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School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled' School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled'
School District In Westchester Taps New Superintendent: 'Honored, Humbled' A current assistant superintendent in Westchester has accepted the top post at a nearby district, officials announced.  In an announcement on Monday, May 13, the Irvington Union Free School District revealed it has selected Mara Ratesic as its new superintendent.  Ratesic, who will begin in the position on Monday, July 1, will be formally appointed to the role during a special Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m.  The current Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction at the Bronxville Union Free School District, Ratesic was chosen …

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Many Kept Traveling Despite Showing Symptoms, Study Finds COVID-19: Many Kept Traveling Despite Showing Symptoms, Study Finds
Covid-19: Many Kept Traveling Despite Showing Symptoms, Study Finds Despite showing COVID-19 symptoms, many Americans continued to travel normally during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers from George Mason University reported that they found “no real change” in daily activity, travel, and contact with others during the pandemic, even from those who showed signs of potentially contracting the virus. A team from the university’s College of Health and Human Services tracked the movement patterns of nearly 200 volunteers who showed possible COVID-19 symptoms. Of those being evaluated, few did anything to limit their daily movements, even when …

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by Zak Failla
News
Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River
Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River Police say they are "unraveling" what was going on in the lives of the two young sisters from Saudi Arabia who were found bound together last week after their bodies washed up on the shore of Manhattan's Upper West Side have been identified. The two have been identified as Tala Farea, 16, and her sister, Rotana Farea, 22, both of Fairfax, Virginia, the NYPD said. There were no obvious signs of trauma, and the NYPD said it believes the two were living before entering the river. The two were found wearing similar fur-trimmed jackets and black leggings with their waists and feet boun…

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by Joe Lombardi