Although I am against violence and was as horrified as anyone at the recent shooting tragedies, I do not support all the restrictions on guns being proposed by Gov. Cuomo and President Obama.

Video games are fun, however video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters, and worse, and some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain.

David Zordich made it on the Junior Olympics at only age 14!

Would you like to travel the world but risk your life at the same time? Well, that’s what people in the Air Force do every day.

I recently attended to an interesting seminar about how to raise chickens given by Rich Kennedy of Nutrena Feed at Locust Hill Farm and Stove in Pattersonville.

In the early 1900s, it was a male-dominated society, even in a backwoods town called Easton.

On June 7, 2011, my class went on a trip to a bee farm in Rotterdam to do beekeeping and to study flowers and insects.

The beekeeper is Mr. Daniel Brudos . Mr. Brudos is a third-grade teacher at Central Park Magnet School in Schenectady. He has lived in Rotterdam all of his life, and he has been keeping bees since he was in middle school.

There is a type of pants in stores with the styles of jeans and the comfort of leggings. Jeggings are a special type of pants. They are leggings and jeans put together in one pair of pants! However, people have their own opinions on jeggings . Some people love them, while other people don't find a purpose for them.

Do you know anyone who would want to volunteer for a dog rescue program? Well, my mom did. She, the police, and the G.R.R.O.W.L.S dog rescue members saved a dog that I will never forget.

Have you ever thought that a class of eighth graders could knit?

When most people think about chocolate and coffee, they think of a luxurious, magical, name brand taste. What those people don't know is that children and adults alike are mistreated, abused, and not getting paid for picking cocoa beans.

In August 2011, Hurricane Irene devastated the Capital Region as well as many other communities. The hurricane felled trees and power lines and caused heavy flooding.

On Aug. 28, my town of Schoharie, along with several other villages, was flooded by Hurricane Irene. I live in Schoharie in one of the many houses that was washed out.

How many times a day does a teenage girl hear the words “I need to lose weight!” or “I’m too fat; I wish I was skinnier!” Most high school can say they hear that more times than they can count.

How would you like to go from an underachiever to a college graduate? Well, a good idea to help you on the way is to read the books that the Freedom Writers read.