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BOE Approves Masking Metrics, Amends Operations Guidelines

Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:00am

The USD 417 Board of Education approved metrics in a special meeting Wednesday evening that will determine when students at district buildings will need to wear masks. The policy, based upon positive case rates in each building, was approved at the board’s regular meeting last week and administrators met earlier in the week to determine percentages for the district to allow students to unmask, to recommend masks or to require masks.

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FIRST BABY

Thu, 01/20/2022 - 12:00am

FIRST BABY -- The first baby of the year at Morris County Hospital was born on January 10 at 8:49 a.m. to parents Hannah and Justin Brown. Raylan Jeffrey Brown weighed 8 lbs. 7 oz. and measured 2 inches long. The Morris County Hospital Auxiliary sponsored a baby basket with a variety of merchandise for new babies.

Comforting Chicken Soup

Comforting Chicken Soup

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 12:00am

As weather chills, that dip in temperature is often accompanied by cold and flu season. Many people are anxious to avoid feeling under the weather this time of year, and to help ward off many illnesses, one may only need to look to the kitchen stove. Chicken soups and other soup recipes long have been touted as homeopathic remedies for colds. Not only are they hydrating, hot soups can break up congestion in the nose and chest. Plus their vegetable-rich content offers the vitamins and minerals needed to boost one’s immune system. Any soup will do, but “Sylvie’s Stars and Moon Soup” is whimsical enough to excite even the pickiest and youngest members of your household.

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