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Carmel Students Learn Competition Is 'More Than Robots,' Teacher Says
CARMEL, N.Y. -- A team of Carmel students Tuesday mailed off machines that will toss Wiffle balls, light up, climb ropes and, they hope, gain them entry into what many call the Olympics of science and technology.
The Bad News Gears spent the last six weeks conceptualizing, designing, building, programming, and testing their robots for the Hudson Valley Regional (HVR)FIRST® Robotics Competition being held at Rockland Community College in Suffern next month.
They had six weeks to complete their challenge. The robots had to be, literally, in the bag at midnight on Feb. 21.
If all goes as plan…
Former Ridgefield Resident David Cassidy Reveals He's Battling Dementia
David Cassidy, a former Ridgefield resident, 1970s teenage heartthrob and Emmy Award-nominated actor, is struggling with a devastating diagnosis of dementia, something that had afflicted both his grandfather and mother, Cassidy told People magazine.
Cassidy, 66, best known for his role as Keith on “The Partridge Family,” told People that he had always feared he would get the memory-loss disease.
Cassidy, whose personal struggles in the last few years have included divorce, bankruptcy, DUI arrests and drug rehab, told People that he planned to stop touring after 2017 as a musician and to foc…
