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  • District names new principals to three elementary schools Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 1:12PMThree elementary schools in Spring Independent School District will start the school year with new principals this August. Melissa Dean has been named the new principal at Bammel Elementary School; Kimberly Stanley Martin is the new principal at Clark Intermediate School; and Dr. Tracie Malrey Robinson has been named the principal at Lewis Elementary School.
  • Renee Fleming: Jazz Inspired Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:17PMRenee Fleming has enjoyed a celebrated career as an operatic soprano, but sang jazz in college and considered a career in that direction when saxophonist Illinois Jacquet asked her to tour with him.
  • Democratic Primary: Two vie for party’s nod for secretary of the state race Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:13PMTwo Democrats are vying for their party’s nomination to run for secretary of the state in the Aug. 10 primary. Denise Merrill is the party’s endorsed candidate; Gerry Garcia garnered 15% of the vote at the party convention in May, making him eligible to have his name on the primary ballot as well.
  • NASCAR's Jack Roush injured in Wisconsin plane crash Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:42AMMILWAUKEE - NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash...
  • Ghosts in the Net: Prepared For Your Digital Afterlife? Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:52AMI too have a deceased friend who was an avid Facebook user from whom I again "received" a message just last week inviting me to reconnect with him.
  • Something old is something new at Eddigan’s Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:49PMWhether it’s the cabinet belonging to a descendent of a notable Revolutionary War figure or the knick-knack belonging to a business owner a few doors down, every piece in Paul Russo’s store has an interesting story behind it.
  • Teachers return to class Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:00PMAs students continue to enjoy the last gasps of summer, some enterprising teachers took the initiative to go back to school and get a head start for their upcoming classes.
  • Crushers winningest skipper returns Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:11AMRich Anderson resigned as the winningest head coach in Vintage High School baseball history in 2008, but he never left the game. For the last two years, he has been the director of baseball for Napa Legion, which involves five different age-group teams.
  • Local News Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:44AMThe Daily World is happy to print your church information, but with so many briefs coming in (and that's a good thing), notices will be limited to that week's services and special events. Call the church or visit the Web sites for mid-week services and other information. Deadline for this page is...
  • Daily Paper for Children Defies the Craze for Digital Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:14AMPARIS -- When Elisa Cammarota gets home from school, she tosses off her knapsack and reads her newspaper from front to back.
  • Ned Lamont visits Torrington, touts his business experience Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:12AMTORRINGTON – Ned Lamont wants to bring his experience as a businessman to the state’s top job of governor, and he is challenging the Democrats’ endorsed candidate, Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, in the Aug. 10 primary election.
  • Measure ‘C’ video brings renovation projects to the public Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:43AMIf residents are curious about how the Measure “C” bond money is being spent throughout the School District, there’s a video that can give them some insight.
  • 'House' star Hugh Laurie to record blues album Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:39AMLONDON - Dr. Gregory House has long battled the blues. Now, the actor who plays the acerbic physician plans to play them. Warner Music Entertainment said Monday that British actor Hugh Laurie has signed a deal to record an album of New Orleans-inspired blues.
  • Hymel announces candidacy for city school board Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 6:40AMCalvin Hymel announces his candidacy for Bogalusa City School Board District 6.
  • Bogalusa council member named one of ‘Northshore’s Finest’ Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 6:34AMBogalusa City Councilwoman Wendy Perrette is among the 14 young men and women featured as the Northshore’s Finest 2010 honorees in the current edition of Inside Northside magazine.
  • Abdominal bootcamp Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 6:25AMNancy Gonzalez, Toni St. Philip and Patrick Garza perform ab crunches at the Avenue B YMCA Wednesday evening.
  • Justice over 'pedas', and through commonsense Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 6:01AMCould accepting a sweet peda by the driver that led to the theft of his truck and its content be made a 'condition' for denying compensation by the insurance company?
  • Johnette Downing serenades summer readers Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 12:03PML’Observateur LAPLACE – Some of the library’s littlest patrons got a real treat this week when Johnette Downing came to St. John the Baptist Parish’s public libraries to share her child-friendly brand of music and storytelling.
