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The Detroit Lions contract offer to former Army safety Caleb Campbell Thursday brings many questions to light. I'm efforting to get some of these answered by the Department of Defense and sources. Will the Department of Defense rubber stamp Campbell's request for an early release (of about a month or »»Read Full Post

Valley Central announced today that it will post an online survey after the last budget meeting, which is Monday, March 15. The survey will go live Wednesday, March 17, and will be available through Wednesday, March 24, at 4 p.m. on the district website. The results will be shared at »»Read Full Post

The video below is a clip of the first 8 minutes of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's speech to a crowd of students and professors at SUNY New Paltz. Spitzer is introduced by Stu Brody, the former chairman of New York's Democratic Rural Conference, and Hadi Salavitabar, dean of the School »»Read Full Post

Here are the new state rankings. Kingston jumped to No. 8 after winning the Class AA title.  * - Sectional champion Class AA 1: 25-0 Murry Bergtraum-PSAL 2: 21-5 Christ The King-CHS 3: 20-3 Mount Vernon-1 * 4: 20-2 Shenendehowa-2 * 5: 20-2 Fairport-5 * 6: 19-3 Sachem East-11 * 7: »»Read Full Post

Middletown has a million dollars less in its coffers than expected, and taxpayers will be feeling the brunt of this into the fall budget season, said Mayor Joe DeStefano. DeStefano attributed the budget discrepancy to a bookkeeping error during 2009. Essentially, he said, the city moved money from its debt »»Read Full Post

Merlin Olsen, a 14-time Pro Bowler and former lead NFL analyst for NBC Sports, passed away Wednesday night at the age of 69. Olsen worked with Dick Enberg on the top NBC on NFL team from 1978-1988, and the pair called the Rose Bowl from 1980-88. He also worked with »»Read Full Post

Rank Class AA ===== ==================== 1 Half Hollow Hills West-11 2 Albany CBA-2 3 Newburgh Free Academy-9 4 Boys & Girls-PSAL 5 Christ The King-CHSAA 6 Rice-CHSAA 7 Shenendehowa-2 8 Mount Vernon-1 9 New Rochelle-1 10 Bishop Loughlin-CHSAA 11 Poughkeepsie-1 12 Rochester East-5 13 Longwood-11 14 Cicero-North Syracuse-3 15 Jamestown-6 »»Read Full Post

The first draft of common standards that could change the approach to educatton nationwide was made public today by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. Called the Common Core Standards, the initiative has been working with teachers, administrators and public »»Read Full Post

Bob Koonz, who wasn't rehired after 13 seasons at Marlboro, will be the offensive coordinator at Wallkill this fall. Koonz, a 1978 Wallkill graduate, coached under his brother, Jeff, and Steve Barone at the school before leaving for Marlboro. He led Marlboro to the Section 9 Class B title game »»Read Full Post

The search for a new superintendent for Minisink Valley has been narrowed to five candidates. The school board will interview the candidates next month before the field is narrowed to three finalists. Current superintendent Martha Murray, who is retiring at the end of the school year, has said the district »»Read Full Post