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As Newtown Anniversary Nears, Associations Help Schools Tackle Security

Associations Now

A dramatic, deadly shooting at Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School killed 20 children and six adult staff members. An Obama administration proposal to fund a community policing program that would support such efforts is still being reviewed by Congress.) The second-deadliest school shooting in U.S.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth Kanter

From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop. Another architect, Kate Orff, has proposed oyster-encrusted barrier islands to mitigate surges off Brooklyn.