Cohoes, NY
Breaking News
Cohoes Mayor's Son-In-Law Raped Teen Student: Officials Cohoes Mayor's Son-In-Law Raped Teen Student: Officials
Cohoes Mayor's Son-In-Law Raped Teen Student: Officials A New York high school teacher raped a teenage student multiple times last year, authorities said Thursday, April 2. Drake Galarneau, an English teacher at Cohoes High School and son-in-law of Cohoes Mayor Bill Keeler, was arraigned Thursday on eight counts of third-degree rape and one count of child endangerment, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. He pleaded not guilty to all nine charges. Galarneau, 36, began a relationship with a student under age 17 at the school in January 2025, and the relationship included sexual encounters from May 2025 through October 2025, prosecut…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Cambridge, MA
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MA Ranked No. 2 For Innovation In US, New Study Finds: Here's Why MA Ranked No. 2 For Innovation In US, New Study Finds: Here's Why
MA Ranked No. 2 For Innovation In US, New Study Finds: Here's Why The nation's capital and several Northeast states are driving research, innovation, and business growth, according to a new study. WalletHub released its 2026 list of Most & Least Innovative States on Wednesday, March 18. The report evaluated all 50 states and Washington, DC, using 25 indicators tied to innovation. The metrics include the share of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers, research and development spending, and tech industry presence. Washington, DC, retained its place as the nation's innovation leader, according to WalletHub. The District sto…

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by Chris Spiker
Danbury, CT
Breaking News
Danbury Summer Camp Returns To Rogers Park July 6 Danbury Summer Camp Returns To Rogers Park July 6
Danbury Summer Camp Returns To Rogers Park July 6 Danbury Recreation Department will run its Kids Summer Camp from July 6 through Aug. 7. According to Danbury Recreation Department’s Facebook post, the camp is open to students in 1st through 8th grade and will offer a mix of indoor and outdoor activities focused on keeping kids active and engaged over the summer. The program will be held at Rogers Park, located at 21 Memorial Dr. from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $150 per week, and free breakfast and lunch are included. The department stated on Facebook that families are encouraged to register early because space is limited.

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by Daily Voice
Pascack Valley, NJ
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New Farm Stand Eyed At Former DiPiero’s Site In Montvale After 100-Year Run Ends New Farm Stand Eyed At Former DiPiero’s Site In Montvale After 100-Year Run Ends
New Farm Stand Eyed At Former DiPiero’s Site In Montvale After 100-Year Run Ends A new farm stand appears to be taking root at the former site of DiPiero’s Farm in Montvale, following the longtime business’s closure after 100 years. An Instagram page for The Montvale Farm Stand lists its location as 156 Summit Ave., in Montvale, the same address as the former DiPiero’s property. The page describes the concept as a “Community Forward Farm / Farmstand x Farmers Market x Education,” and includes a link for vendor sign-ups. No further details about the project were immediately available as of press time. Daily Voice has reached out to the operators for additional informat…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mansfield-Storrs, CT
Breaking News
Former Mansfield School Employee Who Coerced 11-Year-Old Boy Into Sex Gets 20 Years: Feds Former Mansfield School Employee Who Coerced 11-Year-Old Boy Into Sex Gets 20 Years: Feds
Former Mansfield School Employee Who Coerced 11-Year-Old Boy Into Sex Gets 20 Years: Feds A former Connecticut school employee who admitted to repeatedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy will spend 20 years behind bars, authorities announced.  Alyson Cranick, 44, of Columbia, a former Region 19 school employee in Mansfield, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release on Thursday, March 12, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said.  According to the prosecutor, Cranick first contacted the boy through text messaging and Snapchat. She later used the internet chat service Discord to continue communicating wit…

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by Josh Lanier
Setauket-Stony Brook, NY
Your Community
Suffolk County Teacher Who Wished Death To Trump Supporters Keeps Job Suffolk County Teacher Who Wished Death To Trump Supporters Keeps Job
Suffolk County Teacher Who Wished Death To Trump Supporters Keeps Job A Long Island teacher who wished President Trump’s supporters a slow and painful death in a Facebook post last year will keep her job, an arbitrator ruled. Pamila Pahuja, who taught science at R.C. Murphy Junior High School in Stony Brook, won her case against Three Village School District, which sought to fire her, Newsday reported Monday, March 9. In January 2025, days before Trump’s second inauguration, Pahuja shared a Facebook post hoping for “all Trump supporters” to “slowly wither away while struggling to gasp.” “That’s what you want for people you deem not worthy right?” she wrote. …