  • For-profit schools use the Web to lure students with bogus grant offers Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:35AMAfter being laid off from her job as a high school teacher in Dayton, Ohio, Nicole Massey decided to go back to college. For months, she scoured the Web for ways to fund her tuition, while supporting her 10-year-old son, Tyler.
  • Elementary summer school begins Monday Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 9:20AMClarification: FMS students not in school Tuesday Fairfield Middle School Principal Mike Dailey has clarified information in the front page article “Elementary summer school begins Monday,” published Tuesday in The Fairfield Ledger.
  • $5M to Halifax County Schools Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:35AMHALIFAX — The state is showing Halifax County the money this week with nearly $5 million awarded to Southeast Halifax High School and Enfield Middle School.
  • Healthy Marriage Matters spread word on healthy relationships Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:33AMROANOKE RAPIDS — Helping youngsters make healthy and responsible life decisions is the goal of the Healthy Marriage Matters Project.
  • Overman hired at Oak Grove Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:14AMBrian (Clint) Overman, 27, of Jacksonville has been hired by the Pulaski County Special School District as a 9th grade civics teacher at Oak Grove High School and assistant girls basketball coach of the Oak Grove Hornets.
  • Reunion stirs memory of college years Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:30AMWAHOO – Michael McMurray admits education wasn’t always a priority for him in his younger days.
  • Leadership skills pave way to Harvard for teen Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:29AMLeadership is a respected characteristic in any profession and learning how to lead starts at an early age, which is something 15-year-old Adam Sadiq has already started to master.
  • Hometown Happenings 0724 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:00PMCommunity happenings
  • Freshman to be given smartphones for class work Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:28PMNinth-grade students at Lonoke High School will use smartphones for class work this school year.
  • Kenshido’s Score A i-Teacher for over 80 schools Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 9:46PMKOTA KINABALU: More than 80 primary and secondary schools in Ranau will receive Score A i-Teacher, a web-based input learning portal worth RM300,000, and 10 e-books from Kenshido International Sdn Bhd as part of the pre-launch of the programme yesterday.
  • [news] The Buzz: The best of our web exclusives. - Monterey County Weekly Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:36PMYa Basta…The Board of Supervisors July 13 denounced Arizona's harsh new immigration law, alleging it violates the constitutional right to due process. Lou Calcagno abstained, but the board unanimously approved a second resolution urging Obama to sign a "just and humane" immigration reform bill. [KA]   Candidate Showdown…The debate over debates rages in the special August 17 state senate election ...
  • NEWSBRIEFS Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:23PMCADC to distribute commodities Aug. 4 Central Arkansas Development Council will distribute USDA commodities at 9 a.m. Aug. 4. Locations include: Allport City Hall, Austin City Hall, Cabot Church of Christ at 500 N. Second St., Carlisle Old City Gym, Humnoke City Hall, Lonoke County Fairgrounds, Ward Chamber of Commerce, Woodlawn Community Center and the England Community Center. To be eligible ...
  • Be a foster grandparent Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:25PMI want to thank the Record-Bee for the recent article about the foster grandparent organization. I ve been a foster grandparent at Lower Lake Elementary School for 15 years.
  • Save Our Schools continues campaign to restore teacher and counselor positions Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:23PMRepresentatives of a Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District fundraising campaign have announced that the effort raised $550,000 as of the second week in July to help restore some teacher and counselor positions.
  • Bay Area parents coalesce to work to reform education funding Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:12PMBy Sharon NoguchiUrged on by the worsening state budget crisis, a group of parents from across the Bay Area has joined together to mobilize other parents to reform the way California funds education.
  • State teachers' association sues to stop weakening of class-size requirement Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 6:06PMThe Florida Education Association on Friday filed suit in Leon County to stop the Florida Legislature from placing a constitutional amendment referendum on class size onto the November ballot.
  • Why the rush to toilet train children? Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 4:49PMThere is no more liberating moment in a novice parent's life than when a toddler completes his rigorous toilet training regimen. That, and when a baby finally sleeps through the night.
