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Police patrol at Burgard - 3/3/2007
Buffalo police officers were assigned to Burgard Comprehensive High School on Friday to beef up security both inside and outside the Kensington Avenue school. School district security officers also used metal-detecting wands to check students for weapons, police officials said. |
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Hopevale embezzler sentenced to 6 months - 3/3/2007
The longtime chief financial officer of both the Hopevale school and residence for troubled children in Hamburg was sentenced Friday to a six-month jail term and ordered to repay his former employer $50,000. |
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Black student suspended after incident at high school - 3/3/2007
A brief physical confrontation at Clarence High School on Friday, allegedly sparked by a racial remark, resulted in a five-day suspension for one student and may lead to the same for another, School Superintendent Thomas Coseo said. |
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Bus driver gets jail in child porn case - 3/3/2007
A former Orchard Park school bus driver was sentenced Friday to 5 1/ 4 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computers. |
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School Board wants to add two new buses - 3/2/2007
Alden School District officials already are examining this year's budget proposals with a critical eye during the School Board's bi-monthly meetings. |
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Meningitis claims life of student at St. Joe's - 3/1/2007
A 14-year-old student at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute died Tuesday night of a severe bacterial meningitis infection. County health and school officials sought Wednesday to console students who went to school with the freshman and calm fears over the infection, which was caused by the streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. |
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20 finalists chosen for News Spelling Bee - 3/1/2007
Twenty students from nine counties will vie for the championship of the 80th annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee. The competition will begin at 1:30 p.m. March 11 in the auditorium of the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum. The finalists were the top scorers among 145 school champions who took a written test in early February. |
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Assemblyman to address meeting on aging issues - 3/1/2007
Practitioners and service providers in the field of aging will attend the eighth annual Town Meeting on Aging Issues from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Cheektowaga Senior Center, 3349 Broadway, Cheektowaga. |
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Batterson appointed interim school chief - 3/1/2007
Former Tonawanda City School Superintendent George Batterson was appointed Wednesday as the Akron Central School District's interim superintendent until the School Board can name a permanent replacement this summer. |
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News Spelling Bee finalists chosen - 2/28/2007
Twenty students from nine counties will vie for the championship of the 80th annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee. The competition will begin at 1:30 p.m. March 11 in the auditorium of the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society Museum. The finalists were the top scorers among 145 school champions who took a written test in early February. |
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$2,000 OK'd for football start-up study - 2/27/2007
The Holland School Board approved $2,000 to study the feasibility of fielding a high school football team in the district, but not before expressing strong reservations to the Holland Football Club, which has not only proposed the team but promised to fund it for the next 13 years. |
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Boys swimming state championships - 2/27/2007
At Flickinger Center, Erie Community College-City campus Friday - Swimming trials, State Federation meet, noon. Friday - Diving first round, 3:30 p.m. |
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UB officials concerned over plans for Amherst off-campus housing - 2/26/2007
University at Buffalo officials are concerned about plans by a Philadelphia developer to build 225 apartments for students on Rensch Road just across Sweet Home Road from the North Campus, a school official says. |
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Two sides to sunken manhole cover - 2/26/2007
Did you ever get that sinking feeling something is wrong and you need to do something about it? That's what happened to Fix It reader Joe Mancuso recently. |
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Children, young adults will be expert's topic - 2/26/2007
Psychologist, author and speaker Dr. Kenneth Condrell will present a program and discussion about the unhappiness that exists in today's children and young adults, starting at 7 p.m. March 6 in Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave. |
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Teen coffeehouse to be dedicated to Chudy - 2/26/2007
A teen coffeehouse in Amherst will be dedicated in memory of youth advocate Melissa Reed Chudy during a ceremony from 2 to 4 p.m. March 10. The coffeehouse, known simply as The Coffeehouse, is located in the Independent Health Youth & Family Center, 5005 Sheridan Drive. Chudy, who died Oct. 1 after a battle with breast cancer, was the director of development for the Amherst Youth Foundation and a dessert caterer. |
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Forum set for parents of preschoolers - 2/26/2007
A preschool forum for parents will be held March 10 at Erie Community College's City Campus. There will be a speaker, free meals, giveaways and mini-workshops at the forum, sponsored by Erie County Head Start, Even Start and EPIC. Subjects to be covered include education, cooking with children and child development. |
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Are they ready for college? - 2/24/2007
Nearly half of the freshman entering New York state's two-year colleges took remedial courses during their first year on campus just to get ready for college work. And 14 percent of freshmen in the state's four-year colleges and universities - both public and private - also had to take some remedial courses in 2005, often to improve skills in reading and math. |
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Student faces charges in bomb threats - 2/24/2007
Criminal charges were filed Friday against a student who, police say, was responsible for two of three bomb threats that prompted three evacuations of Kenmore West High School within a week. |
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Teachers union agrees to Sept. 4 start of classes - 2/24/2007
A bitter dispute between the Buffalo Public Schools and the district's teachers union is about to end in compromise. After earlier turning down a request to begin next school year on Aug. 28, the Buffalo Teachers Federation agreed Thursday evening to return to the classroom on Sept. 4, the day after Labor Day. |
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