Pr. George's Schools Pick Left N.J. Under Cloud
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The Prince George's County Board of Education announced that it plans to hire a former New Jersey school superintendent who was once accused of poor performance to be its executive director.
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In the wake of the 2006 N.C.A.A. tournament, which featured George Masonâs run to the Final Four, the selection committee appeared to shy away from smaller conference teams this year.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The handshake, perfunctory in nature, left a lot to be desired.
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As politicians in the state capital haggled over how to fill a &#36;4.5 billion budget deficit, New Jersey&#039;s fiscal crisis was being felt across the state &amp;#151; casinos were closed, state offices were shuttered and many state employees stayed home.
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DUXBURY -- On a night like this, there was concern that the weather would decide the Patriot League title. No one guessed it would come down to punting and passing.
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-- Connecticut was a clear choice as No. 1. Rutgers was more of a poll mystery. The Huskies regained the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday after receiving 38 of the 50 first-place votes. Connecticut had been No. 1 for seven straight weeks before falling to No. 2 last...
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It's no 86-year championship drought, but after suffering three consecutive season-ending losses to King Philip in the Division 2 South tournament, the Duxbury girls' soccer team had started to feel cursed. Last night the eighth-seeded Dragons (12-1-6) exacted revenge with a 1-0 first-round tournament victory in Duxbury. King Philip entered as the No. 9 seed.
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One of the city's newest public schools is named for poet who promoted peace and published his most famous work while living in New York, but there has been little peace for the Khalil Gibran International Academy.
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The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.
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NEWTOWN, Pa., Sept. 19 -- The news reached a few students at the George School on Monday night in an e-mail carrying the subject line "You are kidding!?"
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Mayor Richard Daley's son, whose name and MBA from one of the nation's most prestigious universities would have opened doors to a lucrative career, has instead joined the Army and could be sent off to the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan.
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After a weekend in which Rutgers beat South Florida and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, the Big East standings are a jumble.
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The defensively-challenged New Jersey Nets dropped a 110-99 decision to the Raptors, just two days after Carter was sent to New Jersey for three players and two future first-round picks.
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PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside Orlando, Fla., wondering if his sales pitch to a recruit had enticed the player to consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for him as well.
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Gary Walters understands the difficulty in filling those final spots for the NCAA field. This year, however, his selection committee faces a new twist &#151; picking the top seeds. With Florida's late-season struggles, Wisconsin's injuries and Kansas' power ranking, Walters acknowledged Wednesday that putting together the 65-team field this weekend will be far from clear-cut.
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Â· Dozens turned down by local Catholic primaries Â· Councillor warns of mini apartheid in seaside town
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By By Kathe Tanner, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Sep. 21--The new Cambria Grammar School, which opened for classes last fall, has been plagued with costly construction- related headaches.