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by Joe Wilkinson
Manassas, VA
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High School Senior Killed In Fiery I-66 Crash In Manassas Just Weeks Before Graduation Day High School Senior Killed In Fiery I-66 Crash In Manassas Just Weeks Before Graduation Day
High School Senior Killed In Fiery I-66 Crash In Manassas Just Weeks Before Graduation Day A Virginia high school senior who had just picked up his graduation gown was killed in a fiery crash on I-66 weeks before he was set to celebrate the milestone he worked so hard to reach. José Daniel Rivera Quintana, 19, of Bristow, died shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, when his Toyota Corolla slammed into the back of a parked tractor-trailer in the eastbound lanes of I-66 near the rest area at the 49-mile marker, according to Virginia State Police. The impact caused the sedan to burst into flames. Investigators said the 2024 Kenworth tractor-trailer was legally parked at the re…

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by Zak Failla
Livingston, NJ
Breaking News
Livingston's Fabulous Fur-Clad Crossing Guard Was Just Discovered By The Internet Livingston's Fabulous Fur-Clad Crossing Guard Was Just Discovered By The Internet
Livingston's Fabulous Fur-Clad Crossing Guard Was Just Discovered By The Internet If you live in Livingston, you probably know exactly who Paulette Dorflaufer is. Now, the internet is finding out for the first time and cannot get enough. A video of the 82-year-old crossing guard at her post at West Northfield Road and Hillside Avenue was shared Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, by Ollie McAteer, a 35-year-old former British journalist who moved to the United States a decade ago. His Instagram page highlights the people and moments that make New Jersey unique, including Dorflaufer. “I was driving to get my Volvo done and I passed through this crossing section, and I saw her at …

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
Hunter College Professor Placed On Leave After Racist Remarks Caught On Hot Mic Hunter College Professor Placed On Leave After Racist Remarks Caught On Hot Mic
Hunter College Professor Placed On Leave After Racist Remarks Caught On Hot Mic A Hunter College associate professor has been placed on leave after racist remarks were caught on a hot mic during a New York City Community Education Council meeting earlier this month, officials said. The comments were made by Allyson Friedman during a virtual Community Education Council District 3 meeting on Feb. 10, and were captured on video about an hour and two minutes into the meeting. “They're just too dumb to know they're in a bad school. I mean, apparently Martin Luther King said it, like if you train a Black person well enough, they'll know to use the back, you don't have to tel…

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
Larry Summers Resigns From Harvard Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties Larry Summers Resigns From Harvard Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Larry Summers Resigns From Harvard Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University following the release of years of emails that he exchanged with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Summers will give up his University Professorship, which is Harvard's highest faculty distinction, and remain on leave through the end of the academic year. The Harvard Crimson student newspaper was the first to report on the prominent economist's resignation on Wednesday, Feb. 25. The 71-year-old will also step down as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at th…

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by Chris Spiker
Hershey, PA
Your Community
Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs
Hershey Elementary Assistant Principal Charged With Highest-Rate DUI: Court Docs A Hershey elementary school assistant principal is facing DUI charges after police say she was caught driving with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit in Lebanon County. Kelly Marie Brennan-Lombel, 41, of Hershey, was charged by South Londonderry Township Police on Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to court records. Lombel serves as an assistant principal at Hershey Elementary School in the Derry Township School District. She assumed the role at the start of the 2024-2025 school year, according to the district’s website. According to the criminal docket, Lombel is charged wi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Arlington, VA
Obituaries
Former Washington Redskin Turned Maryland Teacher Tre’ Johnson Dies Unexpectedly On Family Trip Former Washington Redskin Turned Maryland Teacher Tre’ Johnson Dies Unexpectedly On Family Trip
Former Washington Redskin Turned Maryland Teacher Tre’ Johnson Dies Unexpectedly On Family Trip Former standout NFL lineman turned Maryland high school history teacher Tre' Johnson died unexpectedly while on a family vacation, his wife announced. Johnson was just 54. "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my husband, Tre' Johnson, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, during a brief family trip," Irene Johnson posted. "His four children, Chloe, EJ, EZ, and Eden, extended family, friends, and I are devastated and in shock." A Peekskill High School graduate, Johnson went on to star at Temple University before being picked 31st overall in the secon…

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by Zak Failla