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More Than 60K NJ Families Now Eligible For Free School Meals More Than 60K NJ Families Now Eligible For Free School Meals
More Than 60K NJ Families Now Eligible For Free School Meals A new law will make thousands of New Jersey students newly eligible for free school lunches and breakfasts. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law on Tuesday, Jan. 16, expanding the eligibility for free meals to more than 60,000 additional families.  According to the Working Class Families Anti-Hunger Act, public and non-public schools in the National School Lunch Program or federal School Breakfast Program will provide meals to students in households with an income of up to 224 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill signing comes after Gov. Murphy renewed his push for f…

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by Chris Spiker
News
THIS WEEKEND: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys THIS WEEKEND: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys
This Weekend: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys Giving thanks is about giving back for Hackensack Deputy Mayor David Sims.  For the second year in a row, Sims will be giving Thanksgiving turkeys to local families in need as part of of Hackensack Jr. Basketball’s (HJB) Turkey Give-A-Way. The deputy mayor will be in Carver Park on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. until noon. Recipients have been selected in advance by local churches and organizations and vouchers have been distributed.  Last year, 140 turkeys were distributed. Participating organizations this year include Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Be…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Lyndhurst College Student Struggles To Make Ends Meet After Dad’s Death Lyndhurst College Student Struggles To Make Ends Meet After Dad’s Death
Lyndhurst College Student Struggles To Make Ends Meet After Dad’s Death LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Lyndhurst college student is struggling to afford housing, food and a funeral service for her father after his sudden death. Dennis McDonnell died on January 9, his daughter Betty Marie McDonnell wrote on a GoFundMe page she created to raise funds for his funeral. “My mother is not in the picture and I have been living alone with my father since as long as I can remember,” Betty wrote, adding that her father was on disability and she took care of him. “He was not only my father, but my best friend,” she wrote. Betty said she is now “caught in a situation where I will b…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson