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CT Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies At 34 CT Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies At 34
CT Fitness Enthusiast Michelle Zimmerman Dies At 34 A Connecticut native and fitness enthusiast died at home on Tuesday, Oct. 19. She was 34 years old. A Princeton native, Zimmerman was raised in Rocky Hill, and had been living in Milford, New Jersey since 2014, her obituary says.  She graduated high school in 2005 and went on to attend Syracuse University's Whitman School of Business. Zimmerman had been working as a product manager for health supplements with Healthy Directions, and previously as a marketing director for Planet Fitness and The Edge Fitness Clubs. An active member of her local CrossFit gym, Zimmerman was interested in…

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Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings
Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings The five highest-ranked schools in U.S. News & World Report Top 40 National Universities Rankings are all in the Northeast. The top five schools of the rating consist of: Princeton University, first  Harvard University, second;  Columbia University, third; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth (tied); Yale University fourth (tied). These rankings, which have been published for the last 36 years, are devised using seventeen different factors, including: graduation rates retention rates after the first year of study social mobility academic reputation, per an ass…

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by Christina Coulter
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Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place.  Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…

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by Christina Coulter
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A Life Well-Lived: Mary E. "Polly" McDermott, 87, Of Chappaqua, Weston A Life Well-Lived: Mary E. "Polly" McDermott, 87, Of Chappaqua, Weston
A Life Well-Lived: Mary E. "Polly" McDermott, 87, Of Chappaqua, Weston Mary E. McDermott, known to everyone as “Polly,” died peacefully with her daughters at her side at the age of 87 on Feb. 27, 2019 at Broad Creek Care Center in Hilton Head, SC. She is survived by her two daughters, Megan McDermott (Steven Schafer) and Morna McDermott McNulty (Leonard), and four grandchildren: Merrill Hersam, Maren Hersam, Conor McNulty and Molly McNulty. Polly was born in Philadelphia to Fred and Thelma Bright. She was the middle of three children and had an older sister, Gloria, and younger brother, Freddy, both of whom pre-deceased her. Polly traveled the country extensiv…

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