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Samantha Serrano brought 27 points and 10 rebounds as fifth-seeded Holy Angels defeated fourth-seeded Newark Academy, 61-42, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Non-Public A tournament in Livingston.

Holy Angels (17-9) will face top-seeded Immaculate Heart, No. 14 in NJ.com’s Top 20, in the semifinal round on Monday.

Holy Angels opened with a 10-0 run and Newark Academy (21-6) answered with 10 points but the Angels led 26-17 at the half, and pulled ahead for good with an 18-6 run in the third quarter.

Serrano included five 3-pointers and went four for four on free throws in her game-high total. She is the leading scorer for Holy Angels and recorded a season high 37 points in a loss to Paramus Catholic.

Celeste Harper added 23 points while going six of eight from the line in the victory.

Katerina Dakos paced Newark Academy with 22 points while going five for five from the line.

St. Dominic 56, Dwight-Englewood 45

Janiyah Capers led with a career-high 19 points and seven rebounds while Alyssa Stridiron posted 18 points and five steals as sixth-seeded St. Dominic downed third-seeded Dwight-Englewood in the quarterfinal round in Englewood.

St. Dominic (18-10) will face the winner of second-seeded Pope John and seventh-seeded Hudson Catholic in the semifinal round on Monday.

Maddie Branigan recorded 11 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks for St. Dominic, which trailed 28-25 at the half but pulled ahead with an 15-4 run after the break.

Lena Most led Dwight-Englewood (15-10) with 11 points while Karina Pink put in 10 more.

No. 14 Immaculate Heart 60, Paramus Catholic 35

Isabella Asencio led with 16 points while Selena Cieszko put in 14 more as top-seeded Immaculate Heart, No. 14 in NJ.com’s Top 20, downed ninth-seeded Paramus Catholic, 60-35, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Non-Public A tournament in Washington Township.

Immaculate Heart (22-4) will host fifth-seeded Holy Angels in the semifinal round on Monday. The Blue Eagles advanced to the final round of the Group Tournament last year.

Sofia Valente added 10 points for Immaculate Heart, which opened with a 22-0 run and kept going.

Grace McGuire paced Paramus Catholic (11-17) with 13 points.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated in an interview set to be broadcast Sunday that Russia suspended its participation in the New START treaty not only because of U.S. nuclear capabilities but those of other NATO countries.

As he has done repeatedly during the Ukraine war, Putin also claimed in excerpts carried by Russian news agencies that Russia faces an existential threat because, in his view, NATO members are seeking his country’s “strategic defeat.”

Putin announced Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the 2010 treaty's nuclear warhead and missile inspections. In the interview scheduled to air on state TV channel Russia 1 following Friday's one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he said his declaration stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia.

“When all the leading NATO countries have declared their main goal as inflicting a strategic defeat on us ... how can we ignore their nuclear capabilities in these conditions?” Putin asked, according to the excerpts.

Putin argued a year ago that his overarching goal in invading Ukraine was to reduce what he perceived as threats to Russia's security. At times during the conflict, he has cited those alleged threats as justification for potentially using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

As Western military aid poured into the invaded country, the Russian leader and his foreign minister have portrayed the war as a de facto fight between Russia and not just Ukraine but NATO. Ukraine's allies have emphasized they want to avoid becoming direct fighting parties in the war while equipping Ukraine to defend itself and to retake Russian-captured territory.

CIA Director William Burns said Sunday that the real issue behind the invasion is Putin's loss of control over Ukraine and the country's rise as an independent, democratic state aligned with the West.

“He’s seen that as a direct threat to the ambition that cuts to the core of his view as a Russian leader, and I think that’s the backdrop to the horrific aggression that he’s launched,” Burns said on CBS' “Face the Nation.”

New START is the last remaining arms control agreement between Moscow and Washington. In suspending his country's participation, Putin said Russia can’t accept U.S. inspections of its nuclear sites under the pact while Washington and its NATO allies seek Russia’s defeat in Ukraine.

The Russian president emphasized that Moscow was not withdrawing from the pact, and the Russian Foreign Ministry said the country would respect the treaty's caps on nuclear weapons and continue notifying the U.S. about test launches of ballistic missiles.

In the interview with Russia 1, Putin said that while NATO countries are not party to the New START treaty, they engaged in “discussions on the issue."

Putin alleged the West wants to eliminate Russia, a notion that he has repeatedly used to justify Russian aggression in Ukraine. “They have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part — the Russian Federation,” Putin said.

Appealing to his citizenry's nationalistic sentiments, Putin predicted that if the West succeeds in destroying Russia and establishing control, ethnic Russians may not survive as a distinct people.

“There will be Muscovites, Uralians and others,” he said of Russia’s possible fragmentation into regional groupings. The West could only partly accept Russia into the so-called “family of civilized peoples,” breaking the country into separate pieces, he theorized.

