Charting a course: area company helps students navigate career paths (The Beacon News) Over the years, the cost of attending college has risen dramatically. Recent statistics indicate that for 2006, the average cost of college, including; tuition, fees, room and board at a private institution was $30,367 per year, according to a study by the College Board, the nonprofit organization that administers the SAT college-entrance exam. Public colleges and universities cost less, $12,796 ......more...No Gator is lock to star (Miami Herald) The love affair with amateurism is over for s Ray McDonald. He wants to make some money. Payday is almost here for this former Gators defensive lineman....more... Air Force family perseveres through wartime (Mount Shasta News) When Technical Sergeant Douglas Moore returns to his wife and children from Iraq in July, he will have disarmed thousands of explosives while facing indirect fire attack. It is likely that his wife Robyn, also a Tech. Sgt., will then go to the Middle East to face the same dangers....more... There's something about Puckett's (Fairview Observer) LEIPER'S FORK COMMUNITY ? Savory smells waft off the grill, country music plays overhead and the sound of conversation and dishes clanking take over this cozy spot on a chilly spring morning....more... CIGI tests in AD (AME Info) The Abu Dhabi Chapter of the Centre for Information and Guidance India is to carry out differential aptitude tests on students to help them in their future career choice. The tests will be for Indian pupils in grades 9-12 and will take place from April 20-21....more... News Articles (Chart) At $130 per hour, Missouri Southern's hardest class won't even earn you college credit. It's not Calculus with Analytical Geometry III, or Quantum Mechanics. With a 52.5 percent rate of Ds, Fs, withdrawals or incompletes (DFWI) for 2004- 2005, Math 30 clocks in as Southern's hardest class....more... Business profile: William Hill's thoroughbred (Daily Telegraph) David Harding can trace his bookmaker pedigree back three generations - and now he's running the grandest of them all. Richard Northedge reports....more... North Quincy High Preparing for Post-Prom Party (RedNova) LOCAL IN BRIEF NORTH QUINCY HIGH PREPARING FOR POST-PROM PARTY QUINCY - The North Quincy High School Senior Stayout committee's last meeting of the year will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school cafeteria....more... Brigadier-General has eye on our military's future (Cornwall Standard Freeholder) A local lad is now soaring to new heights and sporting a star. Brigadier-General Charles "Duff" Sullivan, CD, a former Long Sault resident, is now serving as Director General of Capability Development at National Defence Headquarters, in Ottawa....more... |