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Families say that all students accepted to Shepaug Valley High Schools Agriscience program deserve to go. The district covers tuition and bus costs.

Crescent Marine Towing christened the mv. Captain Walter at Eymard Marine Construction, honoring one of the company's longtime captains.

JIM McKEE For the Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska has produced a number of philanthropists through the decades, some becoming known nationally and even worldwide, while a few, through their efforts, have been felt over a large area, still remain almost unknown. Such was David Kaufmann of Grand Island, a “quiet hero,” who died at the age of 93 “without anybody but the people he helped knowing what he did.” David Kaufmann was born in Munstereift, Germany, in 1875. Af...