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Bridgeport, CT
News
Lawyer/Journalist From Fairfield County Suspended For Exposing Himself During Zoom Call
A prominent legal analyst at CNN and a New Yorker contributor, allegedly exposed himself to coworkers during a professional Zoom call last week. Jeffrey Toobin, who has a home in Sherman in Northern Fairfield County, has been suspended after exposing himself during a call with colleagues from The New Yorker and WNYC workers, according to Vice. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,” Toobin told Vice in a statement. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. “I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I…
Massapequa, NY
Lifestyle
Covid-
19: Here's How Long Average NY Single Would Travel To Go On Date During Pandemic
The average single person in New York would travel 2.1 hours to go on a date amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted by EverydayCarry.com, and half of the singles polled nationwide would avoid dating someone living in an area with a high rate of COVID infections. In early March, Dating.com reported that usage of its site had gone up by 82 percent. Tinder reported that the average length of conversations between potential lovers on their platform had increased by 10 to 30 percent. Dating app Inner Circle saw messages increase by 116 percent. EverydayCarry.com polled 3…
Paterson, NJ
Schools
9 Paterson Students Suspended For Posting Porn, Threatening Teachers On Zoom
Nine Paterson students were suspended for posting porn and threatening teachers during online classes they weren't even enrolled in, district officials said. The students entered remote classes through Zoom links provided by their peers during the first week of remote learning, NorthJersey.com first reported. One of the individuals suspected of the interruptions graduated from Paterson High School last year, and the rest are current students from undisclosed schools, district officials said. The students have since turned in their Chromebooks and will be completing classwork in paper packe…
Middletown, NJ
Schools
Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch
A technical glitch forced middle schoolers in one Monmouth County school district to remote learning only next week, education officials said. A statement on the Marlboro Public Schools website cited "pockets of performance issues with Zoom" as the issue -- particularly in some of the new staff Chromebooks that have the latest operating system. Superintendent Eric Hibbs made the announcement Thursday in a letter to parents, the Asbury Park Press reports. Students in the Memorial and Marlboro middle schools are effected. “While the district planned all summer for the reopening of schoo…
Massapequa, NY
News
Details Emerge After Son Fatally Stabs Father While On Zoom Chat With 20 Others
New details are emerging after the son of a Long Island man was apprehended after allegedly fatally stabbing his father as he was in a Zoom video-chat meeting. The homicide took place at a Dixon Avenue home in Amityville around noon Thursday, May 21, when Dwight Powers, 72, was fatally stabbed by his 32-year-old son, Thomas Scully-Powers, said Suffolk County Police. About 20 people were gathered in the Zoom Room for a support group meeting, reportedly for Alcoholics Anonymous, when the stabbing took place, police said. Earlier Story: Son Kills Father During Zoom Meeting On Long Islan…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Son Kills Father During Zoom Meeting In New York, Police Say
Click here for a new, updated story: Details Emerge After Son Fatally Stabs Father While On Zoom Chat With 20 Others A man participating in a Zoom meeting was fatally stabbed to death by son as other participants in the video meeting observed the incident, authorities said. It happened on Long Island just after noontime Thursday, May 21 in Amityville at an apartment complex located on Dixon Avenue. The victim, Dwight Powers, 72, was in the Zoom Room with several others when he was fatally stabbed by his son, Thomas Scully-Powers, Suffolk County Police said. Several…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Schools
Teacher Thrills 50 Bergen, Passaic Students With Personalized Book Deliveries
Bergen Arts and Science Charter School teacher Marisa Schussler was cleaning out her Clifton home when she came across a pile of untouched Scholastic books last week. Two days later, Schussler was in her car delivering the books along with a note to each one of her 50 students' homes spread across Bergen County. "It’s a scary and uncertain time for them," said Schussler, 27. "I just wanted to bring them a little happiness." Schussler, in her third year of teaching at the Garfield K-3 school, was given a week's notice to plan for virtual learning on the onset of the COVID-19 outbr…
Stamford, CT
Schools
Online Chess Popular In Pandemic. Here's Where Your Child Can Learn.
Online chess has become so popular in this pandemic fetching the interest of budding young players so beginner lessons fill up quickly. One example is this week's beginner class offered to students at Toquam Elementary School Students. "We have 20 students on the waiting list," said the president of the National Education Chess Association, Alex Eydelman, instructor of the complimentary Zoom-based 30-minute virtual chess class. Among the world's oldest games, chess which originated in India more than 2,000 years ago, is a great game for anyone, any age, he said. Eydelman imp…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Virtual Promotions: 24 Passaic Police Officers, Firefighters Sworn To New Posts Via Zoom
It wasn't the NFL draft, although it looked somewhat like it when two dozen promoted Passaic police officers and firefighters were sworn in to their new positions Monday via Zoom. Mayor Hector Carlos Lora presided over the unprecedented virtual ceremony, during which 19 police officers and five firefighters were officially promoted amid the coronavirus pandemic. The firefighters were delayed but made it to the show after responding to a four-alarm fire on Dayton Avenue during which they and their Clifton colleagues rescued a 4-year-old girl and her mother, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost. S…
Stamford, CT
Schools
Around Farfield Schools: Yee Ha! Virtual Gym,
Covid-
19 Grading, High Schoolers Help With PPE
Yee Ha! Nobody can sit still for the "Cotton Eyed Joe," especially when you see Fairfield County teachers do their lively version of the line dance in a virtual physical education workout video they made for their K to fifth-grade students to do at home. Northeast Elementary School physical education teachers Jim Bradley and Laurie Doyle Lubowitz created this dance workout video for their distance learning students.Laurie Lubowitz Stamford's Northeast Elementary School teachers Jim Bradley and Laurie Doyle Lubowitz, in masks and socially distancing from one another, also dance the Cha-…
Eastchester, NY
News
Covid-
19: Anti-Semitic 'Zoom Bombing' Incident Under Investigation In Westchester
The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office is investigating recent anti-Semitic incidents during online religious services amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. An investigation has been launched into recent “zoom-bombing” incidents that were being streamed “in an effort to bring people together while following social distancing directives,” Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr., announced. Zoom provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based platform. It's used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social rel…
New Canaan, CT
Lifestyle
Covid-
19: 'See You On Sunday - Virtually,' New Canaan Minister Tells Church Members
With temples of worship shut down due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one Fairfield County church has turned to technology to provide faith services. The Congregational Church of New Canaan has been posting virtual worship services online as it practices socially distancing. The church has also used Zoom as part of its digital shift. Rev. Stephen Chapin Garner, the senior minister at the church, said that “while there are times when communal life on Zoom can be trying and limiting, it also can bring remarkably gifts and allows us to remain connected and committed as a communi…
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