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Giants-Eagles Fight Sparked Fatal Pat's Steaks Shooting: Patch PM
GOP jumps into school board elections, NY Jets coach dies after being struck by car, gender inclusive store opens tops our news.

Good evening, North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.
Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:
- Authorities in Philadelphia have charged a Reading man with murder and related crimes in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred outside the popular cheesesteak shop Pat's King of Steaks earlier this week. The argument erupted over football.(Read more on Patch)
- A group of Toms River Regional School District parents who oppose curriculum changes and fear potential masking and vaccine mandates from the state Department of Education had a message for the school board Wednesday night: Don't follow the law.(Read more on Patch)
- Garden State school board candidates and members do not run or govern with a party. There is no primary, and they declare separately, and these governing bodies are designed to be nonpartisan. But in Morris County, some candidates in Nov. 2's election may have backing and help from the Morris County Republican Committee. (Read more on Patch)
- A new rebranded store celebrating gender-inclusivity is now open in the Bridgewater Commons. (Read more on Patch)
- A Pennsylvania man has been charged in a string of robberies that took place in Burlington, Camden and Atlantic counties, authorities announced on Friday.(Read more on Patch)
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