcement professional with 22 years of service with the Sheriff’s Office, Kolich is a graduate of the FBI Leadership for Police Executives and is a Certified Public Manager in the State of New Jersey. He will supervise the Homeland Security/Operations Division and the Special Services and K-9 unites.

Criscuolo has 22 years of law enforcement experience and is a “distinguished canine handler and part of one of the most experienced cadaver search teams in the State of New Jersey,” Saudino said. Criscuolo has assisted several law enforcement agencies in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with operations that included the 9/11 recovery efforts at the World Trade Center. He will be assigned to the Court Security Unit.

Bagnuolo — with 25 years of law enforcement experience and VanDer Weert with 22 years — spent a large part of their careers in the sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) and have assisted various law enforcement agencies solve countless crimes in the county. Both will be assigned to the Homeland Security/Operations Unit.

“I would like to congratulate each of the aforementioned officers as they are promoted to the next level in their law enforcement career,” Saudino said. “I am grateful for the work that they have put in and for the services they provide to Bergen County residents.”

SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Jail was found in full compliance with standards set forth by the New Jersey Department of Corrections, following a five-day inspection last month, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this morning.

The DOC, through its Office of County Services, found that the jail satisfies all 627 requirements outlined in the New Jersey Administrative Code (NJAC) 1OA:31, known as the “Manual of Standards for New Jersey Adult County Correctional Facilities.”

“This is an excellent day for the men and women who tirelessly work at making the Bergen County Jail a safe and efficient facility,” Saudino said. “This achievement signifies that this administration is fulfilling its commitment to the taxpayers to run a
first-rate facility consistent with the core functions of the Sheriff s Office.”

The DOC standards include:

Planning and Design, Personnel, Training and Staff Development, Management of Information Systems and Inmate Records, Emergency Procedures, Security and Control;

Use and Control of Security Equipment, Food Service, Sanitation, Inmate Clothing and Hygienic Living Conditions, Medical, Dental and Health Services, Inmate Rights, Access to Courts, Disciplinary Procedures, Protective Custody;

Mail, Visits, Admission, Search, Orientation, Property Control and Release, Classification, Remission of Time from Sentence, Inmate Work Programs, Inmate Services, Volunteer Programs, Fiscal Management.

SHOUT OUT: Time is running out to register for the 2014 River Vale Junior Police Academy: The deadline is Oct. 10.

Registration is ONLINE ONLY: www.RiverValeNJ.org

The academy is open to River Vale residents in the 7th and 8th grades who will:

• Learn about computer crimes;

• Experience the intensity of a real raging fire;

• Learn how to investigate a crime scene — and lift fingerprints;

• See the effects of alcohol with “fatal vision” goggles;

• Tour the Bergen County police & fire academies;

• Meet and speak with jail or prison inmates;

• See a K9 Unit in action;

• and more….

Classes are expected to begin Oct. 20 at the Holdrum School and run about 10 weeks from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays.

Requirements:

1.    Students must be in Grade 7 or Grade 8 and maintain a “C” average.  Students who have below a “C” average may request a waiver. Contact: Detective Sgt. John DeVoe (201-664-2346, ext 1152).

2.    Students must not have been arrested or referred to the Juvenile Conference Committee.  Students having a conflict with this requirement may contact Sgt DeVoe.

3.    Students must not be involved with any form of substance abuse (i.e., cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, etc.).

4.    Attendance is mandatory in order to successfully complete the program. Certain exceptions may be made for conflicts in schedule — including but not limited to sports programs, school related functions, religious obligations, etc. Students may contact Sgt. DeVoe for further information regarding absences.

5.    Students must complete all sections of the online application.

6.    Parents/Guardians and students must complete the Hold Harmless Agreement in the application.

CLICK HERE for complete information: River Vale 2014 Junior Police Academy INFO SHEET

SHOUT OUT: Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps have joined supporters of Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink and donating to Gilda’s Club.

The members have enthusiastically supported an optional uniform change to pink from navy blue to honor those near and dear, to increase awareness and to raise funds for Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey. 

“We have members who are breast cancer survivors or have family members who are survivors or have lost their battle but fought to the end,” said TVAC President Izzy Infield (photos, right).

*****TO PURCHASE a similar shirt in support of Gilda’s Club NNJ, email: iinfield@yahoo.com*****

Donations can be made to the Gilda’s Club NNJ website or to:

Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps / PO. Box 32 /855 Windsor Road, Teaneck  NJ / www.teaneckvac.org

Created in 1939, TVAC has more than 100 members who volunteer their time to respond to free emergency calls both in Teaneck and in neighboring communities.