  • BILL HASTINGS' INSIDE INDIANA: Construction, LeAnn, tee time, etc. Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:05PMTo whom it may concern- FOR THE ALUMS -- Former Indiana residents returning home for their class reunions may not recognize the ``old town,'' especially those graduates who haven't been here for a year or two.
  • Oberlin, Kansas, native was one of nation's leading experts on public policy, Indian law Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:03PMBERKELEY, California -- Oberlin native Philip P. Frickey of Moraga, California, a professor at University of California Berkeley and one of the nation's foremost experts on public law and federal Indian law and policy, died Sunday, July 11. He was 57.
  • TV show-inspired drug showing up in Missouri Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 12:02PMTV show-inspired drug showing up in Missouri
  • Diabetes monitoring device benefits man and man's best friend Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:26AMThe treatment of diabetes was revolutionized in 1922 when insulin was isolated from dogs. Since then, significant advances in human medicine have made diabetes more manageable for patients. Now, human medicine has returned the favor and used these advances to help dogs with diabetes. A University of Missouri researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device - commonly used in humans ...
  • Teachers needed Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:17AMThree Stony Creek and one Round Prairie school teachers have resigned.
  • Milliken employees help the community Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:56AMIn the brief period of three days, Milliken Chemical, a division of Milliken & Company, performed yearly community service as part of a team-building exercise, and the end result is a renovated home for someone in need.
  • Carr honored as ‘OurTown Hero’ Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:49AMAs customary, Mayor Charles Schawbe began the July 6 meeting of the Swainsboro City Council with the presentation of the OurTown Hero Award.
  • Youth Education on Stage to perform musical Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:49AMThose who attend Youth Education on Stage's production of "Eeek! A Mousical" next week will experience an historic event as well as an entertaining play.
  • Ex-Oregon resident aims to help pregnant teens Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:37AMBy GRETA STETSON BLADE STAFF WRITER Lori Ghiata Bowser, 52, has a son who is 35. Until now, she has largely ignored the puzzled looks as people do the math. But with the publishing of her book, Pregnant at 16, in May, the circumstances are clear. Mrs. Bowser became pregnant with her first son, Danny, while she was a sophomore at Clay High School in Oregon. Her self-published book details her ...
  • Paxton Campus Expands Preschool Program This Fall Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:27AMAfter several years of renovations, preschool services will again be offered this fall on the historic Carlheim property. The Open Door Learning Center will begin operations in September at 16-acre The Margaret Paxton Memorial Learning and Resource Campus on Wildman Street.
  • News in Brief Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 8:23AMBuilding Blocks fundraiser Building Blocks Learning Center will hold a bowling fundraiser at 7 p.m. July 30 at Parkway Lanes in Trenton.
  • ARMSTRONG: Board hires two investment banking firms Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:22AMThe Armstrong School District's board of directors voted Monday night to hire two investment banking firms to share responsibility for the bonds to fund the renovation and addition projects at the Elderton complex and Ford City Junior-Senior High School.
  • Statewide primary roundup Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 10:37PMATLANTA (AP) Former prosecutor Ken Hodges scored a resounding victory over rival state Rep. Rob Teilhet Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic Party's nomination for the state's first open attorney general's race in more than 60 years.
  • Runoff appears likely in Franklin County Board of Commissioners race Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 10:16PMOn the basis of incomplete vote totals, it appears that Levy Moore and Clint Harper will face each other in a runoff to determine who will be the Republican candidate for the District 4 seat on the Franklin County Board of Commissioners.
  • Longer-Living Dead: The New York Historical Society Extends an Unexpected Blockbuster Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 9:25PMOn August 1, on what would have been guitarist Jerry Garcia's 68th birthday, the New-York Historical Society will offer free admission, and a Ben & Jerry's ice cream cone, to anyone in a tie-dyed shirt. The exhibition on view is "Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society," and, with its lobby done in bright, striking purple and strains of rhythm & blues escaping from its ...