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Stomach Virus Closes Central Jersey Elementary School Stomach Virus Closes Central Jersey Elementary School
Stomach Virus Closes Central Jersey Elementary School An elementary school in Middlesex County will be closed Friday, Feb. 9 due to a gastrointestinal outbreak, authorities said. The Irving School in Highland Park, which enrolls 310 students in pre-kindergarten through first grade, also canceled Thursday’s aftercare program due to the spreading stomach virus. Superintendent Kristina Susca announced the closing on the Highland Park School District's website. Workers will be giving the school building a deep cleaning before it reopens, Susca said. In a message to parents, Susca said the borough’s other three public schools, which include Highl…

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by Jon Craig
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Man Dies In 'Tragic Incident' On Grounds Of NJ High School: Officials Man Dies In 'Tragic Incident' On Grounds Of NJ High School: Officials
Man Dies In 'Tragic Incident' On Grounds Of NJ High School: Officials A community member died in what officials are calling a "tragic incident" on the grounds of a New Jersey school district on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Police responding to Highland Park High School around 6:25 a.m. found an unresponsive male, local police said. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was pronounce dead. "The patient was not affiliated with Highland Park Schools nor was the patient ever inside of a school building," local police said. Highland Park Schools Superintendent Kristina Nicosia said that a community member died before the school d…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son
Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son UPDATE: A New Jersey man who admitted killing his former girlfriend, kidnapping their young son and fleeing to Tennessee last summer was sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years in state prison, authorities said. Tyler Rios, 28, must serve 25½ years before he’ll be eligible for parole under the deal brokered with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office for killing 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, taking his son with him as he drove her body to Tennessee in the trunk of her car and dumping the corpse in a field there on July 8, 2021. That means he’d still be in his early 50s when he’s eventually releas…

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by Jerry DeMarco