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BUZZWORTHY Wayne WINNIE LI’S NOVEL WINS ACCOLADES Wayne LOCAL STUDENTS AWARDED DANCE HONOR Two students in Passaic County Technical Institute’s School of Performing Arts, MALCOLM YOUNG and NICOLE WICH, were selected by NJPAC to receive a Governor’s Award for Excellence in Dance this year. On May 22, at the Governor’s Arts Awards Ceremony in Trenton, the two accepted their honors and performed for the gathered. The GOVERNOR’S AWARDS IN ARTS EDUCATION initiative began in 1980 with the goal of promoting awareness and appreciation of the arts. Each year, roughly 20 educators and 100 students are recognized with awards. Wayne GET IT STRAIGHT Women who want straight hair love the sleek look that Keratin treatments produce, but the smell of the process…not so much. Recently, the salon PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. introduced a state-of-the-art Keratin treatment booth that takes care of that problem. The styling station is equipped with high-powered exhaust fans that render their Goldwell Kerasilk, Global Keratin, Keratin Complex and Keratin Express services odor-free. • 1055 Hamburg Turnpike, (973) 633-9740, pilthesalon.com DARK CHAPTER , a fictionalized account of Wayne native WINNIE LI’s brutal rape by a teenager during a hike through the Irish countryside, has been awarded The Guardian’s “Not the Booker” Prize. It has also been named runner-up for the SI Leeds Literary Prize; been shortlisted for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and the Pat Kavanagh Prize, and nominated for the Edgar Award as Best First Novel. Li, the valedictorian of the 1996 graduating class at Wayne Valley High School, is currently a doctoral researcher in the London School of Economics’ Department of Media and Communications, where she is studying the impact of social media on the public debate surrounding rape and sexual assault. West Milford FAIRY TALES THEME PARK PLANS TO REOPEN If you become wistful remembering how you used to visit the FAIRY TALE FOREST of your youth, or wish you could give your kids the same experience, your wish is granted: The theme park that brought famous bedtime stories to life is itself being revived, says owner Christine Vander Ploeg, granddaughter of Forest creator and German immigrant Paul Woehle. The cozy roadside theme park is known for featuring life-size gingerbread houses, small cottages des