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Baseball: Gove, Drucker help Burke Catholic beat Pine Plains to repeat as Section 9 champ
SAUGERTIES — As the Burke Catholic baseball team gathered after its victory Saturday, opinions varied a bit on how the accomplishment should be celebrated. An afternoon pool party? A good nap to unwind after intense competition? Those are happy disagreements. But there was one thing about which the group was in total accord and said almost in unison during its post-game huddle: “The job’s not finished!” ...
Mid-Hudson Valley students competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. How to watch
Dutchess and Orange counties are going to be represented by two spellers this year in the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Eli McNair, a 13-year-old eighth grader from South Middle School in Newburgh and Noah Kaplan, a 12-year-old...
Newburgh, Saugerties school budgets defeated, all others in region pass. What happens next
Voters in the Newburgh and Saugerties school districts defeated proposed budgets for the 2024-25 school year on Tuesday. All other proposed school budgets in the region passed. See full preliminary results at the bottom of this story. Newburgh voters rejected a proposed $360.4 million budget by 118 votes, with 1,106...
It's time for the Hendrick Hudson School District's community to unify and heal
In January of this year, disgruntled by the board of education's move to amend the Princeton Plan, James Rogulski, the head of Hendrick Hudson Education Association teachers’ union, engaged nine community members and assisted in the filing of a legal petition with the Commissioner of Education to stop what he called “foolishness.” This action has cost, and will continue costing, the district substantial legal fees to defend and diverts funds away from our children’s education.
Lower Hudson valedictorians, salutatorians talk AI at Carroll F. Johnson award dinner
With the rise of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has become one of the buzziest topics in education, holding space as both a point of concern and a symbol of the future. At the 56th annual Carroll F. Johnson Scholastic Achievement Dinner, hosted by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to honor valedictorians and salutatorians, the region's top students were hopeful about a future where AI plays a bigger role but aware that the technology needs to improve. ...
Why Red Hook players, coaches say $2.5 million field, gym upgrade is necessary
There is a bit of envy, the athletes will admit, when Red Hook teams visit other high schools to compete. Almost immediately, they take notice of the playing surface, how even it is, the ease with which it allows them to maneuver and how unburdened they feel without constant concern of injury. That, they...
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