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Politics
18-Year-Old Wins Seat On NJ Town's School Board 18-Year-Old Wins Seat On NJ Town's School Board
18-Year-Old Wins Seat On NJ Town's School Board Lifelong Sparta resident Chad Wood has been elected to the town’s Board of Education just five months after graduating from high school. The 18-year-old is one of the state’s youngest to hold a BOE position. Wood ran alongside Jennifer "Lonsky" Grana and Kaitlin Gagnon. The trio incumbents Christina "Longo" Keiling and LeeAnne M. Pitzer. Wood might be young, but he comes with plenty of experience, having served as Student Council President for three years at Sparta High School, and was elected Executive President his senior year. Wood was also elected as the BOE’s Student Representative …

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Longtime Parsippany Resident Dies After Year-Long Cancer Battle, 37 Longtime Parsippany Resident Dies After Year-Long Cancer Battle, 37
Longtime Parsippany Resident Dies After Year-Long Cancer Battle, 37 Longtime Parsippany resident and Mary Luz Londono Amaya died after a year-long cancer battle at St. Clare's Hospital in Denville on Friday, March 18. She was 37. Born in Medellin, Colombia, Mary immigrated to South Carolina in 2000 before settling in Lake Hiawatha last year, her obituary says. Mary worked as a housekeeper at Sussex County Community College in Newton, her memorial says. She graduated from Denville High School, according to her Facebook page. Mary leaves behind her mother, Luz Marina Amaya Flores; brother, Jorge Ivan Londono Amaya, as well as several extended family members…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Sussex County Community College Board Of Trustees Chair Selected To NJ Social Equality Group Sussex County Community College Board Of Trustees Chair Selected To NJ Social Equality Group
Sussex County Community College Board Of Trustees Chair Selected To NJ Social Equality Group Bill Curcio — the Board of Trustees Chair at Sussex County Community College — has been selected to serve on the Committee on Racial and Social Justice, a new group dedicated to the statewide fight for social equality in schools. The panel comprises six members — three presidents and three state county college trustees — was formed by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, SCCC said in an announcement on its website. Cucio’s membership on the panel resulted partially from discussions with NJCCC co-member and SCCC President Jon Connolly, who says he was aware of Curcio’s enthusiasm in is…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Morris County Native Kelsey DeJesus Dies, 29 Morris County Native Kelsey DeJesus Dies, 29
Morris County Native Kelsey DeJesus Dies, 29 Kelsey Rose DeJesus, formerly of Morris and Sussex counties, died on Sept. 16. She was 29 years old. A Pompton Plains native, Kelsey was remembered for her contagious smile and adventurous personality. She attended Vernon Township High School as well as Montclair State University and Sussex County Community College, her Facebook page says. Burial was held at Glenwood Cemetery in Vernon.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'Racist, Islamophobic' Tweets Spark Review Of Sussex County College, Republican Party Trustee 'Racist, Islamophobic' Tweets Spark Review Of Sussex County College, Republican Party Trustee
'Racist, Islamophobic' Tweets Spark Review Of Sussex County College, Republican Party Trustee Sussex County officials are investigating a series of racist and offensive tweets and memes shared on the county's Republican party's Twitter account. The county's Republican committee chairman Jerry Scanlan is "under scrutiny" for the tweets that targeted Democratic congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, whom President Trump recently suggested they should be deported, NJ.com reports. GOP trustees vowed to review the tweets after audience members spoke out at a Tuesday meeting, which Scanlan of Hopatcong did not attend. One of the t…

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by Cecilia Levine