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Mount Pleasant, NY
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Superintendent In Westchester Resigns Following Fallout Over State-Ordered School Closure
The head of a Westchester school district that had an elementary school forced to close due to safety concerns has stepped down. Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District officials announced that Superintendent Patrick Brimstein, who was placed on paid leave earlier this year, has resigned from his position after the state ordered the closure of the Ridge Street Elementary School. Original story - District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close The move comes after the school building was shut down by the state, which said the district was “using spac…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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School In Westchester Reopens After State-Ordered Closure
Weeks later than originally planned, a Westchester school will reopen for in-person learning amid safety concerns during construction in the building. In September, the Blind Brook School District in Rye Brook was forced to temporarily close the Ridge Street Elementary School by the state Department of Education due to safety concerns during construction. Earlier story - District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close Students were initially welcomed back to the classroom as scheduled, though the state forced the building to be closed as a massive…
White Plains, NY
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Westchester School Closed By NY State Looking To Reopen
A Westchester school that was forced to switch to its remote learning model amid construction concerns is looking to reopen as soon as next week as it awaits approval from the state. The Blind Brook School District in Rye Brook was forced to temporarily close the Ridge Street Elementary School by the state Department of Education in early September, much to the disappointment of parents, students, and staff. Earlier story - District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close During a town hall meeting this week, school officials said that they were hopeful…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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District Hopes To Bring Back Students To Westchester School NY State Ordered To Close
A Westchester school district is working around the clock to get students back in the classroom after being forced by the state to transition to its remote learning model due to certain safety concerns amid a massive renovation project. The Blind Brook School District in Rye Brook was forced to temporarily close the Ridge Street Elementary School by the state Department of Education, much to the disappointment of parents, students, and staff. Students were welcomed back into the building earlier this month as the building was under a massive renovation project, but it was promptly shut dow…
Newark, NJ
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Man Accused Of Dealing 'Train Wreck' Heroin Arrested In Newark
The Essex County Sheriff's Office and police from Newark, Irvington and Bloomfield assisted in the arrest of a Newark man who was dealing drugs from his Grafton Avenue apartment, Sheriff Armando Fontoura said in a statement. Following complaints from neighborhood residents, the sheriff's Bureau of Narcotics obtained a search warrant for the first-floor apartment of Christopher Griffen, 33. When police executed the warrant Wednesday, they found Griffen as well as 113 vials of crack cocaine and 14 envelopes of heroin stamped with the words "TRAIN WRECK" in red ink, Fontoura said.&…
