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These colors run

(Photo by Jason Kaplan) On Sept. 29, the Cornwall Middle School PTO held a Family Fun Color Run to raise money for a climbing structure to be used at recess. The organization is halfway to

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Receiving his rank

(photo by Jason Kaplan) During Saturday’s new cadet parade, at New York Military Academy, Patrick Lester attaches an epaulette to his son’s uniform. Cadet Jakai Lester received the rank of Private Second Class.

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Old Glory Relay

(photo by Jason Kaplan) On Sept. 11, in Boston, Team RWB unfurled Old Glory and set out on a 4,300-mile journey across America to honor and connect veterans while celebrating all that unites us as

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A comforting embrace

(Photo by Jason Kaplan) First day of school jitters are common, especially for children going to school for the first time. To ease the tension, Melissa Stewart offers Luciana Davies a hug during kindergarten orientation

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A wall of stone

(photo by Jason Kaplan) Over the last two months, Cornwall-on-Hudson Department of Public Works employees have been shoring up the roadway on Boulevard by creating Gabion walls. The wire baskets, which were filled with stones,

The Chen sisters
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Now they can be children again!

One day in a kindergarten in China, Mingxuan Chen started to cry. No one had hit her or scolded her. The hurt went deeper than that. She felt it every afternoon when the other children rushed out of the building to walk home with a parent, and she was left to walk home by herself.