Ann Marie Santarelli:  

Hi there Baby Boomers! It's been a long time since 1964 and life has been good. I'm married(since Sept. 1970) to Tony Santarelli, who believe it or not, lived in the same apartment building as I did when I lived in the Bronx. Of course that dates back to my years in elementary school before I moved to Maywood (1959). We met on a blind date, married 10 months later. We have two children, Dina 48 and Tony 45. We've lived in Montvale since l976. My son Tony is married again (divorced and remarried.) and I am now a grandmother to wonderful grandchildren - Ava and Aiden. My daughter Dina lives in Wyckoff, NJ . My mom passed away Feb 3, 2020. Everytime I go through Maywood it makes me very nostalgic. Maywood has changed but it's where I grew up. I still remember Ten Pin (at Bergen Mall), riding the drag in Hackensack, cherry cokes and fries at Charlie's, and collecting 25 cents from a few friends to put gas in my dad's car, -- 25 cents would buy nothing now. Those rides up and down the drag were fun. Those were the days!!!!!!!!!!!!! I worked in the middle school in Montvale from 1986 to June 2007. I retired from school in June '07. Working with kids kept me "with the program" and up to date or at least kept me somehow connected with the "Youth". I opened a yarn shop December ('07) in Hillsdale. So far so good, I enjoy being a shop owner.I love having the shop bu...Expand for more