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Jersey Shore's Oceanfest Returns After 2-Year COVID Hiatus Jersey Shore's Oceanfest Returns After 2-Year COVID Hiatus
Jersey Shore's Oceanfest Returns After 2-Year COVID Hiatus Oceanfest is back, baby. The day-long Fourth of July event is making its big return this summer after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, according to its website. With a steady decline in New Jersey's coronavirus cases, "it is the perfect time to bring Oceanfest back,” Co-chair Esther Cohen told NJ Advance Media. Oceanfest is held along the Long Branch boardwalk from Pier Village to Seven Presidents’ Park.  It will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, July 4, and feature live music, more than 40 food vendors, arts and crafts, and beach activities, according to NJ.com. Fireworks blast off at…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
Here's What We Learned About Saddle Brook Schools' New Superintendent From Her Twitter Page Here's What We Learned About Saddle Brook Schools' New Superintendent From Her Twitter Page
Here's What We Learned About Saddle Brook Schools' New Superintendent From Her Twitter Page Saddle Brook students will begin the 2018-19 school year with a new superintendent. Danielle Shanley, who hails from the New Milford school district, will be replacing interim superintendent Anthony Riscica. Daily Voice scrolled through Shanley's Twitter page for a glimpse of what she's all about. Here's just some of what we found: 1. She's not just an educator: Shanley identifies as an activist, wife, mother, writer and reader, according to her description. 2. "Kids don’t gravitate to subjects. They gravitate to teachers." Shanley feels students will remember a teacher who int…

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by Cecilia Levine