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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

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 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.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Stephen Barton, a Syracuse University alum and survivor of the Aurora theater shooting, is the keynote speaker at Syracuse University’s “Guns and America: Joining the Conversation” discussion on Tuesday night.

Friday, February 15, 2013  The six Sandy Hook Elementary School teachers and staff members who died trying to protect their students are remembered for their heroism. Family members accepted the Presidential Citizens Award in their honor at the White House. The school psychologist with ties to Central New York, Mary Sherlach, was among those recongized.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Children from Newtown who recently recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" will be featured as part of the Grammy Awards broadcast.

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, January 14, 2013  The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is taking a closer look at its safety and security procedures in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The National Rifle Association released an iPhone and iPad app called "NRA: Practice Range" that is rated ages 4+.

Monday, January 14, 2013  An anonymous donor has guaranteed free rides on Destiny USA’s famous carousel for 20 days in honor of the Newtown shooting victims.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry as the White House seeks to assemble proposals to combat gun violence in response to last month's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.