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Remembering the Mahwah Teacher and Fire Chief Whose Lessons Saved Lives

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How One Mahwah Teacher’s Simple Lesson Saved a Family from a 1970s Inferno

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Mahwah NJ, Mahwah is mourning the loss of a true local titan. Kenneth Werring, a man who spent his days molding young minds in the classroom and his nights protecting them from the front lines of the fire department, passed away last week at the age of 87.

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