Thursday, February 4, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - Educators at the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School are trying a novel approach to solve a potential bullying problem: They've sent letters to 12 families informing them their fifth-graders have teased, bullied or encouraged such behavior in recent months and invited parents to meet with teachers Tuesday in a bid to resolve it.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Bloodshed in Darfur declined in 2009, but for Valley experts and advocates, this is no reason to relax their vigilance.
With a refugee population in the millions, skirmishes still breaking out in western Sudan, two pivotal elections on the horizon, and oil reserves at stake, the situation in Darfur - officially characterized by the U.S. as genocide in 2006 - is far from resolved.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Northampton - A free day-long training for Neighborhood Watch scheduled for Friday, Feb. 26, is by invitation only.
The training is geared specifically for city councilors, a designee from each ward, and law enforcement personnel. Space is limited.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - Broadband boosters assured Hilltown residents Wednesday they're working hard to make sure their next bid for federal funds will be accepted, following the government's rejection of the state's initial $100 million grant application last week.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
50 YEARS AGO
· Smith School Director Lauri Ronka and Stanley Dowgert, professor of military science and tactics at the school, left by train this afternoon for Washington, D.C., where they will attend a two-day conference of the National Assn. of National Defense Cadet Corps, a unit of which - the only such in New England - is located here.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - The council will consider these additional items when it meets Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at the Council Chambers of the Puchalski Municipal Building:
