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NJ Sending Marching Band To 80th Anniversary Commemoration Of D-Day In France NJ Sending Marching Band To 80th Anniversary Commemoration Of D-Day In France
NJ Sending Marching Band To 80th Anniversary Commemoration Of D-Day In France Raritan High School is one of 10 in the United States whose marching bands have been selected to perform at the 80th-anniversary commemorations of D-Day in Normandy, France next year. It's going to cost – individual travel alone is expected to run $6,000 per student -- so fundraising at the Hazlet, NJ school has begun gearing up in earnest. D-Day -- June 6, 1944 – marks the Allied invasion of German-occupied France and the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny. A D-Day Commemoration Committee will mark the date in 2024 with a special celebration of “International Salute …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Teen On 'American Ninja Warrior' Says 'Follow Your Own Path' NJ Teen On 'American Ninja Warrior' Says 'Follow Your Own Path'
NJ Teen On 'American Ninja Warrior' Says 'Follow Your Own Path' Julia Intrabartolo has been watching "American Ninja Warrior" for as long as she can remember, all the while knowing one day, she'd be competing on it. That time has come for the 16-year-old North Hunterdon Regional High School junior, who last January got the call from producers saying her application had been accepted. "I sat on the floor for two hours in shock," Julia said in a phone call with Daily Voice.  For days, she was in disbelief. But reality is beginning to set in for Julia, who soon will put her years of training to the test and compete against some of the very people she look…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in  HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause.  The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…

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by Jillian Pikora
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School Bus, Car Collide At Jersey Shore Intersection School Bus, Car Collide At Jersey Shore Intersection
School Bus, Car Collide At Jersey Shore Intersection A driver suffered minor injuries after colliding with a school bus on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. No one on the bus — headed to Marlboro High School — was hurt in the Friday, Feb. 10 crash, Howell police said.  The collision occurred at 7:36 a.m. at the corner of Georgia Tavern Road and West Farms Road, police said. The driver of the car was brought to a local hospital to be treated.  Marlboro High School is in the Freehold Regional High School District. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl
South Jersey School Districts Will Delay Start After Super Bowl Students at two Gloucester County school districts will get to watch the big game and sleep in the next day thanks to a delayed opening. The superintendent of schools at Washington Township Public Schools announced a two-hour delay on Monday, Feb. 13. The Philadelphia Eagles face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night, Feb. 12, starting at 6:30 p.m. "We believe it is important that our WTPS community has the opportunity to enjoy this exciting time together in a way that allows our staff and students to come to school the next day rested and ready to learn," said Int…

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by Jon Craig
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Woman Posing As High School Student Is Rutgers Graduate: Report Woman Posing As High School Student Is Rutgers Graduate: Report
Woman Posing As High School Student Is Rutgers Graduate: Report The woman who spent four days in classes at New Brunswick High School before officials apparently realized the truth is a 2019 graduate of Rutgers University, NJ Advance Media reports. Hyejeong Shin, 29, of New Brunswick was charged Tuesday, Jan. 24 with providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age, according to New Brunswick police. She provided a false birth certificate, they said. A student named Hyejeong Shin attended Rutgers University-New Brunswick and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Chinese, the out…

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by Jon Craig
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Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At NJ High School, Officials Say Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At NJ High School, Officials Say
Woman, 29, Posing As Student Spent Four Days In Classes At NJ High School, Officials Say A woman spent four days in classes at New Brunswick High School before officials apparently realized the truth, according to district officials. A video of the Tuesday, Jan. 24 New Brunswick Board of Education meeting was posted on Twitter by New Brunswick Today reporter Charlie Kratovil. "This is an unfortunate event," Superintendent Aubrey Johnson said in the video. "She was in a few classes." Hyejeong Shin, 29, of New Brunswick was charged on Jan. 24 with providing a false government document with the intent to verify one’s identity or age, according to New Brunswick police. She provide…

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by Jon Craig
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Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey
Active Shooter Alert Unfounded In South Jersey Police in South Jersey said a report of an active shooter at a high school turned out to be false. Lower Township Police, along with other agencies, responded to Lower Cape May Regional High School for the report of an active shooter.  "It was very quickly determined that the call was unfounded and there was no threat and the school returned to regularly scheduled classes and activities," Lower Township police said.

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by Jon Craig
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$1.35M Settlement Paves Way For Jewish High School In Ocean County: Report $1.35M Settlement Paves Way For Jewish High School In Ocean County: Report
$1.35M Settlement Paves Way For Jewish High School In Ocean County: Report Jackson Township's zoning board has settled a $1.35 million lawsuit, allowing construction of an Orthodox Jewish high school, NJ Advance Media reports. The settlement is a decade in the making as, Congregation Oros Bais Yaakov in 2013 filed an application with the township's zoning board seeking a variance and final site-plan approval for an all-girls school, the outlet said. That application was denied the following year, and the congregation sued the township four months later. The two-story school will be built on a lot bordering Lakewood Township near White Road and Galassi Court …

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by Jon Craig
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Gas Leaks Close Central Jersey Middle School Gas Leaks Close Central Jersey Middle School
Gas Leaks Close Central Jersey Middle School A series of gas leaks has closed a school in Central Jersey. The Carl Sandburg Middle School Friday in the Old Bridge Township School District will temporarily switch to remote learning while the gas leaks are fixed, the superintendent said. Classes for students at Carl Sandburg Middle School — which serves approximately 980 students in grades 6 through 8 — have been canceled through Tuesday, according to a video message from Superintendent David Cittadino. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 11, the school will go to remote classes through at least Jan. 17, Cittadino said. The leaks were discovere…

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by Jon Craig
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Cause Of Fire At Elementary School In South Jersey Under Investigation Cause Of Fire At Elementary School In South Jersey Under Investigation
Cause Of Fire At Elementary School In South Jersey Under Investigation The cause of a fire at an elementary school in Mount Laurel is unknown and remains under investigation, school district officials said Thursday afternoon, Dec. 22 Firefighters and police responded to a fire in a music and artroom before the start of school Thursday at Parkway Elementary School on Ramblewood Parkway, according to Mount Laurel police. Daycare staff and students were in the building but were evacuated safely, school officials said. Students arriving at the school remained outside the building. There were no injuries. The fire was quickly brought under control, polic…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor
NJ Elementary Teacher Arrested After 2.5 Years Of Giving Boy Vodka, THC Drops: Prosecutor A Central Jersey elementary school teacher is facing charges for spending two and a half years supplying a now 13-year-old boy with THC and vodka, authorities announced Wednesday. Jennifer Debiec, a Bordentown resident and fifth-grade teacher at Mercerville Elementary School in Hamilton, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree child endangerment, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Investigators say Debiec, 39, supplied the boy with vodka, vape pens, and THC drops for about two and a half years. The investigation is ongoing, and no further details were released. Any…

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by Valerie Musson