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These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28 These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28
These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28 The first winter storm of the season is causing a change in plans for New Jersey schools on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Some districts have delayed openings while others are closed completely. Here's a list of which school are closed or delayed for Tuesday, Feb. 28. Check your school/district's website for details. Bedminster: 10: 50 a.m. start Bellville: Delayed Bergen County Tech: Closed Bergenfield: 2-hour delay Bernards: 2-hour delay Bloomfield: Delay Bloomingdale: Closed Bogota: Delayed Butler: Closed Cliffside Park: 10 a.m. start Clifton: Delayed Closter: Delayed Cresskill: Delayed Demarest: …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore
Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore Lodi Schools Supt. Douglas Petty punched a woman in the face and then fought with a man who came to her aid on a Seaside Heights street in the middle of the night, authorities said. A Heights police officer reported seeing Petty, 46, of Morris Plains, punch the woman in the head with a closed fist near the corner of Sumner Avenue and Boulevard shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25. A man approached and got into a fistfight with Petty, the officer wrote in a complaint on file in Superior Court in Toms River. The victim -- whose name was withheld -- had an undisclosed relationship with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Prosecutor: Expect To See Tactical Units Guarding Houses Of Worship, Schools This Summer Bergen Prosecutor: Expect To See Tactical Units Guarding Houses Of Worship, Schools This Summer
Bergen Prosecutor: Expect To See Tactical Units Guarding Houses Of Worship, Schools This Summer Citizens can expect to see highly-trained officers with helmets and high-powered weapons protecting houses of worship in Bergen County throughout the summer, the county’s top law enforcers said Wednesday. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Chief of Detectives Chief Jason Love jointly announced a plan to enhance security at locations where people worship throughout the county “in response to increasing acts of domestic terrorism across the country.” Musella said police departments and other law enforcement agencies in the county are increasing patrols – and overall presence – at all s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Website Lists Every NJ School That Reported Positive COVID-19 Case Website Lists Every NJ School That Reported Positive COVID-19 Case
Website Lists Every NJ School That Reported Positive Covid-19 Case A website where teachers across the U.S. can report a confirmed COVID-19 case in their school shows dozens in New Jersey. The website was launched by the National Education Association, specifically a Kansas high school teachers, and serves as a hub for educators to report virus cases and health concerns. All submissions are reviewed by NEA staff and verified by checking school websites, press releases, media reports and other public sources.  The cases listed are by no means a "comprehensive accounting of all cases at schools and campuses," the website says. Each case is dated a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
CDC's New School Guidelines Call For Classroom Lunches, No Extracurricular Activities CDC's New School Guidelines Call For Classroom Lunches, No Extracurricular Activities
CDC's New School Guidelines Call For Classroom Lunches, No Extracurricular Activities No more cafeterias lunches. No more field trips or extracurricular activities. Social distancing and masks are musts. This is how schools could look if they reopen for the 2020-21 academic year, months after closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggests. Students have not stepped into schools since mid-March, and while it's yet to be seen if they will next year, the CDC has put forth a set of guidelines. Among the guidelines: Staff members and students should wear masks or face coverings, though the agency acknowledges face coverings may be chall…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart
Bergen's Most Lopsided 2019 Primary Win: Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Crushes Upstart Incumbent Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti easily defeated an upstart candidate Tuesday in one of only eight municipalities in Bergen County that had contested primaries. In the most convincing defeat of all of Bergen's primary races, Minichetti got 75% of the vote (525) to a meager 171 for Erik Friis in the borough’s Republican runoff, according to unofficial results from the county Board of Elections. Her Republican running mates, Councilmen Jonathan Ditkoff and Douglas Rotella, were unopposed. Minichetti will face Marshall Grupp in the November election. He was unopposed in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome' NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome'
NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome' HACKENSACK, N.J. — The City of Hackensack is receiving accolades in a recent New York Times article. "Immortalized in an unflattering Billy Joel lyric — 'Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?'" the article reads. "The Bergen County seat is an ethnically diverse city of 45,000, suburban in feel but with an urban center hugging the Hackensack River."  The Times quotes new neighbors, real-estate agents and city officials praising Hackensack for its affordable housing, close proximity to Jersey City, Hoboken and New York, its sprawling par…

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by Cecilia Levine