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US Presidential Scholar: Northern Westchester Student Named Candidate For Top Honor
A senior at a Northern Westchester high school has been nominated for one of the nation's highest honors for students. Daniel Ndocaj, a senior at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, has been selected as a candidate for the US Presidential Scholars Program, the Byram Hills Central School District announced on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The federal program, created in 1964, recognizes the country's most distinguished graduating seniors and is one of the nation's highest honors for a high school student. According to district officials, Ndocaj was one of the more than 5,000…
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'Nay's Place': Capital District City Dedicates Bball Courts To Teen Athlete Killed In Crash
A Capital District city is honoring a young athlete who died just months after graduating high school. Schenectady High School alum Naylon “Nay” Carrington was killed in a car crash in October 2020 at the age of 18, according to relatives. Not long after, loved ones started a petition on Change.org asking Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy and the city council to rename the Central Park Basketball Court in his honor. Carrington spent hours playing on the court, “bettering his game and gaining mental and physical clarity,” said Jerome Steele, the petition’s organizer. “He would frequent with…