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The 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft will be held July 7-8 at Bell Centre in Montreal. The first round will be July 7 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS) and rounds 2-7 are July 8 (11 a.m. ET; NHLN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS). NHL.com is counting down to the draft with in-depth profiles on top prospects, podcasts and other features. Today, a look at center Shane Wright of Kingston in the Ontario Hockey League. NHL.coms full draft coverage can be found here.

It's yet another byproduct of the COVID-19 Pandemic, a jump in families opting to homeschool their children. In some parts of Arizona, the number of parents filing to homeschool their children has more than doubled.

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Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban (for May 26) There will be no in-person registration at this time. All students must be pre-registered to attend in the fall. The pre-registration link can be found at www.oldbridgeadmin.org. The completion of the pre-registration will be used to hold your spot by date and time. At the end of the pre-registration, before clicking on “Submit to District,” you must download the Kindergarten 2021-2022 packet. Instructions on how to complete the forms are ...

Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for May 26)   The regular public meeting of the North Brunswick Board of Education will be held in person at 7 p.m. May 26 at North Brunswick Township High School in the auditorium, 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick. For instructions on how to access the meeting and make public comments during the livestream, visit www.nbtschools.org     Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Safe Kids Middlesex County will co-host Summer S...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 26)   The Township of Edison and the Jewish Renaissance Foundation (JRF) Community Health Center have partnered to provide pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics of the Moderna vaccine from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 26, June 9 and June 23 at the Edison Township Senior Center, 2963 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Appointments are required, and may be made by calling 732-482-9600 or by visiting the JRF website at www.jrfnj.org/chc. The Township of Ediso...

Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for May 19) The Metuchen Recreation Commission is sponsoring a Pop Up Dance for current Metuchen eighth- and ninth-graders and their escorts at the Metuchen Pool from 6:15 – 9 p.m. May 20. All state and CDC recommendations will be followed, including mask-wearing and social distancing. The event is limited to 200 attendees, including staff. The dress code is business casual for the escorts and semiformal, “anything goes,” for the young ladies,...

New report: Pre-pandemic literacy has improved but will students be retained? Third grade literacy has improved in Michigan according to a new report on Michigan’s Read by Grade 3 law from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, the strategic research partner of the Michigan Department of Education.     But progress is threatened because of insufficient targeted funding and concerns that students have fallen behind during the COVID-19 pandemic.   This new r...

BAAA chief Archer happy track is back Drumeco Archer. The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) experienced the official opening of its season this past weekend with the staging of the BAAA Odd Distance Classic, the Neymour Athletics Christmas Odd Distance Classic and the Blue Chip Athletics Throwers Meet. President of the BAAA, Drumeco Archer, was happy to see the meets take place without a hitch. Blue Chip was the first meet on Saturday morning at the old Thomas A. Robinson...