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Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, NJ College Named Parents' Top Dream School: Survey Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, NJ College Named Parents' Top Dream School: Survey
Students Feel Record Stress Over Admissions, NJ College Named Parents' Top Dream School: Survey For high school seniors, spring is a nerve-wracking time as college decisions roll in — but the class of 2025 is more stressed than ever, according to a new survey. The Princeton Review said 73 percent of students and parents reported "high" or "very high" stress over the admissions process. That's the highest level in the 23-year history of the College Hopes & Worries Survey, which had its 2025 edition released on Tuesday, Mar. 4. The 2025 survey polled 9,317 students and parents about a wide variety of college-related issues. Financial Pressures, Testing, AI Concerns Financial s…

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by Chris Spiker
Sports
Sportscaster Dick Button, NJ Native, Olympic Gold Medalist, Dies Sportscaster Dick Button, NJ Native, Olympic Gold Medalist, Dies
Sportscaster Dick Button, NJ Native, Olympic Gold Medalist, Dies Dick Button, the first man to win two gold medals in figure skating at the Olympics, is being remembered as a popular sportscaster after his death at age 95. Button, a longtime New York resident, died at his Ice Pond Farm in Northern Westchester County's North Salem. He was a native of Englewood, New Jersey. Related story: Olympic Icon Dick Button Dies In North Salem: Figure Skating Great Was 95 Known as “The Voice of Figure Skating” from 1960 to 2010, Button was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015.  While with ABC, his no-holds-barred analysis and caust…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Coming Of Age YouTube Video With 7.3M Views Filmed In NJ Will Become Hollywood Film Coming Of Age YouTube Video With 7.3M Views Filmed In NJ Will Become Hollywood Film
Coming Of Age YouTube Video With 7.3M Views Filmed In NJ Will Become Hollywood Film A young director's short film on YouTube with more than 7.3 million views that was filmed across New Jersey will soon be made into a major motion picture. According to Deadline, TriStar Pictures — a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment — purchased the rights to Wesley Wang's "nothing, except everything" following a bidding war. It will be produced by Darren Aronofsky and his company, Protozoa Pictures. The 12-minute 50-second movie is about a graduating high schooler navigating a "world of seemingly inevitable chaos by finding order in the number 7," according to the IMDB desc…

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by Cecilia Levine