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Ridgewood, NJ
Obituaries
Ridgewood Pediatrician Who Fought For Later School Start Times Dies At 66
A Bergen County pediatrician who spent decades advocating for children’s health — including helping bring later school start times to local districts — has died. Dr. Anne Catherine Robinson (Videtti), of Ridgewood, died on Monday, Jan. 26 surrounded by her family, according to her obituary on the Feeney Funeral Home website. She was 66 years old. Born in Italy, Robinson immigrated to Bayonne with her family at age two before settling in Ridgewood, where she was raised. She attended Wesleyan University, where she met her future husband Dennis, “the love of her life,” and they married the sum…
New Brunswick, NJ
Breaking News
Rutgers Student Critical After Being Found Unresponsive: Authorities
A 19-year-old Rutgers University student remains hospitalized after being found unresponsive at a residence in New Brunswick, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 17. At 12:26 a.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 15, Rutgers police responded to a disconnected 9-1-1 call and found the student injured and unresponsive, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Rutgers Police Chief Kenneth Cop said. The 19-year-old was transported to a nearby hospital where he remains in critical condition, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Breaking News
3 Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Eating Gummy-Like Substance In Middletown
Three students at an Orange County middle school were hospitalized after consuming a "gummy-like substance," prompting an ongoing investigation and a warning to families about unverified social media rumors. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 28 at Monhagen Middle School in Middletown and involved four students, three of whom became ill after ingesting the substance, according to a letter sent to families by Principal Dominick Radogna on Thursday, May 29. The students were transported to the hospital as a precaution, and the school says it remains in contact with their fami…
Bedford, NY
Breaking News
Students Evaluated, Treated After Chemical Exposure At Fox Lane Middle School
Multiple students were treated following a chemical exposure at a Northern Westchester middle school, fire officials said. The incident happened on Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, when the incident was reported at Fox Lane Middle School in Bedford, according to the Bedford Fire Department. Arriving fire crews began isolating and ventilating the affected room while the Westchester County Hazmat team sent a representative to the scene. After an investigation, first responders determined the product and exposures were "not significant" or critically harmful. Fox Lane staff then handled …
Cherry Hill, NJ
Your Community
South Jersey Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Gummies
Four Camden County middle school students were treated at a hospital after they ate marijuana gummies, authorities said. A student at Phifer Middle School in Pennsauken brought the gummies from home on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14 and shared them with other students, Pennsauken Schools Superintendent Ronnie Tarchichi said in a letter to parents. Staff noticed the students seemed to have erratic behavior and sent them to the nurse, the superintendent said. The nurse sent four students to the hospital. Three of the students were back at school Friday, while the fourth stude…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Your Community
Ammonia Based Smelling Salts Sicken Students In Morris County: Officials
Ammonia-based smelling salts used by athletes and once used to treat fainting women had an adverse affect on students who brought the substance to a Morris County school, district officials said. A student brought the bottle of a type of "athletic smelling salt" to the Copeland Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and others who applied it were "adversely affected," Rockaway Superintendent Richard R. Corbett said in a letter to parents. The ammonia-based salts case an increase in heartbeat and alertness, however, have been a growing concern among athletes in recent years, according to a report…
Albany, NY
Your Community
Several Middle School Students In Capital Region Exposed To Marijuana Edibles
A school district in the region is warning parents after several middle school students were exposed to marijuana edibles. The incident occurred at North Albany Middle School, Principal Andrea Piper said in a statement to parents Thursday, Nov. 17. “I am writing to let you know of a situation involving several students in our school community who reported exposure to, or ingestion of, suspected marijuana edibles Thursday,” Piper said. The students were evaluated by the school’s nurse and none were found to show symptoms while in their care, she said. It was not immediately clear how many…
Quincy, MA
Your Community
4 Hospitalized After 'Chemical Irritant' Found At Brookline High School: Officials
Four people were hospitalized and students were dismissed early after a "chemical irritant" was detected at a Boston-area high school, officials said. Brookline High School was evacuated after the irritant was reported coming from a first-floor bathroom near the school's cafeteria on Thursday morning, Nov. 3, Brookline Public Schools said. At least tow students and two staff members were taken to a local hospital for treatment and anyone else impacted was treated onsite, BPS added. All other schools and facilities in the surrounding area were unaffected and classes ended early. Curre…
Fredericksburg, VA
Breaking News
Classes Cancelled At Virginia HS Due To Widespread Illness Impacting Hundreds Of Students
Classes and after-school activities were canceled at Stafford High School due to a widespread illness that has impacted the majority of the student body, officials say. Approximately 1,000 students are reportedly being treated for flu-like symptoms, forcing school officials to cancel classes through Sunday, Oct. 23, at which point the district plans to assess the situation. All SHS activities canceled through Sunday, Oct 23. Conditions will be assessed Monday. — Stafford High School (@shsindiantribe) October 21, 2022 It is unclear what caused the illness that is impacting hundreds of s…
Waldorf, MD
Your Community
Maryland Middle Schooler Hospitalized After Vaping, Nearly Overdosing: Sheriff
The Charles County Sheriff's Office is advising children and parents to be alert following a possible overdose and confirmed illness in middle school students who were allegedly vaping. On Monday, Oct. 3, first responders were dispatched to the General Smallwood Middle School when a student showed signs of a potential overdose in Indian Head. The student was transported to an area hospital for treatment and was listed in stable condition on Monday afternoon, according to a spokesperson from the sheriff’s office. Later in the day, officials said that another student began to feel ill and we…
Towson, MD
Breaking News
