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Dec 6, 2024 | 
northjersey.com | Diego Baez |Joshua Jongsma
Diego Baez and Joshua Jongsma | NorthJersey.comShow Caption Hide Caption Family buys toy store inventory to give to needy kidsChristine Bae and her husband BJ Kim purchased the inventory of a toy store and have been giving the gifts away for the past few Christmas seasons. Michael Karas, NorthJersey.comAnnual toy drives are held all over North Jersey, bringing joy to those who need it the most this holiday season. Here is a list of some of North Jersey’s Toy Drives for 2024.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
northjersey.com | Diego Baez
In the small town of Wallington, a high school band makes a huge difference. Wallington High School has about 500 students. However, almost 10% of that number is in the marching band. The contingent of Wallington students made the trip to Boston to march in Plymouth's America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration, held on Saturday, and to perform at Faneuil Hall in downtown.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
northjersey.com | Diego Baez
Diego Baez | NorthJersey.comWildfires have ravaged North Jersey through much of November, with thousands of acres burned. First responders have been in the thick of the battle to quell the flames while locals have rallied to help. That includes Megan O’Neill, a member of the North Jersey Equestrian Center. When O’Neill took to Facebook and posted the picture of a horse and the fires raging behind it, she never expected the wave of support she received.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
northjersey.com | Diego Baez
Diego Baez | NorthJersey.comShow Caption Hide Caption What is a stock and how does it work? Buying stock can be a smart way to invest and, hopefully, make more money over time. Playing the stock market involves complex data, high-stress decisions and can be a full-time endeavor. Imagine doing it all while still in middle school. This was the case for students at David E. Owens Middle School in New Milford.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
msn.com | Diego Baez
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
northjersey.com | Diego Baez
October is the month of ghosts, candy, and some good old scares. In Leonia, October is the month for one thing: a haunted dinosaur park!Brought to life by robotics, "Dinosaurs After Dark" by Field Station: Dinosaurs provides a thrilling experience of realistic dinos living in a spooky park. These life-like animatronic dinos make for a popular family attraction during the spooky season.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
pw.org | Diego Baez
In our Craft Capsules series, authors reveal the personal and particular ways they approach the art of writing. This is no. 193. Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the Tucson Festival of Books. Ostensibly centering emerging trends in Latinx poetry, the panel afforded me and my fellow panelists—Tim Z. Hernandez and Reyes Ramirez—the chance to discuss craft and practice as well as address questions of language, legacy, and family.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
pw.org | Diego Baez
In our Craft Capsules series, authors reveal the personal and particular ways they approach the art of writing. This is no. 192. “Picasso had a saying—‘Good artists copy; great artists steal.’” —Steve Jobs“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” —T. S. EliotFound poetry is no new art.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
pw.org | Diego Baez
In our Craft Capsules series, authors reveal the personal and particular ways they approach the art of writing. This is no. 191. A tricky thing about writing multilingual lyric poetry is striking the right balance between proficiency and appreciation, especially when the languages in question arrive partial or incomplete, passed down in fragments from the ancestors. I write in three languages: English, Spanish, and Guaraní.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
booklistonline.com | Diego Baez
FEATURE.
First published March 1, 2024 (Booklist).
My earliest memories of Guaraní—one of two official languages in Paraguay, along with Spanish—are split between foreign and domestic. At home, my father tied up the landline for hours barking into the handset, his inescapable volume due partly to an innate conversational intensity.
