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Oakton Teacher Lops Off 11 Inches To Benefit Kids With Hair Loss: 'No-Brainer'
Erica Hosken prefers her locks long. But the Oakton High School teacher has no problem rocking a shorter look if it means easing some pain for a child. And that's exactly what she's doing these days. Last month, Hosken cut 11 inches of her hair to benefit children experiencing medically-related hair-loss. It's all part of an event happening March 16 called The Great Cut, in which an organization called The Longhairs will try to beat their own record for the most hair cut in a day, set in 2019. Proceeds benefit an organization called Children With Hairloss, and Hosken's 11 inches…
Gloucester
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NJ University Generated $3B In Annual Revenue For State, Plans Continued Expansion: New Study
An independent study released this week calculates that Rowan University's annual economic impact is $2.9 billion statewide, up nearly double from less than five years ago, campus officials said. Projects such as Discovery Hall, the $46.7 million academic building that opened in 2021, support growth in the region and state, said the new study by Econsult Solutions Inc. (ESI) of Philadelphia. The Glassboro-based university is planning another $1.5 billion in expansion projects in the next decade, campus officials said. President Ali A. Houshmand, in a press statement, said: “Our e…
Calvert
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Social Media Threat Targeting Huntingtown High School Unfounded, Sheriff Says
Some school officials in Calvert County got a scare on Monday, though a threat targeting Huntingtown High School was ultimately unfounded, according to the sheriff's office. There was an increased police presence at the school on Tuesday, following an investigation launched on March 4 after administrators advised law enforcement of a social media post from an unknown sender that included a threatening message regarding the school. According to investigators, the message was, in fact, a reposted screenshot from an event that occurred in Virginia two weeks earlier, wherein an arres…
Franklin PA
Schools
School Buses Tires Slashed In Chambersburg, Police Say
Multiple school buses had their tires slashed Chambersburg Police announced on Saturday, March 2. The police came to investigate the "criminal mischief" in the 100 block of East South Street on Feb. 26, as stated in the release. The caller met with police and explained that they "had multiple tires on their vehicles which were punctured with an object," the police said. The exact number of school buses damaged was not shared. The slashings are believed to have happened sometime over the week prior to the owner calling the police. Anyone with information regarding these school bus ti…
Alexandria
Schools
Quick-Thinking Teacher Recovers Loaded Gun From Elementary School Student In Alexandria: Police
The Alexandria Police Department continues to investigate after an elementary school student was caught bringing a gun to class on Friday. Officers were called to the Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy on March 1 when a teacher heard the child voluntarily mention that he was carrying the weapon inside his backpack. Police say that the student brought the loaded gun into school inside his bag, and voluntarily mentioned it in conversation with their teacher on Friday that they were armed. The teacher immediately took possession of the student's bag, notified school administrators, and the poli…
Middlesex CT
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Multiple Anti-Semitic Incidents Under Investigation At Middletown Middle School
School officials and police in a Connecticut district are investigating after multiple anti-semitic incidents occurred at a middle school. The incidents took place in Middlesex County at Beman Middle School in Middletown. In a letter to the community on Thursday, Feb. 29, Middletown School District Superintendent Dr. Alberto Vázquez Matos said the incidents occurred in a bathroom at the school and included swastikas. "Let me be clear: there is no place for hate, intolerance, or discrimination of any kind in the Middletown Public Schools," Vázquez Matos wrote. "These act…
Lancaster
Schools
Elizabethtown School Staff Sends Nudes To Students Using Snapchat, Police Say
A 38-year-old former Elizabethtown school district employee has pleaded guilty in connection to sexual relationships with two middle school boys, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Megan Carlisle, of the first block of Greenleaf Lane, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker for the following charges: Felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse (two counts). Felony statutory sexual assault victim (two counts). Felony unlawful contact with a minor obscene or sexually explicit (two counts). Felony unlawful con…
Suffolk NY
Schools
Free Breakfast, Lunch Program Launches At School District In Islip
A new program will provide students at every grade level free meals throughout the school day, a district on Long Island announced. Starting Friday, March 1, students in the Connetquot School District, located in Islip, will be able to get breakfast and lunch for free, the district announced. The measure includes all students at the following schools: Edward J. Bosti Elementary School; Cherokee Street Elementary School; Helen B. Duffield Elementary School; John Pearl Elementary School; Edith L. Slocum Elementary School; Sycamore Avenue Elementary School; Oakdale-Bohemia Elementar…
Calvert
Schools
Students Face Discipline For Altercation At Calvert High School: Sheriff
An altercation involving a group of students at Calvert High School is under investigation after an incident inside the building caused chaos for school and police officials. Authorities are probing a confrontation that was reported on school grounds this week, though it was unrelated to the school, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. When the incident escalated, investigators say that other students joined in the fracas, which had to be diffused by staff member, the building's School Resource Officer, and "school safety advocates" who "managed the incident and ensured t…
Capital District
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Update: Student Attacks 16-Year-Old, Staffer With Knife At Troy School, Police Say
This story has been updated. A 16-year-old student and an adult staffer have been injured in a reported stabbing attack at a school in the region. Emergency crews in Rensselaer County were called to Troy Community School on 5th Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 for a stabbing inside the building. Troy Police said the juvenile victim and another male student got into a fight inside the school when the suspect pulled out a pocket knife and injured the other student. A member of the school’s security team responded with other staff members and attempted to break up the fight. A…
Northampton
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Monroe County Student, 12, Arrested For Violent Threats: Troopers
A Pleasant Valley Middle School student was arrested after state police say he threatened to carry out a school shooting. Troopers said they were notified about "verbal threats (...) directed toward multiple administrators" on Friday morning, Feb. 23. Investigators conducted interviews and seized electronic devices before arresting a 12-year-old boy on Monday, Feb. 26, state police said. He's charged with causing or risking catastrophe, threatening to use weapons of mass destruction, terroristic threats, and reckless endangerment, according to the release. The boy was tak…
Union
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Hulk Hogan's Attorney Representing Westfield Student Filing AI Nude Photo Lawsuit
The family of a high school student from Westfield has filed a lawsuit against her peer who allegedly made A.I. nude images of her and shared them with classmates. The lawsuit was filed after the student and her family found out no criminal charges were to be filed against the defendant in the suit and other witnesses did not cooperate with police, according to the complaint. The plaintiffs are asking $150,000 for each image that was disseminated. The student is represented by Shane Vogt, a Florida based litigator, whose clients have included Hulk Hogan and Sarah Palin, and Joh…
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