Vicki Vingoe, of Shohola, Pa., and her son Edward, 8, on the first snowday of the winter. The Vingoes moved back to the Northeast in part so Edward could experience the magic of snow. ( Vicki Vingoe) The future of snow days When kids woke up to a snow globe world last month, some pulled on snow pants and headed outside for a pre-breakfast snowball... Local News 08 Jan 2021 | 12:49
The Associated Press reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has threatened a 20 percent permanent across-the-board cut in aid to schools, hospitals and local governments if Congress doesn’t enact more aid to replace the state’s lost revenue. School administrators in Chester and Goshen are preparing contingency plans to deal with what may happen next to funding. Dangerous waters ahead for school funding In past years budgets adopted in the spring have enabled local public schools to chart a safe course for the coming year.... Local News 30 Sep 2020 | 12:26