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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Common Core supporter from Port Chester meeting is a lobbysit

During the only local public forum on the new Common Core curriculum, which drew hundreds of people to Port Chester Middle School on Monday, every one of the 70 speakers, most of whom identified themselves as parents or educators, and often both, was critical about one aspect or another of the initiative.



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Common Core cheerleader faces backlash over his day job

... the only local public forum on the new Common Core curriculum, which drew hundreds of people to the Port Chester Middle School Monday, every one of the 70 speakers, most of whom identified themselves as parents or educators, and often both, was ...



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State's Common Core Tour Has Yet To Play Big Apple

All month, state education officials have faced angry crowds from Albany to Port Chester over the roll out of the new Common Core curriculum, but they haven't come to the city, at least yet.



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Meet Adele, The Port Chester Daily Voice Dog Of The Week

Former Port Chester High School teacher Lt. Colonel James S. Volk, Sr. died on Saturday, Oct. 26. He was 74.



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Port Chester Halloween in the Park; Reid Genauer at Garcia's

... meeting to hear the Town Clerk's 2014 tentative budget and to set a date for the public hearing for a budget. Port Chester Recreation Department and TD Bank present Halloween in the park on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. with a costume parade, lead ...



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Rye Town Park Moves Forward On New Management

... of Rye Town Park . The Rye Town Park Commission, which is made up of representatives from the Town of Rye, Port Chester, Rye Brook, the City of Rye and Mamaroneck, have contracted with BFJ Planning to help solicit bids from private organizations ...



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Famous Rye Native's Comedy Show at The Cap to Benefit PC Carver Center

Comedy Central is going to help raise funds for the Port Chester Carver Center this December, thanks to Rye native and famous comedian Nick Kroll.



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Port Chester's Anthony Pellegrini Picked For All-State Symphonic Band

Anthony Pellegrini, a senior at Port Chester High School, has been chosen to play baritone saxophone as a member of the New York All-State Symphonic Band.



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