THE NEW YORK several unsettling “swatting” incidents across the state on Thursday are being looked into by the New York State Police. When someone makes a fictitious 911 call regarding a critical situation, that is. It’s important to highlight that we ordinarily wouldn’t write on trends like these. Still, in the wake of Monday’s school … Read more
After rejecting a plea deal with the prosecution on Thursday, a former York County teacher will appear in court on a new date. The following session, scheduled for June 20, will be presided over by a substitute judge, according to Judge Richard Rizk. When Kristen McAllister, 33, was detained in June of last year, she … Read more
Agawam Katherine R. Glaessner 1943–2023 Katharine R. (Woods) Glaessner, also known as “Kathy,” “Woodsy,” “Mom,” “Ma G,” or “Mimi,” passed away on March 29, 2023, at the age of 79, in her Agawam home with the help of her family. She fought a stoic fight against metastatic mesothelioma. The oldest child of the late William … Read more
On March 23, 2023, Arlyce A. (Totsy) Moody, 78, of Clear Lake in Gemmell, Minnesota, passed away. The Blackduck, Minnesota-based Cease Family Funeral Home is planning a Celebration of Life. Kenneth W. and Anne E. (De La Barre) Treitline’s daughter Arlyce was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on May 1st, 1944. Arlyce’s family traveled around a … Read more
Some art educators believe high school theater may be the next front in the culture wars as worried parents raise the alarm about the rising number of bans targeting LGBTQ-themed publications and (some rainbow-themed) music on school campuses. Proof comes from places including Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, and New Jersey, where plays and musicals … Read more
UTAH’S UVALDE — Further discussions on gun control and school safety have been sparked by the Monday shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. At The Covenant School, a Presbyterian elementary school for preschool through sixth-grade children, three 9-year-olds and three adults were shot and killed. Police shot and killed Audrey Hale, 28, the shooter, … Read more
On March 22, 2023, Timothy Andrew Devine, known as Tad by those who loved him, died quietly in his family’s arms at Newport Beach. Age-wise, he was 88. Tad was born on November 26, 1934, in Los Angeles. Being the son of actor Andy Devine and Dorothy House Devine, Tad experienced a colorful upbringing on … Read more
While spending the winter in Naples, Florida, with his wife Margaret, Daniel Pehrson, age 69, of Rochester Hills, Michigan, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a cardiac arrest on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. He spent his final days basking in the sunshine he loved and watching the dolphins and boats in Doctors Pass. His 44-year-old … Read more
Tuesday was terrifying for many school communities due to several threats that surfaced only one day after the horrific Nashville shooting. Tuesday, parents throughout the Bay State—including Hope Corsi—received calls from their children’s schools informing them of a lockdown. “I immediately sped here and I got lots of emails and calls from other parents I … Read more
On March 25, 2023, Kathryn Ann Zwickel, 78, passed away in the Augusta University Medical Center. Her parents, the late Hadley DeLorme and Frances Day Brown gave birth to her on March 14, 1945. David R. Zwickel, Kathryn Ann’s spouse of 27 years, her cherished sister Rebecca “Becky” Skelton, and her brother-in-law Raymond Skelton predeceased … Read more