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WATCH: NY Children Bamboozled By Outdated School Technology In Viral Video WATCH: NY Children Bamboozled By Outdated School Technology In Viral Video
Watch: NY Children Bamboozled By Outdated School Technology In Viral Video A New York school district’s video of middle school children being bewildered by outdated technology has gone viral. In the clip, which racked up more than 2 million views on Instagram, various children at a Niskayuna Central school approach an overhead projector and attempt to guess what it is. A couple students even try to see something in the bulb or on the (empty) projector’s surface. View this post on Instagram “I do not know what this is,” the first student in the video says. “Looks very old.” “Is it an X-ray machine?” one guesses. “I …

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by Joe Wilkinson
Police & Fire
Officer Saves Choking Child In School Cafeteria In Hudson Valley Officer Saves Choking Child In School Cafeteria In Hudson Valley
Officer Saves Choking Child In School Cafeteria In Hudson Valley A quick-thinking School Resource Officer in Dutchess County is being credited with saving a 12-year-old student who began choking during lunch at a middle school, authorities said. The incident happened on Thursday, March 20, a little after noon, when Red Hook Police Officer David Schmitz, who was present in the school cafeteria, noticed a student in visible distress at the Linden Avenue Middle School cafeteria, the Red Hook Police Department said on Friday, March 21. Recognizing that the child was choking, Schmitz immediately jumped into action and performed the Heimlich maneuver, suc…

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by Ben Crnic
Traffic
Stretch Of Road Near School In Hudson Valley Closed After Water Main Break Stretch Of Road Near School In Hudson Valley Closed After Water Main Break
Stretch Of Road Near School In Hudson Valley Closed After Water Main Break A stretch of road near a middle school in Northern Westchester is closed to traffic thanks to a water main break.  Watch Hill Road from Furnace Dock Road to Furnace Woods Road in the town of Cortlandt is closed as crews repair the break, Cortlandt officials announced on Friday, Jan. 24 just before 8 a.m.  The area is near Blue Mountain Middle School. Crews have set up a detour in the area.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates. 

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by Ben Crnic