Hawthorne (NJ) High School 2013 graduate, Ethan Ramos, talks about growing up wrestling and having the dream to make the Olympics. After achieving amazing success, Ethan will be going to the 2024 Olympics in Paris France.You can donate to Ethan Ramos and his family here,

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These three doctors are working together to support and help us to live healthy, active lives well into our 70s and 80s. Dr. Jan Kasprowicz, Dr. Steven Geanopulos and Dr. John Puzio share their specialities and their focus and between the three of them, should put us on the path to a healthy long life!

County Commissioner, Sandi Lazzara, shares her journey from growing up in Passaic County, her family's bread business in Paterson, to running for office and most recently developing the Vietnam War Memorial in Wayne NJ. Make sure you don't miss the dedication on May 18, 2024.

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What a great event with Italians and people who love the Italian culture, coming together to celebrate the heritage. There was entertainment each day, celebrities, vendors and beautiful accordion music. If you missed it this year, make plans to attend in 2025!! www.paisancon.com

Jim shares his journey from learning his only son has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to running 10 marathons including running over 300 miles from Massachusetts to New Jersey, doing push up around the world and climbing Mt Everest, all to bring awareness to and helping find a cure for this terminal disease. www.jarofhope.org

The executive director of the GSFF, Lauren Concar, joined me in the beautiful podcast studio at Brookdale College in Lincroft NJ to discuss this upcoming festival. She talks about some the great films that were selected from over 2000 submissions, including my friend Dan DeLuca's new film. Make sure you get your tickets very soon as they always sell out.

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Catching up with Dustin Scully, who performed with Sesame Street, The Musical, in addition to developing the Four's a Crowd production company is now working with Ricky Wood in the new live show, Mr. Wood's Safe Space.

In this second part of a 2 part series, John Gray talks about the mountains he had to climb, literally and figuratively, to finally summit Mt Everest.

This is part 1 of a 2 part series. John Gray shares his story of how he got into mountain climbing as well as the mountains he climbed before tackling Mt. Everest. He shares some amazing pictures of his journey.

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