Claiming threats to Russians' survival is a favorite Putin theme, and Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted in a recent interview with The Associated Press that “for him, it’s all about protection, and he believes that the Russian world has been attacked from the West, and Ukrainians are a part of this Russian world.”

Claiming the West and not Russia provoked the war in Ukraine is also a favorite Putin theme that many Russians buy into, said Fiona Hill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served in the past three U.S. presidential administrations.

“They think that this is a war of them yet again defending their territory, as it has been since time immemorial, since the Mongol invasion of having to deal with invaders when they are the ones that are doing the invading,” Hill said in a recent AP interview.

In a speech Tuesday, the Russian leader alleged that a NATO statement on New START had raised the issue of the nuclear weapons of Britain and France, which are part of the alliance’s nuclear capability but aren’t included in the U.S.-Russian pact.

Putin’s frequent references to nuclear weapons fit a pattern that Hill has identified.

“He’s kind of menacing the world on every nuclear frontier because he knows that that’s the ultimate psychological weapon,” Hill said. “Nuclear weapons are pretty effective politically.”

U.S. President Joe Biden countered some of Putin's claims in a speech in Poland's capital, Warsaw, on Tuesday.

“The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today," Biden said. "And millions of Russian citizens who only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy."

CIA Director William Burns told CBS' “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired Sunday that Putin was being “too confident” in his military's ability to grind Ukraine into submission.

Burns said the head of Russia's intelligence services had displayed in their November meeting “a sense of cockiness and hubris” that reflected Putin's own beliefs “that he can make time work for him, that he believes he can grind down the Ukrainians, that he can wear down our European allies, that political fatigue will eventually set in.”

That conversation, in which Burns warned of the consequences if Russia were to deploy a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, was “pretty dispiriting,” Burns said.

I’m all about supporting New Jersey small businesses, and finding them unintentionally is the exciting part.

I ventured up to Englewood for a bridesmaid’s dress fitting and walked past this cute corner store with beautiful cakes in the window.

The neon-colored sign drew me in and I felt like I walked into a cake wonderland.

This cute little shop is Chic Sugars and if you have a constant sweet tooth as I do, this is the place you want to be.

I walked into this very trendy bakery and I was immediately hit with the sweet, delicious smell of baked goods.

The décor is simple but edgy and full of neon colors.

The display case was filled with a rainbow of macarons.

All different kinds of cupcakes like Nutella, apple crisp, carrot cake, Oreo and strawberry crunch, but my favorite was the Coquito cupcake that came with a little infuser of Coquito to squeeze into the cupcake.

Cake jars lined the counter with flavors like red velvet, chocolate fudge, and dulce de leche. Cake pops and banana pudding jars were displayed as well and the beautiful tower cakes caught my eye right away, especially the chocolate cake decorated as a reindeer and the “un-birthday” cake decorated with doughnuts.

They will even make a dessert charcuterie board which is perfect for the holidays.

When I took a look at the website, the name CHIC Sugars made total sense because this wonderful place is run by all women.

According to chicsugars.com, Erika Oldman is the founder with Samantha Swidrak and Emily Bauer designing and decorating the cakes.

Take the time to head to Englewood and visit Chic Sugars. After bringing some baked goods home to my family, I can definitely say it’s worth it!

They are located at 28 S. Dean Street.

The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5's Morning Show Producer Kristen. Any opinions expressed are her own.

Questions, corrections, or comments? Send Producer Kristen an email at [email protected] or follow her on Instagram.

Stephen Marley is coming to Atlanta! The singer, songwriter and producer, is a multi-award-winning musician whose work includes collaborations with his family members and other artists. He has won eight Grammy Awards for his music and production credits. Stephen is the second eldest son of Bob Marley and Rita Marley and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He is headed to our city on March 18 where we can catch him performing at Center Stage Theater.

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Stephen Marley began singing professionally at age 7 with his elder siblings in The Melody Makers. Stephen has gained recognition as a solo artist for his albums “Mind Control,” “Mind Control Acoustic” and “Revelation Part I: The Root of Life,” and has won multiple Grammy Awards as a producer, notably for Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley’s hit “Welcome to Jamrock.” He released “Revelation Part II: The Fruit of Life in 2016,” featuring collaborations with Rick Ross, Pitbull, and other artists.

In 2018, he released an EP, “One Take: Acoustic Jams,” and embarked on a North American tour. In the summer of 2022, he launched his “Babylon By Bus” Tour, featuring a lineup of support artists. Stephen founded Kaya Fest, an annual music festival, and is involved in various charitable endeavors in Jamaica through the Ghetto Youths Foundation. He recently released a collection of songs he produced with female vocalists as a tribute to Nina Simone.

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Stephen Marley: Old Soul Unplugged Tour

Location: Midtown - 1374 W Peachtree St NW; Time: 8 p.m.; Date: Saturday, March. 18, 2023; Admission: Starting at $33; Website: centerstage-atlanta.com