PHOTO: Courtesy Angelae Wilkerson

SHOUT OUTS: A trio of New Milford police veterans were recently promoted, giving the department a new lieutenant, sergeant and detective.

New Lt. William A. Duby, Jr. joined the force in October 1993. He became sergeant two years ago. Duby has earned several awards and commendations for outstanding work as a drug recognition expert, firearms application investigator, Alcotest coordinator and UCR officer. He also is a member of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force.

New Sgt. Christopher A. Vinci, a U.S. Air Force veteran, joined the department in 1996. He serves as an assistant to the fleet manager and bicycle officer and is a member of the Urban Area Security Initiative Rapid Deployment Force. Vinci served in Panama, Somalia, during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and recently in Iraq.

Detective Nelson Perez came to the force in 2001 from the Paterson Police Department. He has earned several awards and commendations for outstanding police work and was assigned to the Detective Bureau last October. He has participated in several arrests while serving with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Heroin Initiative Task Force targeting dealers in Paterson.

“The governing body’s unanimous and bipartisan approval of these promotions is a strong statement to the residents that the priority of their elected officials is public safety over politics,” Police Chief Frank Papapietro said.

SHOUT OUTS: Police from several Bergen departments raised thousands of dollars while participating in a rain-soaked 2014 Plane Pull for Special Olympics at Newark-Liberty International Airport this past weekend.

Raising $3,155 were the “Green Giants,” made up of law enforcement officers and their family and friends from the Bergenfield, Bogota and Ridgefield police departments.

Fair Lawn police and “Bergen’s Boldest,” PBA Local #134 of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, raised $1,200 each.

Also participating were Elmwood Park PBA members, who took 1st place for the fastest pull and 3rd in least amount of weight to pull the plane with four members (The RESULTS BOARD is below).

All told, the 34 participating teams raised nearly $63,000, with more donations expected.

The Plane Pull was first introduced in 1997 and has helped the NJ Law Enforcement Torch Run raise more than $2,000,000 each year for the athletes of Special Olympics New Jersey, a non-profit organization that provides year-round sports training and athletic competition to children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the state.

More than 24,000 athletes enjoy camaraderie and gain a sense of pride and accomplishment through participating in these events.

FAIR LAWN PD (from left): Brian Rypkema, Tim O’Shaughnessy, Brian Metzzler, Paul Donohue, Lonnie Mergler, Sean Nagle, Glen Cauwels, Brian Simpson, Brian LaRosa, Tom Check, Steve Buskiewicz & Nick Snyder (PHOTO: Diana Simpson)

ELMWOOD PARK PBA

THE RESULTS BOARD (For more, go to: Facebook/SpecialOlympicsNewJersey)

SHOUT OUT: Not many firefighters can say they’ve remained active after 50 years at it, but those who know him will tell you that River Vale’s Leonard E. Scott isn’t like many firefighters.

The grandfather of seven – and great-grandfather of three – continues to respond to fire calls, drive department vehicles and train probationary members.

Scott is still expanding his social horizons, as well – becoming a member of Temple Lodge in Westwood last year, for instance. He joined the Masons at Fulton Friendship Lodge in Park Ridge in 1977 and became a Master Mason in 2007 and a Shriner nearly 20 years ago.

Scott rose quickly through River Vale’s firefighting ranks before eventually becoming chief. A lifetime member of the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association, he was its 1972-73 Fireman of the Year for rescuing an 18-month old Wilson Court toddler from a house fire.

Scott has also served the borough as superintendent of public works, maintaining all athletic fields, on the Planning Board, as the 1991 grand marshal of the Memorial Day parade and as a life member of the River Vale Ambulance Corps – as well as chief of the Motor Corp in 2001/2002.

“His service to our communities has been unwavering and unparalleled,” the Fire Department said.

SHOUT OUT: Children and adults got to learn how firefighters do their jobs during an annual open house last night hosted by the Lodi Fire Department and Fire Prevention Bureau at the Hose Company 2 firehouse on Kennedy Drive.

The demonstrations included a crawl space with simulated smoke to instruct people how to evacuate their home in a fire.

Children and their parents also received plastic helmets, coloring books and various pamphlets about fire prevention and safety.

