October 2015 – Page 5 – The Cornwall Local

School & young folks information

October 2, 2015 Editorial Staff

Last year, a team of Willow Avenue fourth-graders stayed late one day a month to work on a butterfly garden. The kids moved up to the middle school at the end of June, but on Sept. 22, they came back after hearing that their garden was teeming with caterpillars.

Kamlet to teach orienteering at Black Rock

October 2, 2015 Jason Kaplan

Orienteering is a sport that entails using navigational skills, a map, and compass to navigate from one point to another in unfamiliar terrain. Often in the form of a race, the goal is to find controls marked on a map.

Schools score high while spending less

October 2, 2015 Ken Cashman

Governor Andrew Cuomo has often criticized schools in the state for spending too much and producing too little.

Obituary – October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015 Editorial Staff

Mabel L. Piatt March 23, 1932-September 27, 2015 Mabel L. Piatt, entered into eternal rest on Sept. 27 at Elant at Goshen. She was 83-years-old and a former resident of Cornwall. The daughter of Louis