š± Why a Willingboro councilwomanās landscaping remarks have residents demanding answers
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- Why a Willingboro councilwomanās landscaping remarks have residents demanding answers
- Willingboro mother charged after toddler found alone in hot casino parking lot
Today's riddle: What do you call a polar bear in the jungle ? š¤ (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Cooler with rain and drizzle, with a high of 55 and low of 44 degrees.
š° News we're reading
ā¢ Willingboro Councilwoman Faces Backlash Over Landscaping Comments (nj1015.com) ā Willingboro residents are pressing a township councilwoman to apologize after she described Mexicans as especially skilled at landscaping during an April 7 council meeting, comments many found stereotypical and offensive. The mayor and local NAACP leader say the remarks conflict with Willingboroās values of diversity and inclusion, while the councilwoman defends them as a compliment based on workforce statistics. 
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ā¢ Police: Mother Gambled While Child Was Locked In Car (levittownnow.com) ā A Willingboro woman has been charged after police say she left her 14āmonthāold child alone in a locked car for more than two hours while gambling at Parx Casino in Bensalem. Officers rescued the sweating toddler from the nonārunning vehicle, and the child was later released to the fatherās care after a hospital evaluation. Ā Ā Ā
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