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A Student on the School Board? Meet the Fair Lawn Senior Making History

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From the Classroom to the Boardroom? Fair Lawn High Senior Chase Wille Vies for BOE Seat

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Fair Lawn NJ, in a move that’s turning heads across Bergen County, a current high school student is proving that you’re never too young to have a seat at the table. Chase Wille, a lifelong Fair Lawn resident and senior at Fair Lawn High School, has officially advanced to the public interview stage to fill a vacant seat on the Fair Lawn Board of Education (BOE).

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The Boss’s New Jersey Roots: Fair Lawn Fourth Grader Stars as Young Bruce Springsteen in Biopic

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FAIR LAWN’S FAME: Meet the 4th Grader Playing Young Bruce Springsteen in the New Biopic

photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco

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FAIR LAWN, NJ – North Jersey is once again taking the spotlight on the national stage! A local talent, Matthew Pellicano Jr., a fourth-grade student from Lyncrest Elementary School in Fair Lawn, is now gracing the big screen, starring as the younger version of the legendary Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”

The film, which chronicles the making of Springsteen’s raw and introspective 1982 Nebraska album, hit theaters on October 24, 2025. Pellicano’s role as “Young Bruce” shines a light on the Boss’s childhood roots right here in New Jersey.

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