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NYC expands halal meals to 11 additional schools
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New York City is expanding its halal pilot program to an additional 11 schools, it was announced Monday. This file photo shows grab-and-go meals at a Staten Island public school. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York City is adding 11 public schools certified to serve meals as part of the city Department of Education (DOE) halal in schools pilot program, bringing the total to 43 schools across the five boroughs, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter announced Monday.
The additional schools offering halal options were certified by the imams working with Majlis Ash-Shura, Islamic Leadership Council of New York.
‘Exceptional’ Staten Island student honored with Michael J. Petrides award
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Amy Mohamed, a senior at Michael J. Petrides High School, was recently honored with the Michael J. Petrides Student Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. (Courtesy/Staten Island Borough President s office/Lifetouch National School Studies Inc.) Staten Island Borough President s officeStaten Island Borough President
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The award is named for Michael J. Petrides, a Staten Island educator who died in 1994.
Borough President James Oddo and members of the Petrides family and scholarship committee presented the award to Amy Mohamed.
The annual honor is given to a graduating high school senior who excels in math and science. Lacey DeLucia from Staten Island Technical High School was named first runner-up. Thea Akhrass from St. Joseph Hill Academy High School was named second runner-up.
Man arrested in fatal shooting on Victory Blvd. in Dec.; victim, 22, was walking to grab sandwich, mom said
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Joseph Evans, a resident of Tompkinsville, was walking to a nearby deli to pick up a sandwich when he was suddenly shot in the arm, back and head, according to police and his family. (Family photo)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Police arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting last December on a bustling commercial strip in Tompkinsville.
Brandon Rivera, 28, of the 400 block of Van Duzer Street, was apprehended on Monday in connection with the death of Joseph Evans, 22.