HOBOKEN, N.J., JAN. 21, 2013 — The All Saints Episcopal Day School, Stevens Cooperative School and Mustard Seed School hold the Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Inspiration. Here, Kindergartener Anthony (last name withheld) from Stevens Cooperative School attempts to thread a needle with help from a teacher to sew his pillow project. The pillows will be donated to a variety of charitable organizations. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., JAN. 22, 2013 — A photo of Eddie and Marysol Acevedo with their eldest son, Derek, sits among debris after what officials deemed to be a suspicious fire burned their home at 7221 Kennedy Boulevard yesterday morning. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., JAN. 22, 2013 — Eddie Acevedo looks at the damage to his eight-year-old son Derek’s room in their home at 7221 Kennedy Boulevard where what officials deemed to be a suspicious three-alarm fire broke out yesterday morning. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., JAN. 22, 2013 — Teresita Cancino, right, sweeps debris as friends and family of Eddie and Marysol Acevedo help salvage their belongings after what officials deemed to be a suspicious fire damaged their home at 7221 Kennedy Boulevard. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
NORTH BERGEN, N.J., JAN. 23, 2013 — The New York City Opera will hold an online auction for decades’ worth of old props, sets and costumes stored in a warehouse on Jan. 30. Here, props from a set designed by the late illustrator and writer Maurice Sendak for the New York City Opera’s production of “The Love for Three Oranges.” (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
A giant poster of a Russian revolutionary soldier from Rasputin. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
A giant goose designed by the late illustrator and writer Maurice Sendak for the New York City Opera’s production of “The Goose of Cairo” based on an unfinished opera by Mozart. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
KEARNY, N.J., JAN. 24, 2013 — Family members and friends carry the white casket of 16-year-old murder victim Alishia Colon out of the Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home on Belgrove Drive after the funeral service. The casket was covered in hand-written notes from mourners. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
JERSEY CITY, N.J., JAN. 25, 2013 — From left to right, Shay Goodwin, Ebony Stewart, Jessie Rivera and Nyasha Smith walked around Journal Square handing out food and coats they collected at work to the homeless and needy. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
After giving a coat to a homeless man at the Journal Square PATH station in Jersey City, Jessie Rivera, left, and Shay Goodwin, filled his pockets with food. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Jessie Rivera, left, and Shay Goodwin, second from left, hand out food to the homeless and needy at the Journal Square PATH station. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Jessie Rivera gives her own gloves to a man who needed a pair. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Shay Goodwin is comforted by Nyasha Smith left, and two of the homeless people she and Smith just met while giving away food and coats to the needy at the Journal Square PATH station. “It’s my first time to do this. It’s emotional for me. They don’t have anything. That really hurt my heart,” she said. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
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