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Parents Fighting To Save North Jersey Catholic School Slated For Closure After 65 Years Parents Fighting To Save North Jersey Catholic School Slated For Closure After 65 Years
Parents Fighting To Save North Jersey Catholic School Slated For Closure After 65 Years After nearly 65 years, the Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Wayne is closing its doors. But many of its families refuse to accept its fate, and are fighting to keep the school that has provided love and nurture to their children alive. "The school didn't need to close, and it didn't need to close in the manner that it did," said Judy Simon, who has three children at IHM, who opined that more could be done from a business and marketing perspective. "I feel that the Diocese of Paterson didn't do anything to stop it." Father Mateusz Jasniewicz shared details about the school's closing …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Woman Killed In Home Explosion On 95th Birthday Was North Jersey’s ‘Cookie Lady,’ Family Says Woman Killed In Home Explosion On 95th Birthday Was North Jersey’s ‘Cookie Lady,’ Family Says
Woman Killed In Home Explosion On 95th Birthday Was North Jersey’s ‘Cookie Lady,’ Family Says To many of those in North Jersey, Maria V. Mallozzi was “the cookie lady,” her family says. That’s because, for 18 years, customers could count on seeing her cheerful smile behind the counter at Angelo’s Bakery in Newton, which her family owned until late 1996. In her younger years, she worked at and lived above an older family business, Vitiello’s Bakery in Newark, her obituary says. Tragically, Maria died in the explosion at her home on Dove Island Road in Stillwater Township just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, July 16, her 95th birthday. One of her grandchildren, Elizabeth, 33, reflects on th…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sussex County HS Teacher Took Hundreds Of ‘Upskirt’ Photos, Videos Of Students, Prosecutor Says Sussex County HS Teacher Took Hundreds Of ‘Upskirt’ Photos, Videos Of Students, Prosecutor Says
Sussex County HS Teacher Took Hundreds Of ‘Upskirt’ Photos, Videos Of Students, Prosecutor Says A Sussex County high school science teacher was arrested and charged with child endangerment and possession of child of sexual abuse material after he was found with hundreds of photos and videos upskirting students, authorities announced. Michael F. Wagner, 39, of Hopatcong, was charged with second-degree child endangerment, possession of child sexual abuse material, and invasion of privacy, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint release. The investigation began on Wednesday, Oct. 12, when a teacher at Pope John High School in Sparta overheard several eighth-grade…

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by Valerie Musson
News
St. Mary's School In Pompton Lakes Closing After Academic Year St. Mary's School In Pompton Lakes Closing After Academic Year
St. Mary's School In Pompton Lakes Closing After Academic Year St. Mary’s School in Pompton Lakes will permanently close at the end of this school year, officials said. The closing of the school, which has been with the Diocese of Paterson’s St. Mary’s Parish since 1952, was based on a recommendation from the parishioners at the St. Mary’s Parish Finance Committee and the subsequent approval of the recommendation by the diocese, according to a news release sent to Daily Voice Monday. Years of six-figure operating deficits and substantially declining enrollment were among factors cited for the closure, as well as a projected deficit of more than $334,00…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ex-Morris County Priest, Admitted Child Sex Abuser Dies In Nursing Home Ex-Morris County Priest, Admitted Child Sex Abuser Dies In Nursing Home
Ex-Morris County Priest, Admitted Child Sex Abuser Dies In Nursing Home Former Morris County priest James T. Hanley, who admitted to abusing at least a dozen children in Pompton Plains and Mendham throughout a 14-year period, died in a nursing home last week. Hanley, 83, previously served a decade as a pastor at St. Joseph’s Church in Mendham before he was defrocked in 2003, Paterson Diocese attorney Kenneth Mullaney said. The Diocese of Paterson then gave out nearly $5 million in settlements to 21 of Hanley’s accusers in 2004, reports say. Mullaney did not say which nursing home Hanley died at, or whether he died of COVID-19 -- complications like many other N…

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by Valerie Musson