🌱 Why Haddon Heights schools are lobbying Trenton over your tax bill
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Haddon Heights schools are lobbying Trenton over your tax bill
- How Haddon Township rallied around a beloved kebab family facing deportation
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Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny; hot, less humid, temps: high: 91, low: 66.
- Sunday: An afternoon t-storm; hot, with a high of 93 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Haddon Heights School Board Presses Trenton on Soaring Healt... (theretrospect.com) — Haddon Heights school leaders are stepping up pressure on state officials over soaring employee health insurance premiums and New Jersey’s school funding formula, which they say are driving sharp local tax hikes. The board’s new resolution, echoed by concerns in Haddon Township and Haddonfield, aims to build a united front with other districts and unions while they also await guidance on new statewide cellphone rules in classrooms. 
• Son of South Jersey kebab shop owners facing his own deportation fight (whyy.org) — Residents of Haddon Township and nearby towns have rallied around the Emanet family, whose Jersey Kebab restaurant once operated in Haddon Township and now faces uncertainty as son Muhammed fights deportation. The family, long rooted in South Jersey, says they followed immigration rules, built a popular business, and are now seeking community letters to help them remain in the U.S.
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West Deptford
- 12-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In South Jersey, Officials Say (patch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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