Friday, December 21, 2012
Superintendent Joseph Sawyer is working with emergency responders to make sure district children are safe.
According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, schools that had previously had an "open door" policy quickly became locked facilities requiring visitors get buzzed in following the Connecticut shooting tragedy. Boston expanded its security at schools, as did towns such as Natick, Winchester and Medford. Shrewsbury Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Sawyer has decided now is the time to review the schools’ safety plans here as well. “We have redoubled our efforts related to existing safety and security protocols, and we have increased the levels of supervision of visitors to our schools,” Sawyer said in a release. Sawyer is worked with Shrewsbury Police Chief James Hester to create a committee to review the current safety plans and …
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A woman was appalled today when she didn't see the flag lowered at the local post office.
Dorrie Maynard, who lives in Worcester, was concerned on Tuesday when she stopped to mail something at the Shrewsbury Post Office and saw that the flag there was not at half-staff. President Barack Obama ordered flags at the White House, public buildings, grounds and military facilities to be flown at half-staff in the wake of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. on Friday. Posting on Facebook, she wrote, "When I asked the kid why, he said, 'We didn't get an order to do it.' I said that the president gave the order and as a government building it should have been done!! Cannot believe I am the only one that noticed." Maynard said that when she left the post office, she was so upset that she called the town offices in …
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut last week, the sporting goods chain has decided to remove guns from stores.
Dick’s Sporting Goods has removed all “modern sporting rifles” from their stores nationwide as well as all guns from sale and display in its store nearest to Newtown, Conn., in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings last week. “We are extremely saddened by the unspeakable tragedy that occurred last week in Newtown, CT, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families, and to the entire community,” according to a company press release. “Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide," the press release said. "We continue to extend …
Monday, December 17, 2012
People all over the world want to know how to help Sandy Hook residents following Friday's mass shooting. Post "I want to help" in this comment thread to get updates on what you can do.
In the wake of the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook School Friday, people from all over the world have been sending an outpouring of support and want to know how they can help. If you want to be notified via email of ways to provide comfort and support during this difficult time, please post in the comments section: "I want to help." Patch will continue to update this article with ways to help—posting updates to the story as well as in the comments thread, triggering an email notification to commenters—and if you know of an organization or fundraiser providing assistance, let us know in the comments section, too. Already the United Way of Western Connecticut, in partnership with Newtown Savings Bank, created the Sandy Hook School Support…
AnnMarie R. Harvie
6:41 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Any security beef up would be welcomed. The assailant in CT shot through a glass door or window to get in, right? Perhaps some bullet-proof glass at those entrances would help. It would be too expensive to do all the school windows, I think. Buzzers with a monitor to see who wants to come in and a little bullet proof glass might go along way. I know we're strapped for cash. Perhaps Obama will … more ›