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Friday, May 10, 2013  Officials in Newtown, Conn. say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Schools in Holland Patent were on lockdown Tuesday after a man entered elementary school grounds with an unusual request.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Newtown, Conn., officials are meeting to discuss what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December, but they might not vote.

Monday, April 22, 2013  As the weather gets warmer, drivers sometimes need a refresher on the rules of the road, especially when it comes to school bus safety.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on what they're calling some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the mass school shooting in the state in December.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Some residents in Newtown, Conn., say they're outraged at receiving robocalls from the National Rifle Association only three months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A Central New York family with ties to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is holding an event to help the family of one of the victims.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  People close to the investigation tell The Associated Press that the gunman in the Connecticut school massacre showed interest in other mass killings.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A letter sent home to families in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown School District on March 6 said two shotgun shells were found in the trash can of the fourth, fifth and sixth grade section of the cafeteria.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  The mother of a 5-year-old boy, who she says was roughed up inside the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School, is accusing the district of not doing enough to stop bullying. APW School Superintendent Gerry Hudson says "we’re reactive and proactive" and points out that the district has established an anti-bullying taskforce.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Liverpool school officials say an elementary school was locked down briefly Wednesday afternoon, but all is clear now.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  SUNY Cortland hosted a "teach-in" about the threats posed by gun violence in the wake of the Newtown shooting, which killed Mary Sherlach, Class of 1978.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung, five other educators and 20 children were killed in the Dec. 14 mass shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Chittenango is closing Lake Street Elementary as a result of decreased enrollment and financial issues.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Members of the Local 280 lined the perimeter of the building where Mayor Stephanie Miner delivered her state of the city address to protest the potential closing of fire station #7 on University Hill.