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Social Media Stoked Fear Over Misinterpreted Blackboard Message, Cresskill Schools Chief Says Social Media Stoked Fear Over Misinterpreted Blackboard Message, Cresskill Schools Chief Says
Social Media Stoked Fear Over Misinterpreted Blackboard Message, Cresskill Schools Chief Says UPDATE: Translators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who are fluent in Arabic found that a message written by a student to her brother on a classroom blackboard at Cresskill High School was misinterpreted and harmless, officials said. "The writing contained no threat or criminal intent," and an alleged translation that circulated via social media was "inaccurate and misinterpreted," Cresskill Schools Supt. Dr. Peter Hughes said in a letter to the community. Hughes didn't share what the message actually said. However, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Vo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
12th-Grader's Allegedly Hateful Blackboard Message Draws Attention Of NJ Law Enforcement 12th-Grader's Allegedly Hateful Blackboard Message Draws Attention Of NJ Law Enforcement
12th-Grader's Allegedly Hateful Blackboard Message Draws Attention Of NJ Law Enforcement UPDATE: Translators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who are fluent in Arabic found that a message written by a student to her brother on a classroom blackboard at Cresskill High School was misinterpreted and harmless, officials said. "The writing contained no threat or criminal intent," and an alleged translation that circulated via social media was "inaccurate and misinterpreted," Cresskill Schools Supt. Dr. Peter Hughes said in a letter to the community. Hughes didn't share what the message actually said. However, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Vo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida A funeral service is scheduled this weekend for a former Bergen County fitness entrepreneur and hospital philanthropist who died suddenly at her Florida home. The circumstances surrounding the death of Nanci Perle Kushner on Monday, March 21, haven’t been made public. Previously from Cresskill, the 56-year-old New York native had been living in Boca Raton, FL, records show. Kusher received a bachelor’s degree in retail and marketing from Syracuse University and a master's in education from Fordham Graduate School before cultivating a love of exercise into the founding of NPK Pilates in Cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
OUTBREAK: 20 Cresskill Teens (And Counting) Test COVID-Positive Following After-Prom Parties OUTBREAK: 20 Cresskill Teens (And Counting) Test COVID-Positive Following After-Prom Parties
Outbreak: 20 Cresskill Teens (And Counting) Test Covid-positive Following After-Prom Parties It began with a couple of after-prom parties and an extended Jersey Shore weekend. Then came the revelation that a Cresskill High School graduate had tested positive for the coronavirus. As of Tuesday, the number was up to 20, authorities said. This doesn’t count any possibly infected parents or siblings, Cresskill OEM Coordnator Christopher S. Ulshoefer said Tuesday. An urgent care center in town has had lines around the block the past few days as word spread of the outbreak, he noted. Last Tuesday, the graduating senior class had a prom party at Alpine Country Club in Demarest, foll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
TRIBUTE: Late Cresskill Teacher, 50, Taught Students To Be Kind, Give Back TRIBUTE: Late Cresskill Teacher, 50, Taught Students To Be Kind, Give Back
Tribute: Late Cresskill Teacher, 50, Taught Students To Be Kind, Give Back The parents of a popular Cresskill social studies teacher killed by a heart attack as he walked around the district high school track asked that donations in lieu of flowers be made to the library, band or a special scholarship that he created in memory of a former student. An interment and committal service for Stephen W. Kline, 50, is scheduled this Saturday in Shenango Valley Cemetery in Greenville, PA, near his parents' home. Although Kline never married and had no children of his own, parents Richard and Janette (Hill) Kline believe that his students "became his sons and daughters…

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by Jerry DeMarco