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A longtime fixture of New York City television news has quietly signed off.

Lauren Glassberg, the Emmy Award-winning WABC-TV reporter whose  Neighborhood Eats  segments and feature reporting made her one of the most familiar faces on  Eyewitness News,  has left the station after 26 years.

The departure was first spotted by industry newsletter FTVLive.

Glassberg last week exited the Disney-owned station after more than a quarter century.

5 Lauren Glassberg (right) has departed WABC-TV after a 26-year stint at the Disney-owned channel. WABC

In an email to WABC staff announcing Glassberg's departure, Vice President of News John Antonio said the veteran journalist had  made the decision to leave WABC-TV and chart a new path  after  an incredible 26-year career at Eyewitness News. 

Antonio said Glassberg was  looking forward to the exciting life change and using her multitude of talents in other areas. 

He praised her versatility, saying she  could teach a master class in reporting  and highlighting her ability to cover everything from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and last year's Hudson River helicopter crash to lighter features such as the long-running  Neighborhood Eats  franchise.

 Her contributions are immense, and she will be missed,  Antonio wrote.

Antonio told staff that Glassberg's final day at WABC was July 15 and that the station planned to celebrate her career with a farewell gathering the previous evening.

5 WABC-TV colleagues had a warm send-off for Glassberg last week. Stacey Sager / Facebook

While Glassberg has yet to publicly address her departure, an outpouring of tributes from current and former colleagues offered a glimpse of the esteem in which she was held inside the newsroom.

 Lauren Glassberg has been such a vital member of the core @abc7ny family, it makes me incredibly sad to say goodbye,  veteran WABC reporter Stacey Sager wrote on Facebook.  But more importantly, she has been an incredibly supportive friend. 

Sager said the newsroom had gathered to celebrate Glassberg before she embarks on  a new and ex

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