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Journalist Alan Finder, 72, of Ridgewood, dies of coronavirus

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Ridgewood NJ, Coronavirus has claimed the life of Alan Finder of Ridgewood , a former New York Times reporter who once worked for The (Bergen) Record. He was 72. Finder had covered Ridgewood and Elmwood Park for The Record before quickly becoming one of the newspapers rising stars. He left to join Newsday, the Long Island-based daily newspaper, before beginning a 28-year stint with the New York Times.