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Confronting the history of housing discrimination: It s just a remarkable record of exclusion CBS This Morning co-host Tony Dokoupil s grandfather became a homeowner in 1953, moving his wife and three children out of a tiny apartment in Manhattan and into a new house in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. It was one of America s growing suburbs.
He wasn t alone. After World War II, millions of families made similar moves. Lyndhurst Mayor Robert Giangeruso told Dokoupil that many people moving to Lyndhurst were a part of the working class, compromised of masons, carpenters and farmers.
Joe Cofone, a retired police officer and an unofficial town historian, said Lyndhurst could be considered a classic American suburb. One of the best places you could ever imagine to grow up, Cofone said.
Aucklander dominates North Island Stockcar Championship at Baypark Speedway
30 Jan, 2021 09:48 PM
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Baypark driver Les Hepworth (22M) put Wanganui s Blair Reeve-Smith on his roof in the second Championship final. Photo / Supplied
Baypark driver Les Hepworth (22M) put Wanganui s Blair Reeve-Smith on his roof in the second Championship final. Photo / Supplied
Bay of Plenty Times
Auckland racer Gary Lonergan is proving to be the driver to beat in major stockcar events this summer.
Lonergan earned a convincing victory in the North Island Stockcar Championship at Baypark Speedway on Saturday, adding to an early-season win at the New Zealand Grand Prix and third placing at the recent New Zealand Championship.
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Cherokee County Detention Center Supervisor Sylvia Holmes walks through the booking process and explains how fingerprints are done at the jail.
News that a 75-year sentence for a notorious convicted murder from Cherokee County recently expired raised controversy, and District Attorney Jack Thorp provided a more in-depth explanation as to how that can happen.
Sentence expirations occur when an inmate has reached his maximum court sentence, minus credit for time served. Inmates are released without terms of community supervision.
Thorp said an expired sentence is a term of years that s been modified for parole eligibility. He said the expiration of lengthy sentences is not uncommon, since individuals don t want additional supervision upon release.