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Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway
Teens OK After Minibus From Greenwich Country Day School Careens Across Entire Parkway A group of teens and their driver escaped serious injury when a minibus from a prestigious private school in Connecticut careened across both the northbound and southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway in Paramus, New Jersey. The Greenwich Country Day School bus was headed north when the driver swerved to avoid a Lexus whose driver had changed lanes abruptly around 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. The minibus ran off the roadway, then across the southbound lanes, before coming to rest in a ditch with a flat rear tire. Two of nearly a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYer Will Become First Black White House Press Secretary NYer Will Become First Black White House Press Secretary
NYer Will Become First Black White House Press Secretary A native New Yorker has been tapped to take over as the top spokesperson for President Joe Biden’s White House. Karine Jean-Pierre, a Haitian-American who was raised in Queens Village and grew up on Long Island, in Hempstead, was chosen to become the 35th White House Press Secretary following the departure of outgoing Jen Psaki, a native of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Earlier story - Fairfield County Native Leaving Post As White House Press Secretary For TV Gig, Report Says The appointment makes Jean-Pierre the first Black woman and LGBTQ+ to hold that position. “Karine not only …

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield County Native Leaving Post As White House Press Secretary For TV Gig, Report Says Fairfield County Native Leaving Post As White House Press Secretary For TV Gig, Report Says
Fairfield County Native Leaving Post As White House Press Secretary For TV Gig, Report Says Fairfield County native Jen Psaki is going from the White House to the Peacock. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who hails from Stamford, will be leaving her post after more than a year under President Joe Biden to join MSNBC as a host and on-air expert, according to a report from Axios. Psaki, who has been a prominent face of the Biden administration, previously said that she would stay as press secretary for a year, but her time at the White House was extended following multiple international crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and mo…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Tests Positive COVID-19: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Tests Positive
Covid-19: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Tests Positive White House press secretary Jen Psaki has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Psaki, a Connecticut native who is fully vaccinated, grew up in Fairfield County, and graduated from Greenwich High School, said on Sunday, Oct. 31 that she made the decision not to travel with President Joe Biden to Europe after one of her family members tested positive for the virus. Psaki (pronounced Saki), said she made the decision on Wednesday, Oct. 27, after members of her household tested positive for COVID-19.  She tested negative for four days, but on Sunday, she revealed she teste…

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by Kathy Reakes