A 7-Year-Old Was Accused of Rape. Is Arresting Him the Answer?
“Science doesn’t support prosecution of second graders,” one lawyer said. Still, in New York, children as young as 7 can be charged with a crime.
An arrest of a child shook tiny Brasher Falls, a hamlet near the Canadian border, and may have restarted a push in the Legislature to change New York’s law.Credit.Malik Rainey for The New York Times
June 3, 2021Updated 9:43 a.m. ET
At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, N.Y., population about 1,000. He was charged with rape.
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Program Addresses National Challenge: Rural Students Attend College at Lower Rates Than Those in Cities, Suburbs
Vermont Business Magazine CFES Brilliant Pathways, a college and career-readiness nonprofit based in Essex, NY, has chosen 20 rural schools in northeastern New York and Vermont for its newly launched North Country Brilliant Pathways program. Seventy-two schools applied for the program, which was announced in April.
The initiative, which has a value of $1.5 million, will provide schools with a multi-faceted, comprehensive college readiness program that will put more of their students on a path to college.
Currently, a lower percentage of rural students attend college compared with their urban and suburban counterparts, and they drop out at far higher rates.
POTSDAM — Two active members of the Potsdam community will be recognized when the Potsdam Rotary Club holds its annual dinner Tuesday at the Potsdam Town & Country Club.
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