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Cresskill students going back to school for first time in over 2 years following $21M referendum

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Cresskill NJ, Cresskill’s Middle School/ High School that was flooded by tropical storm Ida, will reopen and be ready for students to return on the first day of school on September 6. A ribbon-cutting will be held to welcome everyone back.. Cresskill students are finally going back to class inside their high school and middle school for the first time in over two years. The town approved a $21 million referendum for repairs after Tropical Storm Ida inundated the school with 3 feet of water leaving it unsafe.  Parents of the 1,000 students formed the group “Get Cresskill Kids Back to School” and took their fight to Trenton trying to get the governor’s office to speed up reparations in December.

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FEMA SCHEDULES ADDITIONAL DISASTER SURVIVOR ASSISTANCE TEAM VISITS IN BERGEN COUNTY

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Board of County Commissioners continue to urge residents and business owners impacted by Hurricane Ida to apply for Federal disaster relief. FEMA is deploying additional Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams to municipalities across Bergen County to answer questions, assist with registration for FEMA Individual Assistance, and conduct inquiries on the status of existing applications. This support is supplemental to the Bergen County Disaster Recovery Center at the Bergen Community College Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack. Bergen County residents sustaining damage from Hurricane Ida are eligible to seek assistance at any of the following additional sites below:

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