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NJ school will change its name after Menendez conviction
WEST NEW YORK — A public school in New Jersey is responding to the criminal conviction of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. After Menendez was found guilty in his federal corruption trial of 16 crimes, officials decided to rebrand the school, which had been renamed in honor of the Hudson County political figure, according to the New Jersey Globe.
See all homes sold on the North Shore, July 15 to July 21
The following is a listing of all home transfers in North Shore reported from July 15 to July 21. There were 2 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 2,502-square-foot home on Taylor Street that sold for $1,011,122. Staten Island. Taylor...
Revamped Rahway STEM Summer Camp Cultivates Learning, Curiosity, and Fun
RAHWAY, NJ — The newly revamped Rahway STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Summer Camp has been a big success. Students entering grades 5-8 have been engaged in different experiments and design challenges related to varying STEM fields. One week was devoted to mini-camps related to science, specifically physics, biology, and chemistry. Students learned about drag force and air resistance as they built, tested, and refined a device that would keep an egg from cracking as it was dropped from a certain height.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Students explored how germs are spread through the...
Six most expensive homes sold in East Brunswick, July 15-21
A house that sold for $985,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in East Brunswick in the past week. In total, six residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $661,000, or $325 per square foot.
D.A.: FedEx shipment of fentanyl from Mexico to Staten Island intercepted; man, 41, charged
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A large shipment of fentanyl headed from Mexico to Staten Island was intercepted by authorities after a man attempted to arrange for delivery of the package inside a store in Tottenville, according to the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office. Inside the defendant’s apartment located...
‘I was pissed off.’ Staten Island man admits to torching woman’s car in fit of rage
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island man accused of setting a woman’s car on fire in domestic incident pleaded guilty this week to an arson charge in exchange for prison time, records show. Kern Isaac, 35, of Richmond Terrace in St. George, was indicted in September on...
Wall Street's Cantor Fitzgerald to Open Bitcoin Financing, Lending Business
NASHVILLE — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald will open a bitcoin financing business, CEO Howard Lutnick said at the Bitcoin Conference Saturday. "We are going to launch with $2 billion in lending," Lutnick said, and increase the facility in $2 billion tranches as needed. He later added: "We are going to welcome bitcoin into the financing family of the global financial markets." The business will provide leverage to bitcoin holders, according to a press release. Cantor Fitzgerald's new lending facility isn't its first step into crypto; It already does business with stablecoin issuer Tether. The firm additionally owns a "s***load" of bitcoin, Lutnick said.
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