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Test re-scores and library status occupy school board |
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Written by EMILIA TEASDALE
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Saturday, 14 August 2010 11:04 |
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CHATHAM--Schools Superintendent Cheryl Nuciforo reviewed test scores and coaching policies with the board at Tuesday night’s meeting. The state has changed standards used to grade tests students took during the last school year, so now the district, which originally had passing rates high as 80% is down in the 40% range.
The board also heard from many parents about a policy that allows students from the junior high to play on high school teams. The parents who attended the August 10 meeting wanted the policy to include wording that younger students would not displace older students returning to the team.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 14 August 2010 11:07 |
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Quilt traces threads of history |
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Written by DIANE VALDEN
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Friday, 13 August 2010 13:59 |
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ANCRAM—A very old quilt will benefit the very young during the second annual Ancram Community Days celebration this weekend.
The 154-year-old red and white quilt, now called the Mary Moon Rockefeller quilt, was made by Mary Moon in 1856, when she was 19, the year of her marriage to Albert Rockefeller. The Rockefellers had two children, and Mrs. Rockefeller died at the age of 22 in 1859.
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Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 14:09 |
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Ruling rescues river access |
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Written by DEBORAH LANS
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:16 |
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As state agencies dither, fate of homes, recreation hangs in balance
STUYVESANT--Columbia County has only six points of public access to the Hudson River, and until July 19 one of them--at Ferry Road in Stuyvesant--was threatened with closure by the state Department of Transportation.
On that day, after years of discussion, planning, promises and bureaucratic delays, an administrative order was issued by the DOT deferring any possible closing of Ferry Road until at least 2012. The order is a reprieve for the residents of Ferry Road, but it still leaves the future of their homes in limbo.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:22 |
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New barber takes pole position |
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Written by TED SALEM
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 11:43 |
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New Lebanon man cuts hair in a way that evokes a bygone era
SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT...Two bits! Well, not exactly, but the spirit behind that old jingle is alive and well in this town with the recent opening of Johnny's Barber Shop, featuring master barber and proprietor John Le Barnes. In our digitized, fast-paced world, Johnny's seeks to grant us a respite, a chance to converse with friends and neighbors and an opportunity to be pampered.
Johnny's is a traditional men's barber shop, not a salon. It is equipped with chairs and a shaving sink that date from the 1920s or '30s, according to Mr. Le Barnes. An old fashioned barber's pole graces the front of the shop, while on one wall a picture of Marilyn Monroe reminds us (at least us 50-somethings) of a very different, if not better time. And although Mr. Le Barnes employs a straight razor for a hot towel shave (or just a neck shave), unfortunately state law requires use of a disposable blade, so no stropping strap graces the side of the chair.
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Audubon Explorers Program trains future conservation leaders |
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Written by DEBORA GILBERT
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:45 |
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CRARYVILLE--“There's nothing out there that's going to get you,” said Larry Federman to Saran Keira from Guinea West Africa and Carla Pierre Louis from Haiti. He was instructing the two interns, high school students from Brooklyn, in the fine art of paddling a kayak in preparation for a week's camping with fellow high school students scheduled to arrive shortly for a four-day Explorers' program at Rheinstrom Hill Audobon Center and Sanctuary.
At first the interns were worried about what might be in the water, but soon Mr. Federman had them maneuvering with confidence enjoying the experience of being afloat on a sunny with just enough breeze blowing to keep us cool.
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