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Some states have applied for a federal waiver to skip this spring's testing in schools, but New Jersey has not. Students might take the exams from home.

UpdatedSun, Jan 31, 2021 at 9:48 am ET Reply(1) Have you seen Buddy? (Courtesy Patricia Wright.) MATTITUCK, NY — Buddy, a black cat from Mattituck whos won hearts around the neighborhood, went missing Monday — and his owner is desperate to get him home before the coming snowstorm and brutally cold temperatures. According to a Neighbor Post on Patch by Patricia Wright, Buddy is a male; he went missing from Wavecrest Lane at the crossroad of Reeve Road in the Saltaire Estates community in Mat...

Credit: NJTV News File photo A decade ago, New Jersey made national news when then-Gov. Chris Christie signed a law adding more student-centered data to how teachers were evaluated each year. One measure was tied to state test scores, the other to academic performance in the classroom. But in doing so, the state and its public schools entered into what was always the trickiest — and most controversial — part of the teacher quality equation, and over the years, those weights have been slowly...

Full of cyanide. >> anthony: is the cyanide not a problem for them? >> patricia: they can tolerate all kinds of cyanide. the cyanide comes straight through in the, uh, poop. >> darren: do they know how they get it through their system? >> patricia: were working on that. >> darren: okay. what is the dew on the outside of it? just dew? >> patricia: ah, careful. >> darren: oh dont touch. >> patricia: hows your finger feeling? >> darren: it felt a little sharp, but like a fuzzy sharpness, but then i...

Right next to me, can you see him? >> darren: right here. >> anthony: oh wow. >> patricia: oh, hes really right next to me. hello. >> anthony: the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species dr. wright discovered here in 1986. and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> patricia: theres only 500 of these in the wild in the whole world. >> anthony: wow, really? whats the biggest pressure on the population? >> patricia: slash and burn agriculture. some p...

Are going to donate their land to conservation. it wont be cut down. ♪ >> man: thats the zebu. >> anthony: before the tanala land can officially become a part of the park the gods, the ancestors, the ancestors, somebody must be appeased. and that, as it often does, means something must die. seen this a lot? >> patricia: i usually dont go when this is happening. >> darren: wow. >> anthony: for someone with as dark a worldview, judging from

>> anthony: has the film "madagascar" been good for the lemur business? >> darren: there you go. >> patricia: i think the cartoon really woke up the world to the fact that there was a place called madagascar, although many people think that it doesnt really exist. >> darren: so what do you think happens? how hard is it to maintain the forest? >> patricia: its incredibly hard, you know? weve been working with the villagers around the park and i think they really do understand the value of these e...

>> anthony: is the cyanide not a problem for them? >> patricia: they can tolerate all kinds of cyanide. the cyanide comes straight through in the, uh, poop. >> darren: do they know how they get it through their system? >> patricia: were working on that. >> darren: okay. what is the dew on the outside of it? just dew? >>atricia: ah, careful. >> darren: oh dont uc feeling?cia: hows your finger >> darren: it felt a littl sharp, but like a fuzzy sharpness, but then it didnt -- >> patricia: yeah, a f...

Right next to me. hello. >> anthony: the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species dr. wright discovered here in 1986. and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> patricia: theres only 500 of these in the wild in the whole world. >> anthony: wow, really? whats the biggest pressure on the population? >> patricia: slash and burn agriculture. some places theyre hunted. >> darren: here, no, this guy. >> patricia: oh. he is, oh, look at it. oh, how beauti...

>> anthony: has the film "madagascar" been good for the lemur business? >> darren: there you go. >> patricia: i think the cartoon really woke up the world to the fact that there was a place called madagascar, although many people think that it doesnt really exist. >> darren: so what do you think happens? how hard is it to maintain the forest? >> patricia: its incredibly hard, you know? weve been working with the villagers around the park and i think they really do understand the value of these e...