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US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. The share of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 3.3%, up from 3% the year before. Meanwhile, 92.7% of...
Memorial topples Ferris - Football recap
After ending a 35-game losing streak last week with a last-second, 34-32, victory over Kearny, Ferris tried to win two games in a row for the first time since 2012 when it defeated Kearny (42-21) and Marist (31-12) in consecutive games, but fell short, falling 34-12 to Memorial in Jersey City.
New Providence football rallies behind two-pronged attack to beat Middlesex
This story has been updated with new information. NEW PROVIDENCE — With a running back/quarterback tandem that ran for 299 yards and all four touchdowns, New Providence had a two-headed monster to call on as it trailed by 12 points early in the third quarter on Friday. ...
NYC public schools are closed Thursday and Friday: Here’s what you need to know
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City public school students will have their first set of days off on Thursday and Friday. All public school students in New York City have two days off this week in observance of a Jewish holiday, according to the school calendar. Schools are...
North Jersey Male Athlete of the Week making school history he never expected
When Saif Ahmed was a seventh grader at the Maywood Avenue School, he thought he'd be playing high school soccer at Hackensack High School like Maywood kids had done since 1969. But that year, he found out that the town would be sending future students to Becton Regional High School. "I had never...
Remembering a Great High School Wrestling Rivalry Between Bloomfield's Rami Ratel and Belleville's Anthony Conte
When he was in grade school, Joe Dubuque recalls going to a Bloomfield vs Belleville wrestling match, with one of his buddies, Joe Schoch, to see some intense wrestling, especially when Anthony Conte of Belleville would step onto the mat to face Rami Ratel.“My friend, Joe Schoch, was a big Rami Ratel fan. and I was a Conte fan,” said Dubuque, today the head wrestling coach at Princeton University, following a successful stint as an assistant coach at Hofstra, the University of Indiana, and then Princeton. (Dubuque, of course, had an incredible wrestling career himself, winning two NJSIAA championships at Glen Ridge High and a pair of NCAA...
Chatham High Girl Scout Cooney to Present Her Gold Award Project on Safe Gun Storage: 'This isn't about politics'
“This isn’t about politics." Those words form the basis for Alessa Cooney’s Girl Scout Gold Award. A 17-year-old Chatham High senior, Cooney has spent much of her life concerned about the prevalence of gun violence in the US, especially among children. “I’ve always been really worried about gun violence," Cooney said. "Growing up in the lockdown generation, hearing about events like Columbine, Parkland, and Uvalde, it’s terrifying. You feel like you’re heading into battle every time you go to school, because there have been so many kids that never made it home.” For her Gold Award, Cooney wanted to step up and...
How to watch the Belleville (MI) football game tonight vs. Westland (10/4/24) | LIVE STREAM for Bryce Underwood’s High School football game
Belleville High School, with 5-star quarterback and LSU commit Bryce Underwood, faces Westland High School on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. ET in Westland, Michigan. Here’s how you can watch the game on NFHS Network. How can I watch Belleville vs. Westland? Fans can subscribe to NFHS Sports...
Cranford High School Performing Artist of the Week: Andrew Gathercole
CRANFORD, NJ - Congratulations to Cranford High School's Performing Artist of the Week, Andrew Gathercole. He is being recognized for his outstanding achievements in choral performance.Gathercole is a senior who sings tenor in the Madrigal Choir, the Noteworthy a cappella group, and the Concert Choir, where he is also the tenor section leader. He was selected as a member of the New Jersey All-State Mixed Chorus and will perform with other top high school singers from around the state in November, at both the Teachers Convention in Atlantic City, and at New Jersey Performing Arts Center...
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