cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52330530

Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins said, “Every child deserves access to a strong educational foundation, and every parent deserves the peace of mind that comes with knowing their child is in a high-quality learning environment. By expanding these opportunities, we are helping our youngest learners build the skills they need to succeed, while providing working families with meaningful support to balance the demands of raising a family and working towards a solid future. This investment in universal Pre-K is a major step forward for children and families across Westchester, and I thank Governor Hochul for her leadership on this.”

Village of Tuckahoe Mayor Cara Kronen said, "Governor Hochul’s investment in universal pre-K will make a meaningful difference for families in the Village of Tuckahoe and across New York State. Expanding pre-K will help ensure that all of our youngest learners, regardless of their families’ income or circumstances, have access to high-quality, nurturing early childhood education while providing essential support to working families"

With all the crazy shit going on nowadays, I love that we still have the wisdom to spend money on children and families.

Any other exiles from the 518 BBS scene filtered through to the fediverse?

as a reference to the simpsons episode?

For anyone who is interested in testing for their Technician license or upgrading to General or Amateur Extra:

The Troy Amateur Radio Association will be holding a VE session this Saturday at the Watervliet Senior Center (1501 Broadway, Watervliet).

Doors open at 9:30am and the session begins at 10am. Don't be late!

Bring your FCC-supplied FRN #, current license (if you have one), $15 test fee, and photo ID. Links and more relevant information can be found at www.N2TY.org/tvet.htm.

North Creek’s rail bike company rescued RPI students who got stranded while river rafting. After their rafts got stuck, the rafters hiked six hours and then, after midnight, pedaled back to civilization on the rail bikes.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/stranded-hudson-river-rafters-rescued-adirondacks-18352332.php

Bruce Springsteen canceled his Albany concert so he can deal with a medical issue. The concert was already rescheduled from March due to a band member’s illness.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ailing-springsteen-cancels-albany-syracuse-18351649.php

The holiday lights show which was supposed to move from Washington Park to Altamont Fairgrounds this year is also canceled, because the Albany Police Athletic League couldn’t get it organized in time. (During the pandemic the Bethlehem police department killed our adorable Christmas parade which brought the community together in favor of a drive-through lights event. If they stick with that this year, I bet it will be extra packed.)

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/no-holiday-lights-altamont-year-18350989.php

The Belmont Stakes will likely be at Saratoga in 2024 and 2025 as Belmont Park is being renovated.

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/belmont-stakes-coming-saratoga-2024-18348161.php

The Saugerties town board would like to pass a motion to deny all FOIL requests for records regarding resignations and retirements, which is pretty clearly illegal. This is presumably to avoid releasing records about the police chief who recently left following a sexual assault scandal in his department.

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/saugerties-foil-request-retirement-resignation-18350358.php

It’s the first day of a lot of local schools. Will this year continue the trend of chronic absenteeism, which spiked during the pandemic when many students either decided school was bullshit or were too sick to attend?

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/millions-kids-missing-weeks-school-attendance-18289670.php