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May 21, 2021 at 3:57 AM Many residents expressed their opposition to specific development plans, said that the township doesn’t need more residential buildings or retail spaces and requested a public representative on the Planning Committee. Mary Kay Adams objected to plans for 410 Main Street. She stated, “My neighbors started a Facebook page called ‘410MainStreetWO’ and are collecting petition signatures to stop it.” Adams said the proposed five-story building will be too high and won’t fit into the design of the neighborhood. She noted that West Orange doesn’t need addition...

Remote learning is helping some Black students affirm their identities and excel in school Shaylah Brown, NorthJersey.com Replay Video UP NEXT FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Eight-grader Robeson Bennett is the only Black boy in his honors classes and one of only a handful of Black students in the entire honors program at a middle school in West Orange.  And his parents had to fight to get him into the program. Despite having straight As and his teachers' support, the testing 14-year-old Robeson took determined that he was "not appropriate" for honors classes, his mother sai...

NorthJersey.com FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Eight-grader Robeson Bennett is the only Black boy in his honors classes and one of only a handful of Black students in the entire honors program at a middle school in West Orange.  And his parents had to fight to get him into the program. Despite having straight As and his teachers' support, the testing 14-year-old Robeson took determined that he was "not appropriate" for honors classes, his mother said.   Robeson was in all honors classes by the sixth grade, making the honor roll every quarter. Now, taking classes at home amid the pandemic,...