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West Orange High School senior Anya Dillard was named “2020-21 Student Leader of the Year.” (Photo courtesy of West Orange Public Schools)
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West Orange High School senior and Student Council President Anya Dillard has been named 2020-21 Student Leader of the Year by the New Jersey Association of Student Councils.
In addition, the Liberty Middle School and WOHS Student Councils were recognized for their work in the Top Ten Projects category.
Kizzmekia Corbett, Hillsborough native and one of the lead scientists behind the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, has announced she’ll be assuming the role of assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
With the goal of assisting the development of novel and possibly universal vaccines, Corbett will head the new Coronaviruses & Other Relevant Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab and study the interactivity between hosts’ immune systems and viruses that cause respiratory disease. She’ll also hold an appointment at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute as the Shtuzer Assistant Professor.
NJSIAA announces Gallagher/Bollinger Hall of Fame class for 2021
NJSIAA announces Gallagher/Bollinger Hall of Fame class for 2021
All inductees were selected by a statewide committee of journalists and both active and retired school administrators.
“What always amazes me about our annual Hall of Fame process is that there never seems to be a shortage of remarkable individuals who either played or contributed to scholastic athletics in New Jersey,” Jack DuBois, NJSIAA assistant director, who chairs the selection committee, said in a prepared statement. “This year’s group is no exception, and it speaks to the long, proud history of high school sports in our state.”
Share This year s graduating class celebrated alongside friends and family with a parade through downtown Winter Garden on Wednesday.
West Orange High School seniors marched up-and-down Plant Street in downtown Winter Garden as the school celebrated its Sen ya Later Parade Wednesday, May 12.
After meeting at the parking lot on the corner of Dillard and Plant street, students decked out in their school s colors and some with faces painted walked their way down West Plant Street as family and friends cheered them on while holding signs, balloons and pom-poms, before taking the turn onto East Plant Street.
The next big moment for the school s seniors will come during the graduation ceremony, which will be held May 20 at the Amway Center in Orlando.
A year living in a hotel with 3 kids. Inside Newark’s affordable housing crisis.
Updated May 11, 4:47 PM;
Posted May 11, 6:30 AM
Shari Brown and her children Trinity, 10, left, Tristan, 9, right, and 3-month-old Tafira have been living in a hotel for more than a year, unable to find a permanent place to live. Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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Shari Brown has no place to cook dinner.
The hot plates in her hotel room just don’t cut it, but that’s all she has on hand. A shared microwave on the third floor is the only alternative.
It’s been more than a year since the Newark resident had a consistent place to cook for her three kids. When it’s time to eat, Brown, 36, has few options: Prepared food from the supermarket, help from strangers who bring home-cooked meals, or if she has a few dollars to spare, takeout.