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BOCES Educators Learn About Science Of Reading

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Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES educators and component district teachers from throughout the region recently learned from reading expert Dr. David Kilpatrick, who led an insightful workshop focused on the Science of Reading. Dr. Kilpatrick, author of the acclaimed book Essentials of ...

Westfield Home Damaged In Fire

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Crews from a number of area departments were on the scene around 1 p.m. Saturday for a fire at 9 First St. in the village of Westfield. Responders from the village, town, Ripley and Dewittville and the county Emergency Services were at the location. Witnesses at the scene reported that ...

No Pain, No Gain?

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If you ever turned on the TV in the 2000s after midnight, you might have seen an informercial for P90X. The exercise program promised shredded abs and bulging biceps for anyone who pushed themselves to their limits for 90 days of 90-minute workouts. So it may come as a surprise that its ...

“Some Of It’s Magic, Some Of It’s Tragic”

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The title above is a lyric from a song by Jimmy Buffett that was titled, “He Went to Paris,” and as I sometimes do when I hear certain song lyrics, I often feel some of them were directed specifically toward me. In my nearly 72 years of life, I’ve had good times and bad, I’ve met many ...

Saying Goodbye To Cara

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It seemed like it might be an ordinary day, Wednesday, February 12. My friend Cara was at home in Lakewood, in the chair that had become her world, texting her friends since speaking had become impossible. That’s the thing about ALS. The brain stays robust—in Cara’s case, a mighty brain ...