Rob Jennings
Reporter at The Star-Ledger
Reporter at NJ.com
News reporter for @njdotcom and @starledger. Past bylines: @njspotlight @runnersworld @usatoday @njherald. Baseball coach, runner, Queens native.
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nj.com | Rob Jennings
Two Catholic elementary schools in Essex and Bergen counties will permanently close in June, the Archdiocese of Newark announced Tuesday. Aquinas Academy in Livingston and Visitation Academy in Paramus will close June 30. Aquinas Academy was known as the Saint Philomena School when it opened in 1952. Visitation Academy in Paramus opened in 1953 as Our Lady of the Visitation Elementary School.
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nj.com | Rob Jennings
An Essex County park credited by local officials with having the nation’s largest collection of cherry blossom trees drew big crowds during its annual festival, which concluded Sunday. County officials said that at least 100,000 visited Branch Brook Park to view the park’s 5,300 cherry blossom trees during the nine-day, 49th annual Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival.
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nj.com | Rob Jennings
The streets of Jersey City were taken over Sunday morning by thousands of athletes in pursuit of a half marathon or full marathon. More than 8,000 finished the third annual Jersey City Marathon & Half Marathon, including 140 elite runners competing for $50,000 in prize money, organizers said. Races in both distances got underway at 7 a.m. under cloudy skies in the same Newport Center location, with marathoners making a second loop of the 13.1-mile, half marathon course.
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silive.com | Rob Jennings
A version of this story was originally published in October 2024. It is a saga that has played out repeatedly in New Jersey: Parents, students and alumni mourning the loss of a beloved Catholic school. The latest example is in Middlesex County, where the Immaculate Conception School in Spotswood will permanently close in June due to declining enrollment, according to the local parish.
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nj.com | Jeff Goldman |Rob Jennings
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $82 million, with a cash option of $36.7 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers after the drawing. No one across the country hit Wednesday’s $66 million jackpot. There were also no second-prize, $1 million tickets sold for Wednesday’s drawing.
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