While COVID-19 and crime have given news broadcast a rather negative feel, News 12 New Jersey likes to put a smile on its viewers’ faces with its “On a Positive Note” segment. On Wednesday morning, Feb. 16, crews from the television network will be at the Beach Haven School to report on its “kindness shells.”

It is the same concept behind “kindness rocks,” where people, commonly children, paint pebbles or cobblestones with an inspirational message and leave them for others to find and collect.

“The first-grade students at the Beach Haven School have been working hard this month to spread kindness around the…