jhummel@southjerseymedia.com Web: nj.com/ben Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556 Cellphone: 856-237-6645 FAX: 856-455-3098 U.S. Army: RA13815980 The column that says Dick Vermeil said last week that when Sam Bradford was quarterbacking the Rams, they never had a left tackle, the quickest way to suicide for a right-handed throwing quarterback. — Good afternoon! — Sustainable Jersey for Schools is a certification program...
jhummel@southjerseymedia.com
Web: nj.com/ben
Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556
Cellphone: 856-237-6645
FAX: 856-455-3098
U.S. Army: RA13815980
The column that says Dick Vermeil said last week that when Sam Bradford was quarterbacking the Rams, they never had a left tackle, the quickest way to suicide for a right-handed throwing quarterback.
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Good afternoon!
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Sustainable Jersey for Schools is a certification program for public schools in New Jersey. It was launched in October 2014, by Sustainable Jersey, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides tools, training and financial incentives to support and reward municipalities and schools as they pursue sustainability programs.
Sustainable Jersey for Schools has announced the 59 schools that are the first-ever to achieve the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification.
These schools are the pioneers that can forever boast that they were the first, having achieved certification in year one of the program.
Five school districts emerge as sustainability leaders by successfully supporting the efforts of multiple schools in their district to achieve program certification.
The five standout school districts are: Egg Harbor Township, Cherry Hill, Medford, Readington and Wayne.
Schools collaborate with their district to complete actions, upload documentation and achieve certification.
-- Sustainable Jersey for Schools
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Picking on Fortescue:
We can expect more intense hurricanes, storm surges and flooding along the Jersey Shore and New York City coast, according to a study published by PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).
For the first time, researchers at five universities, including Rutgers University and Penn State University, compared sea-level rise rates and storm surge heights in prehistoric and modern eras.
Here's what they found:
* The 500-year storms are occurring as often as every 25 years.
* Since the late 19th century, sea level has risen at its steepest rate for more than 1,000 years.
* Sea-level rise and changing hurricane characteristics have combined to create an increased risk of coastal inundation.
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We thought they were called 100-year storms.
Who upped the ante?
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Bad list to be on.
Newark has been chosen one of five cities that will join the Department of Justice's Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a comprehensive approach to reducing violent crime in communities around the country, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Newark was added to the program along with Little Rock, Arkansas; West Memphis, Arkansas; Compton, California; and Flint, Michigan.
They join the inaugural sites of Detroit; Chicago; Camden, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and Oakland and Richmond, California.
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Camden is getting help from everybody.
What does that men for the rest of South Jersey when the drug dealers are driven out of South Jersey?
Where are they going?
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Maybe they'll start retirement homes.
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Can we widen the scope to include at least four counties?
We'll take the hit if we can get the Camden-like help.
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"Hi, Jack:
"The Cumberland Regional School District Board of Education is inviting the community to provide input that will inform the search for a new superintendent, following the retirement of William J. Stonis and the board's appointment of Interim Superintendent Mary Lou DeFrancisco.
"A community survey is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TV2WSWQ (also linked to from the district website at www.crhsd.org in the Links section) until Oct. 15.
"Survey responses will be anonymous, and the results will help shape the search criteria to be used in selecting the new superintendent at Cumberland Regional.
"Would you please let your readers know about the opportunity to participate in this community survey?
"Thanks so much! Hope you are well and enjoying the fall.
"Yours truly.''
-- Lauren
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That's Lauren Taniguchi, who should be working for a U.S. senator in Washington, D.C., right now.
If Joe Biden can take the train to D.C. every day, so can Lauren.
She will one day be the president's press secretary.
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