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Southwestern Middle School Students Spread Kindness Through Service, Art

The Southwestern Middle School Student Council recently completed two initiatives to promote positivity within the school community. Following a schoolwide candy-gram sale, students voted to donate the proceeds to Lakewood Kitten Rescue, supporting a local organization dedicated to animal ...

The Resource Center Presents Staff Awards

Don Traynor, Jacob Schweinsberg and William Dorman were honored with The Resource Center’s top staff awards for 2025. Traynor, who has worked for TRC since 1993, received the Joseph Trusso Jr. Employee of the Year Award. He was chosen for the award based on his efforts in supporting ...

Retired JCC Professor To Discuss Favorite Birds Friday At Audubon

Tropical birds have a reputation of being flashier and more interesting than the birds in the backyards. At least that was what Jan Bowman’s experience taught her in many trips to Costa Rica and Panama guiding students to study tropical flora and fauna. Join Bowman at Audubon Community ...

Falconer MS Names March Student Of Month

Tucker Calimeri, sixth grade, has been chosen as Falconer Middle School Student of the Month for March. Tucker’s hobbies include football, wrestling and playing board games. He is a member of the Hammerhead Wrestling Club and his favorite subject is math. In his spare time, he enjoys ...

Electric Prices Remain Sky High In State, Group Says

Recent data from the Energy Information Administration and Empire Center for Public Policy show New York’s average residential electricity prices at 29.99 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 70 percent higher than the U.S. average of 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour, and 50 percent higher than in Pennsylvania, and nearly double the price in Florida or Texas. Moreover, New York’s electricity prices rose 5.7 percent over the past month and 14.4 percent over the past 12 months. Over that same 12-month period, electricity prices in New York increased at twice the national rate and four times ...

Langworthy Calls On Speaker To Bring Homeland Security Bill To Floor

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday urging the immediate consideration of the Department of Homeland Security funding measure that passed the Senate unanimously last month. Following his arrival to Washington this week, he held a Zoom press conference outlining his support for passage. In the letter, Congressman Langworthy stressed that there is no time for delay as the nation continues to face serious homeland security threats and the Department of Homeland Security requires stable funding to carry out its mission of protecting the American ...