42 new 'Hometown Heroes' of North Jersey honored Last year, Rep. Josh Gottheimer had an idea to honor ordinary citizens who are doing extraordinary things to improve the lives of others in the 5th Congressional [...]

There were almost 70,000 fatal drug overdoses by the end of 2017, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Each one of those deaths was uniquely tragic — and Stephanie Reifman wants their stories [...]

Why were you inspired you to create/begin your project? I was inspired to create my heroin awareness project, H.A.P.P.Y. (Heroin Addiction Prevents People’s Years) Week, in 2013 after my favorite actor, Cory Monteith died of [...]

Upper Saddle River Teen Stephanie Reifman Wins National Award for Heroin Education Program The problem with student heroin education, Stephanie Reifman decided at age 13, was that no one was listening. Five ears later, Reifman's [...]

UPPER SADDLE RIVER — The problem with student heroin education, Stephanie Reifman decided at age 13, was that no one was listening. Five years later, Reifman's HAPPY Week heroin program for middle and high school [...]

Local teen lauded for creative efforts to prevent drug addiction In the summer of 2013, when Stephanie Reifman of Upper Saddle River was 13, Cory Monteith — one of her favorite actors — died of [...]