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Iowa district nixes armed officers in schools
Iowa City :: IA :: USA | 2 days ago
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Plans for armed police officers in Iowa City schools have been put on hold. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the Iowa City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night not to pursue a federal grant that would partially fund two school
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Fairleigh Dickinson graduates urged to give back to society
East Rutherford :: NJ :: USA | 3 days ago
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The Record Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams took off her black high heels and showed a bare foot to the crowd at Fairleigh Dickinson University's graduation Tuesday in honor of a little Cambodian girl who lost her leg to a land mine. Williams,
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Crossroads named agent for Lyndhurst shopping center
Lyndhurst :: NJ :: USA | 4 days ago
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Crossroads Cos. has been named leasing agent and property manager for Veterans Square Shopping Center on New York Avenue, the company said Monday. The 144,400-square-foot Lyndhurst neighborhood shopping center's tenant roster includes a free-standing
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Ridgefield senior housing plan advances
Ridgefield :: NJ :: USA | 5 days ago
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A large portion of parkland along Shaler Boulevard will soon be the location of the borough's first affordable housing complex for seniors over 62. The project was given preliminary site plan approval last week by the Planning Board after about two
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Suburbs Are Home to Growing Share of Region's Poor
New York City :: NY :: USA | 5 days ago
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Suburbs' Share of Poor Has Grown Since 2000 Published: May 20, 2013 The suburbs, which in 2000 accounted for 29 percent of the region's poor people, a decade later were home to 33 percent of metropolitan New Yorkers living below the federal poverty
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Lime Rock hosts race for electric cars
Salisbury :: MA :: USA | 6 days ago
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Conn. (AP) Two flat tires didn't deflate the enthusiasm of the Housatonic Valley Regional High School team that competed in the Electrathon at Lime Rock Park. In the school's first entry into the electric car competition, drivers Wayne Purdy and
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Plans would turn naturalist's home into refuge
Boston :: MA :: USA | 6 days ago
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Conn. (AP) Tucked amid hardwood forest off Route 156, a modest white house with doors and windows covered with plywood awaits its transformation into a kind of entryway into the world of Roger Tory Peterson. We see this as the visitor contact station,
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3 Shot, 1 dead
New Haven :: KY :: USA | 6 days ago
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12 am Please enter the word you see in the image below: Gunfire broke out in the downtown club district early Saturday morning, injuring two and killing one, according to police. Here's what happened, according to police spokesman Officer Dave
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Rush-hour incident in Connecticut
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
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The trains derailed along the system's New Haven line, near Bridgeport, Connecticut, an MTA alert said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other train, Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said.
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Assemblymen encourages listening, compassion at Ramapo College's 2013 graduation
East Rutherford :: NJ :: USA | 7 days ago
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Graduates throw theirs caps in the air at the Ramapo College fifty-fifth commencement held in East Rutherford. The graduating class at Ramapo College was encouraged to listen, take action and push boundaries Friday during the Mahwah school's 55th
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