Northern Valley Press - New Jersey (south edition) - Feb. 3, 2020

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Englewood firefighter and OEM Coordinator Joseph Sorbanelli is also an athlete engaged in charitable endeavors with Achilles NJ.

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ALPINE • CRESSKILL • ENGLEWOOD • ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS • TEANECK • TENAFLY

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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Residents honored at regional forum

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ONLINE GRADES NIXED DURING SCHOOL DAY, DISTRICT SAYS BY MICHAEL OLOHAN OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS

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FBI AGENT OFFERS TIPS TO KEEP YOU SAFE ONLINE BY HILLARY VIDERS SPECIAL TO NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS

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A new pilot program begun in Tenaflyʼs middle school and high school hopes to reduce stress and anxiety levels—for students and parents—by restricting access to the online grading system during school hours to encourage more offline discussion about grades and student performance. The program was discussed by several parents Jan. 28 during the “Coffee and Conversation with the Superintendent” event held at the Tenafly Public Schools administration building. Begun Jan. 27, the plan to restrict access to the districtʼs Genesis Grade Portal will be in force Monday to Friday 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., said District Superintendent Shauna DeMarco, to help students and parents to put less pressure on individual grades and look at grades in the overall context of student performance in a

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Englewood residents Aleta Frezzell and Anthony Cureton, who is the elected Bergen County Sheriff, are pictured at Keeping the Dream Alive. From left: Barry Lowe, Aleta Frezzell, Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Natalie Cureton. BY HILLARY VIDERS SPECIAL TO NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS

Two Englewood residents were recently honored at Keeping the Dream Alive, a star studded gala that annually pays tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.ʼs historic advocacy for equality. Among the honorees were Englewood residents Aleta Frezzell and Bergen County Sheriff Anthony

Cureton. The event, held at the Fiesta in Woodridge, featured the presentation of 18 outstanding community leaders awards by the National Action Network NJ and JumpStart Foundation. “We are honoring the icons and legends, entrepreneurs, executives, and clergy who have been keeping the dream alive,” said JumpStart Foundation

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PHOTO BY HILLARY VIDERS

DOSE OF DISTINCTION

City public health nurse Claudette Murdock is just what the doctor ordered for Englewood.

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How do you protect yourself and your privacy online in an era when cybercrimes are commonplace and becoming more dangerous and sophisticated? In a recent interview, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Christopher Stangl, the leader of the Federal Bureau of Investigationʼs Cyber and Counterintelligence Branch in Newark, discussed techniques to stay safe in cyberspace. • • • Hillary Viders: What are the most prevalent cybercrimes in the United States today? Christopher Stangl: The majority of cybercrimes that we at the FBI handle typically involve some form of fraud. Within that subset, we see a lot of elder fraud, which is fraud that victimizes our senior citizens. Examples of fraud using the internet include romance scams, lottery schemes, and identity theft. People are generally familiar with the latter. With romance scams, the criminal is typically hiding

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A protest over racial segregation in Englewood saw 15 people arrested this week in 1962.

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