SALEM, MA — Salem Superintendent Steve Zrike touted the district’s very public campaign against chronic absenteeism amid several broadcast news stories on its ongoing efforts and, apparently, some pushback from families he allowed may be “exhausted by it.” “I appreciate the feedback,” he said in defending the campaign during his Facebook Live session on Wednesday as another report on the […]

LIVERMORE, CA — A postal worker was the victim of an armed robbery on Thursday, Sept. 12 at around 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of Oregon Way and Jensen Street, according to the Livermore Police Department. The case remains under investigation, so LPD is not releasing any further information, according to spokesperson Azenith Smith. Patch reached out to the United […]

HOBOKEN, NJ — Five large film trucks could be seen on Hoboken’s Washington Street on Wednesday morning, but they’re not here for a major movie production, as they have been recently. In the last two years, celebrities and directors have spent weeks in the mile-square city filming movies like the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothee Chalamet (photos […]