Johnstown’s Knox Field schedule to reopen Monday

Johnstown’s Knox Field schedule to reopen Monday

Greater Johnstown School District’s Knox Field has a reopening date. The field is expected to be ready Monday, Sept. 25, according to a post on the district’s website. The new opening date will allow the Sept. 26 and Sept. 27 varsity field hockey games to be played at home. Varsity football will make its return to the field for the next home game on Oct. 13. The field is closed to the public while repairs are underway. The bridal path on the field’s upper level remains open to the community, unless otherwise noted by signage on-site, according to the district’s…
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Bus crash in Orange County kills at least 2, dozens injured; high school band was headed to camp in Pa.

Two people, both adults, were killed and at least 40 were injured after a bus carrying a Long Island high school marching band fell into a 50-foot ravine off of I-84 near Middletown, Orange County, Thursday afternoon. The bus was traveling from Farmingdale High School in Nassau County to an annual marching band camp in Pennsylvania. The two deceased are 43 year-old Gina Pellettiere, of Massapequa, the school’s director of bands, and retired teacher 77-year-old Beatrice Ferrari, of Farmingdale. Five or six students remain in the hospital in critical condition, police said. The bus was carrying 40 students and 4…
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