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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Watch Elmwood Park Inventor Make National TV Debut Monday Watch Elmwood Park Inventor Make National TV Debut Monday
Watch Elmwood Park Inventor Make National TV Debut Monday ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – An Elmwood Park inventor is slated to make her live television debut Monday. Hipatia Lopez, who grew up in Garfield and attended William Paterson University in Wayne, was selected as one of five Latino entrepreneurs to launch their products on national television as part of HSN’s Project American Dreams initiative. Lopez invented the Empanada Fork, which she describes as “basically a pastry press” that “is used to make fork like impressions on dough to seal it closed.” But it comes in handy for making more than just empanadas, she said. It can also be used to make trea…
Franklin Lakes Nursery Out Of Firewood But Has Plenty Of Pansies Franklin Lakes Nursery Out Of Firewood But Has Plenty Of Pansies
Franklin Lakes Nursery Out Of Firewood But Has Plenty Of Pansies FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – Bergen County is prepping for a major March Nor’easter, and one Franklin Lakes nursery is already out of firewood. “All the wood is gone,” Paula Scott, who works at Twinbrook Nursery, said at 11 a.m. Monday. Soon after the nursery on Franklin Avenue got a shipment, a pair of customers cleaned them out. One woman purchased 10 bundles of firewood, Scott said. The customers said they would use the wood in their wood stoves if the power went out, she said. “Power I guess is the most important thing,” Scott said. But the nursery wasn’t out of everything Monday. There wer…
Support Flows In For Son Of Ringwood Woman Allegedly Killed By Ex Support Flows In For Son Of Ringwood Woman Allegedly Killed By Ex
Support Flows In For Son Of Ringwood Woman Allegedly Killed By Ex RINGWOOD, N.J. – The Ringwood community is rallying around the son of a local woman allegedly killed by her ex-boyfriend late Wednesday night.  A GoFundMe campaign created Friday to support Nicole Sierra’s son Frankie had garnered nearly $5,000 in just two hours. Nicole “was a caring and giving mother, sister, daughter and friend to many people,” the page states. “We are asking for donations to help with support for funeral costs and for Frankie’s future. Please continue to keep Frankie and his family in your thoughts and prayers,” it continues. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.
TV Appearance Held For Ringwood Man Charged With Killing Ex-Girlfriend TV Appearance Held For Ringwood Man Charged With Killing Ex-Girlfriend
TV Appearance Held For Ringwood Man Charged With Killing Ex-Girlfriend PATERSON, N.J. -- A judge in Paterson conducted a teleconferenced first court appearance Friday for a 38-year-old Ringwood man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun blast through a glass door. Clinton J. Degroat appeared on a large screen before Superior Court Judge John F. Meola from the Passaic County Jail.A public defender entered a not-guilty on Degroat's behalf to murder and weapons offenses, among other counts, in the alleged killing of Nicole Sierra, also 38, just before midnight Thursday.Meola set a March 15 date for his next court appearance. Degroat, who had a prev…
Ringwood Woman’s Overdose At 22 Puts Best Friend On Mission Ringwood Woman’s Overdose At 22 Puts Best Friend On Mission
Ringwood Woman’s Overdose At 22 Puts Best Friend On Mission RINGWOOD, N.J. – On Christmas day in 2011, Rebecca Conroy’s best friend died of a heroin overdose. “You never ever would have expected her to turn to drugs,” Conroy said of Kylie Gnehm, of Ringwood, who died at just 22. Conroy, of the Haskell section of Wanaque, said Gnehm was one of the first few people she knew around her age to die of a heroin overdose, but sadly, that count has now reached about 12. “It was literally every couple months,” she said. “Like we couldn’t mourn one friend, and we were at another funeral already,” she said. Conroy decided she had to do something to help pre…
Ramsey Holds Off On Vote To Change Gun Law Ramsey Holds Off On Vote To Change Gun Law
Ramsey Holds Off On Vote To Change Gun Law RAMSEY, N.J. – The Ramsey Borough Council once again has delayed voting on an ordinance that could block a proposed gun range, NorthJersey.com reports. The council was slated to vote on the ordinance that would ban the use of firearms at shooting ranges Wednesday, according to the story. The ordinance would revise one currently on the books that prohibits the firing of “any pistol, shotgun, rifle or other type of firearms anywhere in the borough,” but exempts indoor and outdoor firing ranges. Borough Attorney Peter Scandariato told NorthJersey.com that it was tabled to allow time for him an…
Mahwah Woman Helps Bergen, Rockland Fund Fights Against Addiction Mahwah Woman Helps Bergen, Rockland Fund Fights Against Addiction
Mahwah Woman Helps Bergen, Rockland Fund Fights Against Addiction MAHWAH, N.J. – Victoria Shaw was a health teacher in Rockland County years ago when tragedy struck. “A bunch of wonderful young kids were drinking around a bonfire and one of the kids fell into the fire. And his friends were so intoxicated that they couldn’t get him out fast enough,” said Shaw, a Suffern native who now lives in Mahwah. The student survived, but was severely injured, she said. The incident prompted South Orangetown Central School District leaders to ask Shaw to create a taskforce around substance abuse prevention. But Shaw soon realized “it was hard to do a lot of education…
New Sign Could Signal Traffic Relief For Mahwah Neighborhood New Sign Could Signal Traffic Relief For Mahwah Neighborhood
New Sign Could Signal Traffic Relief For Mahwah Neighborhood MAHWAH, N.J. –Kate Nunez has been trying to get traffic relief in her West Mahwah neighborhood for three years. And she finally may have done it. After advocating for stop signs to slow motorists cutting through her neighborhood when traffic backs up on northbound Route 17, she discovered an ordinance approved back in 2001 for a no-left-turn sign at the corner of Route 202 and Brook Street that was never installed. “Most people when they are directed by their GPS or they know the area, that is the first street they turn down,” Nunez said of Brook Street. She said the sign was recently in…
Bergen County Beauty Queens Bring Hope To Ramsey IHOP Bergen County Beauty Queens Bring Hope To Ramsey IHOP
Bergen County Beauty Queens Bring Hope To Ramsey IHOP RAMSEY, N.J. – Miss Bergen County 2017 was on hand at the IHOP in Ramsey Tuesday to spread the word about the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Celinda Ortega, of Fair Lawn, said she was “IHOPing” to different area restaurants to talk to pancake-lovers about the charity on IHOP’s National Pancake Day. She was at the Fair Lawn location Tuesday morning, before hitting up Ramsey, she said. “I am here spreading the message to have people donate to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals so that we can support our patients at the children’s specialized hospitals here in New Jersey,” she told D…
Oakland Shelter Rallies To Save Emaciated Chihuahua With Huge Tumor Oakland Shelter Rallies To Save Emaciated Chihuahua With Huge Tumor
Oakland Shelter Rallies To Save Emaciated Chihuahua With Huge Tumor OAKLAND, N.J. – The teams at the Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc. (RBARI) and the Oradell Animal Hospital are fighting to save the life of a tiny Chihuahua with a large prolapsed tumor. “Annabelle was found as a tiny, emaciated stray pup with a huge growth on her backside,” RBARI states in a plea for donations to help the pup. The young female dog “survived days out in the cold weather, sick with no food or water – and she found her way into our arms,” RBARI continues. Staff of the Oakland shelter rushed Annabelle to the Oradell Animal Hospital, where she received a blood transfusion, int…
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