Horrors inside NJ high school – NJ Top News

Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Monday:

⬛ Riots and rats plague crumbling NJ school led by red-carpet super
A teacher at Irvington high school claims the building is dilapidated and students are out of control, running wild, but school Superintendent says complaints are not warranted

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⬛ Into Hell - See what its like on the front lines of a NJ wildfire
A wildfire can burn at the equivalent to one-fifth the temperature of the surface of the sun - see what its like to fight one

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⬛ NJ man shoots himself on church front steps, cops say
A man found suffering from a gunshot wound on the steps of the First Baptist Church on New Brooklyn Road in Winslow on Saturday shot himself, police say.

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⬛ Latest whales found dead off NJ/NY coast killed by boat strikes
NOAA says necropsies found boat strikes inflicted blunt force trauma that killed two whales found June 1 floating in the Raritan Bay and near

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⬛ Lawrence High School mourns senior killed in Route 1 crash
Lawrence Township Police confirmed that the Lawrence High School 18-year-old senior was making an abrupt improper left turn from the center lane of Route 1 northbound at Bakers Basin Road around 12:15 p.m. when she was struck by a dump truck.

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