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There is a thriller behind a ebook returned to a New Jersey college library — 43 years overdue. The mysterious bundle was delivered to Stillman Elementary College in Tenafly over the past full week of April. Inside, it held the college library’s copy of the ebook “Jumanji” that had been checked out in Could 1982. Except for the long-overdue ebook was a cash order for $40. No notice, no return deal with. “Opening the book and thinking, who’s sending this and what could it be?” mentioned college librarian Jill Courageous. “This was its own natural lesson that fell into our…

New York state would ban cellphones in public faculties “bell to bell” starting with the subsequent faculty 12 months underneath an settlement introduced late Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. “We’ve protected our kids before from cigarettes, alcohol, and drunk driving, and now we’re protecting them from addictive technology designed to hijack their attention,” Hochul stated in saying the plan as a part of a tentative finances settlement with state lawmakers. Hochul, a Democrat, didn’t instantly element plans for the ban. Her workplace has beforehand stated that faculties would have some flexibility over the right way to implement it, with districts…