Johns Hopkins Reinstates Mask Mandate After Spring Break COVID Surge
Masks are back in session at Johns Hopkins University after the school reported almost 100 students who travelled for spring break have tested positive for COVID-19. The mandate applies to all students, staff, faculty contractors, visitors and guests, Vice Provost for Student Health and Well-Being Kevin Shollenberger said in a statement. Masks must be worn in classrooms, common areas and dining halls unless actively eating or drinking. The university will also provide COVID testing twice a week until April 22 as well as at-home tests to students. "We want t…
Cherry Hill, NJ
Breaking News
Medical Hazmat Emergency Reported In Camden, At Least 64 Schoolchildren Get Sick (
Developing
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A "medical hazmat" incident was reported at a day. care center and elementary school in the City of Camden, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. There was a report at about noon on Wednesday, March 30 that a child had drunk milk contaminated with hand sanitizer at St|Riletta T. Cream Early Childhood Center at 1875 Mulford St. There was an earlier unconfirmed report that busloads of hazmat victims had been transported to Cooper University Hospital. School officials later confirmed that at least 64 students were impacted by the incident, which purportedly involved …
Brentwood, NY
Breaking News
Police Respond To Three 'Medical/Drug' Incidents At High School In Suffolk County
Police are investigating three cases of students needing medical assistance due to drug use in at least two of the cases at a Long Island school. The incidents began on Friday, Feb. 4, at Riverhead High School when officers responded to the school for a possible overdose. According to the Riverhead Police, when officers arrived at the school the student was found alert and conscious. The school nurse reported that Narcan was administered to the student, and the student was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center. During an interview with the student, he said he used a vap…
Brookfield, CT
Breaking News
CT High School Student Overdoses On Suspected Marijuana Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say
Police are investigating after a student allegedly overdosed on fentanyl-laced marijuana at a Connecticut high school. The incident took place around 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, in Hartford County in Bloomfield when police responded to Bloomfield High School for a medical call. According to Lt. James Salvatore, of the Bloomfield Police, when officers arrived they found a 16-year-old student in the security officer suffering from an apparent drug overdose. Officers and school staff provided first aid to the student including administering multiple doses of “Narcan” to help rev…
Brookfield, CT
Breaking News
Nearly 40 Bags Of Fentanyl Found At CT School Where Student Overdosed
Police found nearly 40 bags of fentanyl hidden through a Connecticut school after a 13-year-old student overdosed on the drug. The incident took place around 10:45 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Sport and Medical Academy School in Hartford. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, the overdose of the student 7th-grade student prompted a search of the school which turned up "approximately 40 bags of fentanyl." The student remains unresponsive and in “grave condition” Boisvert said Friday, Dec. 14. Two other 7th graders believed to be exposed to the drug were also transport…
Armonk, NY
Breaking News
New Law Prohibits Lawsuits Over Unpaid School Meal Fees In New York
New York schools and school districts will not be allowed to file lawsuits against families for unpaid meal fees under a new law. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the law signed on Thursday, July 29 builds on the state's "No Student Goes Hungry" program that is meant to protect families from "legal tactics related to their inability to make payments for school meals." "Taking families to court over unpaid school meals is cruel, draconian, and runs counter to a school's fundamental mission to ensure the wellbeing of every student," Cuomo said. "This legislation builds upon this administration's work …
Springfield, MA
Your Community
Lawsuit: Springfield Student Challenges New Flu-Shot Requirement For Mass. Students
A Springfield graduate student and a Waltham mother are seeking to get the new flu vaccine requirement for all Massachusetts students thrown out by the courts. A lawsuit was recently filed by Madison Schiltz, 27, a Springfield College graduate student, and Tamar Massoyan-Artinian, both claiming that Massachusetts did not follow proper procedures to create a flu-vaccine mandate, according to the Boston Herald. Therefore, they said, the rule should be vacated. The new law, crafted to fight the spread of COVID-19, requires all children ages 6 months and older to receive the flu vaccine as a co…
Kingston, NY
Breaking News
Covid-
19: Here's How Many Positive Cases Have Been Reported In Hudson Valley Schools
Nearly 200 students and educators in the Hudson Valley have tested positive for COVID-19 since New York began tracking the data when classes resumed last month. According to the state’s COVID-19 Report Card, there have been 194 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Hudson Valley students, teachers, and school staffers since the dashboard went live on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Of those 194 cases, 121 positive results were in students (92 public school students, 29 private and charter students), while 73 educators or staff members (54 in public schools, 19 in private and charter schools) have tested positi…
Torrington, CT
Breaking News
Covid-
19: Nearly 300 UConn Students Quarantined As Virus Spreads
Nearly 300 students at the University of Connecticut have been placed in quarantine as COVID-19 continues spreading across its main campus. Students living in the Garrigus Suites on the Storrs campus have been asked to quarantine after nine of the school’s 10 new cases on Thursday were traced back that particular dorm, the school said in a statement. “Every student who tested positive has been placed into dedicated isolation space on campus, like other on-campus positive cases,” school officials said. While students who have tested positive were moved to COVID-19 isolation beds reser…
Armonk, NY
Your Community
Violence At Schools Keeps Him Up At Night, Westchester DA Says As New Commission Starts
Elected officials, educators, local leaders, students, law enforcement agents and mental health experts were on hand for the first meeting of the newly formed Westchester County School Safety Commission. Westchester County Anthony Scarpino, Jr., formed the Commission over the summer with the goal of “implementing the best practices in safety evaluation and procedures in schools of all levels throughout Westchester County to keep students safe in the event of a credible threat or violent incident.” Scarpino said that the thought of a possible violent incident at a Westchester school “keeps h…
