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PETERBOROUGH — Months after two ConVal employees resigned amid a fundraising-related investigation, documents and subsequent interviews indicate that the district
Plymouth South students restore historic fencing atop Burial Hill Wicked Local PLYMOUTH – Historic wrought iron fencing atop Burial Hill has a fresh new look, thanks to the technical studies program at Plymouth South High School. Students in the school’s transportation program recently refinished the deteriorating wrought iron fence that stood atop the cemetery for more than a century. Last year’s senior class spearheaded the effort, which included the fabrication of much of the decorative features of the fence. The fence, located at the site of the town’s first fort, was originally i...
Subscribe Civil rights supporters long regarded School Supt. Benjamin Willis as a segregationist, Kraft wrote, and King would likely target him in speeches and protests. Kraft noted that school desegregation had been slow, and he hinted that as civil rights leaders, King included, remained uncertain of what to do next, the upcoming generation of leaders were “remarkedly different from King.” “They tend to be more aggressive, more keen to enter the big cities of the North, more concerned about social questions such as jobs and housing than purely legal,” he said, while adding that thes...
12/30/2020 Cumberland shows character, care as COVID-19 rages Organizers Joyce Hindle Koutsogiane, left, and Mike Tusoni attached an American flag to a car when they were preparing for the start of Cumberland’s 94th annual Arnold Mills Fourth of July Parade and Road Race on Saturday, July 4, along Nate Whipple Highway. The traditional parade was replaced with a motorcade along the major roadways in town and a virtual road race. (Breeze File photo by Robert Emerson) Pandemic impacted every area of life CUMBERLAND – An unprecedented modern health crisis upended every aspect of life in 2020,...
Dr. Bill Smith, former superintendent of Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oak Lawn School District 126. Many years ago, back when Illinois was considered a wilderness, before the nation even had a Bill of Rights, the leaders of this country proclaimed the following: “Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” The words are contained in a document called the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, passed by the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. I am willing to bet most people ne...