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Archdeacon: Dayton loses ‘a piece of living history’ Tom Archdeacon © HANDOUT Tom Webb sits beside Hall of Fame and various awards on the dining room table of his home off Gettysburg Ave. in West Dayton in 2018. Tom Archdeacon/STAFF There was one thing Jim Place always could be sure of. Whenever Tom Webb came in and spoke to the class full of school teachers taking his “Character Education” course at the University of Dayton, there would be rapt attention during the lecture and a mad dash come lunch hour. “The teachers could sit wherever they wanted and they all w...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Principals worry about students home-schooling with no internet 3 Mar, 2021 07:46 PM 4 minutes to read Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF Principal says the ministry should expand its scheme to more homes who do not have internet in their homes. Photo / 123RF RNZ There are calls for the Government to fund more home internet connections so Auckland school children can learn from home. Secondary principals told RNZ good access to the internet at home was vital for teenagers during lockdo...

Photo: 123RF Secondary principals told RNZ good access to the internet at home was vital for teenagers during lockdowns, but some families could not provide it. The government last year connected 45,000 households to the internet and is spending $8.3 million dollars to continue those connections until the end of this year, but it is not extending the scheme to more homes. Ōtāhuhu College principal Neil Watson said 40 of his students benefited from the government scheme and he was pleased the Ministry of Education was continuing their access until the end of the year. But he said there were ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The local American Legion Post 152 just moved into its second home since selling the former headquarters on Latham Street to Williams College in 2014.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Anxiety high among South Auckland kids despite move to level 2 19 Feb, 2021 09:02 PM 5 minutes to read Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1. Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1. Local Democracy Reporter While the level 2 announcement brought a sigh of relief for many across Auckland, as Justin Latif reports, South Aucklanders are still concerned about what this latest Covid outbreak may mean for the region. Another South Auckland ...