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[VIDEO] NJ Man Rescues Baby Deer From Lagoon: Patch PM

Rutgers staff call for vaccine mandate, NJ school seeks to change name from "enslaver" Jefferson, NJSP trooper pleads guilty tops our news.

((Chad Wallace))

Good evening, South Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the most share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from across the Garden State:

  1. What would you do if you saw a baby animal struggling to swim in a lagoon? Chad B. Wallace of Ringwood says anyone would do what he did: Dive in and save it. (Read more, watch the video on Patch)
  2. Hundreds of Rutgers professors — including those in the faculty union — have a message to school administration: We should be required to get the coronavirus vaccine, too. (Read more on Patch)
  3. A New Jersey man was arrested Tuesday after he was seen by a witness and on surveillance video taking photos under a woman's dress, police said Wednesday. (Read more on Patch)
  4. The South-Orange Maplewood school board voted to approve a resolution to seek other names for the district's existing Jefferson Elementary School, saying the school "bears the name of an enslaver committed to upholding the institution of slavery." (Read more on Patch)
  5. A New Jersey state trooper who police say followed a woman and pulled her over as she got off the Turnpike in Woodbridge — because he wanted to ask her out — has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to one year in prison. (Read more on Patch)

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