In Paterson, where a mother is charged with young son’s murder, ‘It’s hard for the whole neighborhood.’
Updated May 16, 2021;
Posted May 16, 2021
Next door neighbor Jewel Thomas wipes away her tears after talking about the young boy killed. Iris Tolentino, 46, is charged with murder of her 7-year-old-son and attempted murder in the stabbing of her 17-year-old son, in Paterson, N.J. May, 16, 2021Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for
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It was a hard Sunday morning for Jewel Thomas and her neighbors on North 6th Street in Paterson.
Before breaking into tears as she sat with others on their stoop in the working-class neighborhood on the the city’s sloping north side, Thomas and others said it just Friday that they’d watched the sweet 7-year-old boy who lived next door playing on the sidewalk with his young friends.
Shreveport, LA LSU Shreveport’s Debate Team is continuing its noteworthy streak of victories after its most recent competition, the Southern Forensics Championship. The Pilots won eight Louisiana State Championships against twenty-nine collegiate programs representing nine states. The late January contest was hosted virtually by the University of Central Arkansas.
The team’s winnings included top individual state prizes in the overall debate sweepstakes and in the overall Louisiana Tournament Championship. These triumphs were in addition to a second-place team victory in the overall debate and tournament championship.
In the International Public Debate Association (IPDA) portions of the competition, the team went home successful in both individual and team categories. Team IPDA freshman partners Jewel Thomas and Mathew Coleman finished the tournament as quarter finalists. Coleman was also the fourth-place speaker in the team division. In the novice division, freshman Mallory Ta