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One of the two people killed in a New York bus crash Thursday was a former longtime teacher who continued to volunteer as a band camp chaperone 17 years after her retirement. Beatrice Ferrari, 77, died in the crash in Wawayanda, about 75 miles northwest of New York City. The bus was carrying 40 students and four adults from Long Island’s Farmingdale School District to a band camp in Pennsylvania when it fell down a 50-foot ravine, according to New York state officials. Band director Gina Pellet…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University has canceled Friday classes due to “extraordinary stress” amid a junior being federally charged with making antisemitic threats. Instead, Friday will serve as a “community day,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Christine Lovely, the vice president and chief human resources officer, said in an email to students and staff, school paper The Cornell Daily Sun reported. “No classes will be held, and faculty and staff will be excused from work, except for employees who…
3 months ago
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