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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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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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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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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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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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UB, JCC join forces on nursing education - 2/24/2007
The University at Buffalo and Jamestown Community College have signed a dual admissions agreement for their nursing programs. Under the agreement, students would apply to the program at JCC and, upon satisfactory completion of their associate degree, could continue their studies at UB to earn their bachelor's degree in nursing. The two schools also are considering similar agreements in other programs. |
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Williams announces 2009 opening for entrepreneurial high school - 2/24/2007
Buffalo will open an entrepreneurial high school in 2009 to train students to start their own businesses or be better prepared to work at existing companies, School Superintendent James A. Williams told business leaders Friday. |
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