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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Fort Lee Hardware Bids Adieu, School Security and More This Week in Local News

Catch up on all of Fort Lee's leading news stories.

After 67 years, the last of the old guard Main Street merchants will soon be closed for good. Fort Lee Police Officer Brett Howard delivers a baby boy on Main Street. Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster Simon Kim of Tiger Twins Tae Kwon Do Academy, wants to offer a workshop for children to ease their anxiety and raise their self confidence. In the wake of the Newtown massacre, schools coping with upgrading security without going over the 2 percent cap may get relief from pending legislation. Fort Lee's Robert V. Tessaro writes about the New Jersey Assembly's vote Thursday to approve a wide-ranging package of 22 bills aimed at curbing gun violence. Resolution passed to name the new three-screen cinema and film museum to be constructed in Redevelopment …

Rhea Stassou

11:45 am on Monday, February 25, 2013

SO So sorry to see this wonderful store with it's lovely and very empathetic brother team close. We started together 67 years ago (my parents bought their home on Gerome Ave) and we are still enjoying your services. You have been so good to my mother in her later years...even coming to her home to help her. We will miss you but we are so happy that you will finally get some time for yourselves. …   more ›

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

In the Wake of Newtown, Easing Children's Anxiety

Tae Kwon Do Grandmaster Simon Kim of Tiger Twins Tae Kwon Do Academy, wants to offer a workshop for children to ease their anxiety and raise their self confidence.

In the wake of the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, communities are coming together to find ways to better protect their children and cope with easing their anxiety. Last week, Fort Lee held a Town Hall meeting moderated by Mayor Mark Sokolich and attended by the heads of all the emergency services units, whereby parents were given the opportunity to weigh in and question the experts about the level of security offered to their children while in school. Sitting in the audience was Simon Kim, proprietor of Tiger Twins Tae Kwon Do Academy and a Grandmaster in the sport. Though having no children of his own, Kim's clients are all children. Children of all ages who come to his academy not only to learn the art of tae kwon do, but…

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