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Pine Valley educator selected for Master Teacher Program

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SOUTH DAYTON — It takes a lot of work for a teacher to be selected for induction into the highly competitive New York State Master Teacher Program, and this year Pine Valley Central School district is seeing one of their own joining the ranks. The New York State Master Teacher Program ...

Board tables the renaming of Dunkirk High

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The Dunkirk Board of Education has tabled a resolution renaming Dunkirk Senior High School to Dunkirk Middle High School beginning with the 2026-27 school year. Board members warily recalled an effort four years ago to rename city schools. A survey with two possible names for the secondary ...

Jamestown man sentenced to 20 years for child porn

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A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 20 years for child pornography. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Wednesday that Timothy Douglas, 65, who was convicted of possession of child pornography by a person having a prior conviction related to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and ...

Gillibrand, colleagues seek more transparency in D.C.

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Financial Disclosure Modernization Act to increase transparency around government officials’ financial disclosures on Thursday. This legislation would update and expand the monetary values that elected and senior government officials are ...

SUNY Fredonia Panel to explore activism among Generation Z

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How Generation Z is reshaping activism and democratic engagement will be examined in an American Democracy Project (ADP) panel discussion at SUNY Fredonia. The panel, “Reimagining Democracy: Gen Z Activism Across Communities and Borders,” will be held Thursday from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in ...

Sen. Borrello’s Medicaid audit proposal defeated

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Legislation that has been introduced for the past seven years has been approved by the state Senate - but not before Democrats defeated an amendment introduced by Sen. George Borrello. The state Senate approved S.353, sponsored by Sen. Gustavo Rivera, D-Bronx, by a unanimous 62-0 vote. The ...