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Area School District Pauses Home Competitions After HS Football Post-Game Shooting Area School District Pauses Home Competitions After HS Football Post-Game Shooting
Area School District Pauses Home Competitions After HS Football Post-Game Shooting A school district in the Hudson Valley paused home athletic competitions following a shooting that injured three people after a high school football game. The Newburgh Enlarged City School District temporarily paused all athletic competitions located at district or local municipality-sponsored locations, Newburgh Schools Athletic Director Howard Harrison announced on Thursday, Oct. 6. The school district said home games for the NFA Goldbacks will resume on Saturday, Oct. 15. The news comes after a shooting that happened at the Newburgh Free Academy at about 9:30 p.m. on Friday, S…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In Area Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In Area
Police ID 'Persons Of Interest' In Shooting After HS Football Game In Area Do you know them? Police have identified two "persons of interest" after three people were shot following a high school football game overnight in the Hudson Valley. The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 in Orange County at the Newburgh Free Academy when police say a fight broke out in the north parking lot after the game against visiting Warwick Valley High School. Five shots were fired as soon as the fight broke out, according to Newburgh Police.  Officers on the scene who responded located the three victims:  A 43-year-old woman who was shot in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
School District In Area Names New Superintendent School District In Area Names New Superintendent
School District In Area Names New Superintendent A longtime educator with lengthy ties to Westchester has been chosen to take over at the helm of one of the Hudson Valley’s largest school districts. In Orange County, Dr. Jackielyn Manning Campbell - whose 24-year career includes stops in Mount Vernon, White Plains, New Rochelle, and New York City - has been named as the new Superintendent of Schools for the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. The announcement of her appointment was made by the Board of Education during a special meeting on Thursday, May 26 following a lengthy national search. During her time in Westchester, officials…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
COVID-19: District In Area Delays Start Of School Year COVID-19: District In Area Delays Start Of School Year
Covid-19: District In Area Delays Start Of School Year A school district in the area has rescheduled the first day of school, moving the start date to deal with COVID-19-related issues. During a meeting on Monday, Aug. 30, the Newburgh Enlarged City School District voted to change the beginning of the school year to Thursday, Sept. 9, according to a letter to the community from the district. Schools had been scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Under the new schedule, Wednesday, Sept. 1, and Thursday, Sept. 2, will now be Superintendent’s Conference days.  Friday, Sept. 3, will be an emergency day and the district will be close…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
New Update - Schools Announce Closures, Shifts To Remote Learning For Tuesday New Update - Schools Announce Closures, Shifts To Remote Learning For Tuesday
New Update - Schools Announce Closures, Shifts To Remote Learning For Tuesday The following school districts have announced closures and shifts to remote learning for Tuesday, Feb. 2 due to the major winter storm.Reload page for new updates. Westchester County Ardsley Public Schools, remote instruction Bedford Central School District, closed Byram Hills Central School District, asynchronous snow day Chappaqua Central School District, closed Croton Harmon School District, closed Eastchester Union Free School District, asynchronous snow day Elmsford Union Free School District, remote instruction  Greenburgh North Castle UFSD, remote instructi…

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by Daily Voice
News
Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead
Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead A Hudson Valley teacher who was recently accused of the alleged sexual abuse of an elementary student years ago was found dead at his Orange County home. Shawn Memmelaar, a retired Newburgh physical education teacher, was found dead Sunday, Oct. 13, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Town of Goshen Police said. Memmelaar, who was a gym teacher at the now-closed Union Grove Elementary School in Newburgh, had denied the allegations after a recently filed lawsuit claimed he abused student Sandra Burke, 55, from 1969 through 1975. Burke's attorney, Evan Foulke, told News 12, that Memmelaar wou…

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by Kathy Reakes