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December 4, 2023

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Education

Homeschooled kids banned from sports, clubs in N.J. district

With the number homeschooled kids growing nationwide, New Jersey is one of five states that allows each school district to decide whether to bar homeschooled students from school sports and clubs.

By Jackie Roman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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New Jersey’s 25 best breakfast sandwiches, ranked

There's more to breakfast sandwiches than Taylor ham, egg and cheese. Here are the 25 best, ranked.

By Peter Genovese | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Jeremy Schneider | NJ Advance Media For NJ.com

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News

N.J. drug overdoses poised to fall in 2023 but remain persistently high

Suspected overdoses have claimed the lives of seven people a day so far this year.

By Riley Yates | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Weather

When will 1st inch of snow fall in N.J. this winter? Here are the most likely dates.

Some areas of the Garden State had a light coating of snow on Nov. 28, but no locations have measured an inch or more so far this season.

By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Entertainment

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Sammy Hagar tour 2024: Where to buy the cheapest tickets under $40

Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham are also performing alongside Hagar

By Nicole Iuzzolino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Native American News

Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight

Playwright and Cherokee Nation citizen Mary Kathryn Nagle said she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago. Nagle’s 2018 play “Manahatta” has landed in New York City this winter and it’s just the latest in a flowering of Native storytelling.

By The Associated Press

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Typecasting? N.J. pastor plays a reverend in Christmas classic | Faith Matters

The Rev. Joseph Mancini is making his off-, off-, off-, off-Broadway debut in the West Hudson Theatre Company’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

By Rev. Alexander Santora/For the Jersey Journal

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Sports

Rutgers’ Greg Schiano discusses Pinstripe Bowl, Miami connections and what makes postseason berth special

By Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Former 5-star N.J. QB, Rutgers legacy enters transfer portal: Will Greg Schiano make another run at him?

By Brian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Can Eagles rebound against a well-rested team that recently thought it should have won at the Linc?

By Bob Brookover | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Obituaries

Becker Jr., Fred

Fred Becker, Jr., 97, of Berkeley Heights, NJ, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2023 Born in East Orange, NJ, Fred resided in Millburn .....

Berson, Marc E.

Prominent Developer and Philanthropist Led Newark Renaissance, 79 Marc E. Berson, real estate developer, entrepreneur, attorney and philanthropist, died on December 2, 20...

Davidson, Dr. Lawrence M.

Ophthalmologist in Verona, loving husband, father, grandfather Dr. Lawrence M. Davidson, an ophthalmologist who practiced in Verona, NJ for 45 years, died after a .....

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