Also attending were:

The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, demonstrating how fingerprints from a crime scene are processed;

Various units of the Bergen County Police Department: the Motorcycle Unit, K-9 Unit, CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and CART (County Animal Response Team), headed by Sgt Gidget Petry;

The Bergen County Office of Emergency Management.

Hackensack University Medical Center Air Med 1, which landed at Kennedy Field across from the firehouse and was open for attendees to look at the equipment and briefly sit inside the back.

STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Kevin Teel

SHOUT OUT: Tickets are going fast for a beefsteak dinner next month featuring current and former New York Giants to benefit the family of little Lily LaRue Anderson, who has an inoperable brain tumor.

You can even wear your Lily Hoodie — they just came in.

With no prior signs, the spry, bubbly Wayne girl was diagnosed five months ago with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The tumor sits in the middle of the brain stem — which holds our “wiring” for motor control and sensation — and can’t be removed.

It’s a particularly cruel disease:  The median overall survival term is 9 months.

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COMING UP:

Lily

6 p.m. Tues., Nov. 4: Beefsteak dinner at the Brownstone in Paterson, hosted by Better Homes & Gardens Rand Realty.

Past and present NYG players are planned, along with a silent auction and 50/50s.

TICKETS: $75 each (or table for 10)

FOR TICKETS, AD SPACE, INFO: rand4lilybenefit@gmail.com

ALSO SEE: Hope For Lily

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Thirty percent last a year and 10% two years.

(What it does to children can be researched elsewhere.)

“Lily is so smart, funny, and loves life,” her parents say on a GoFundMe page for Lily.

“She is an animal lover…chihuahuas, unicorns, owls, monkeys, and even worms,” it says. “She loves taking photos, making videos, dancing, and doing silly impressions.

“Lily is always ready to show you a new trick, tell you a joke, and sing you a song. You are guaranteed a good laugh and big smile.

“She loves to entertain all ages and she is bright star to her entire family and friends. She is loved by so many, especially her aunts, uncles, many cousins, and grandparents.”

ALSO SEE: Many make memorable day at circus for girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor

If you can find a place in your heart for an angel who likely won’t see Christmas, it would be appreciated. Her parents — along with Lily’s three older siblings — could use the help.

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GO TO: GoFundMe For Lily

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SHOUT OUT: The Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County’s annual golf outing is set for Monday at the Edgewood Country Club in River Vale.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kilted Cops Memorial Scholarship Fund: Each year, the group distributes at least seven $1,000 scholarships to high school children of law enforcement or band members headed to college.

“We get many applications for the scholarship each year and we are extremely happy to be giving back to the students in our communities,” said band Vice-President Ken Porrino, a Fort Lee police detective lieutenant.

Dinner at the Florentine Gardens will follow the outing — with an open bar, prizes and a performance by the band.

SCHEDULE:

8:30 a.m. Registration / Breakfast
10:30 a.m. Shotgun start / Shamble Format / Best Drive / Play Your Own Ball
Lunch At Clubhouse Turn
5 p.m. Dinner at the Florentine

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CLICK here for: GOLF OUTING REGISTRATION FORM

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Individual $175
Foursomes $700
Hole Sponsorship $100

(DONATIONS ACCEPTED)

INFO: policepipesanddrumsofbergencounty.com

The outing was launched five years ago in memory of four departed band members: Mikey O’Laughlin (Cresskill PD) , James Conway (Englewood Cliffs PD), Gerard Lee (US Probation) and Stevie Dunne (NYC Courts).

It is run by charter member John Kelly, who Porrino said “works tirelessly to get this to be one of the best run outings of the year.”

SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police promoted to two officers to sergeant this week.

Sgt. Kenneth Cavanagh, 31, joined the department in 2006. A 2001 graduate of Fair Lawn High School, he is a firearms, ASP baton and OC spray instructor.

Sgt. Sean Macys, 35, joined the department in 2005. He is a 1997 graduate of Lakeland Regional High School and a 2001 graduate of Marist College with a degree in criminal justice. Macys recently became an accident reconstructionist for the department.

ABOVE, TOP: Sgt. Sean Macys, Sgt. Kenneth Cavanagh
FROM LEFT: Councilman Kurt Peluso, Deputy Mayor Amy Lefkowitz, Mayor John Cosgrove, Sgt. Kenneth Cavanagh, Sgt. Sean Macys, Councilwoman Lisa Swain, Deputy Mayor Daniel Dunay, Police Chief Glen Cauwels
(PHOTOS: Courtesy FAIR LAWN PD)