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National Association of School Nurses believes head lice in our schools "should not disrupt the educational process," abandoning “no-nit” school policy in Rome.

Wear your red nose for Red Nose Day! You'll see celebrities sporting theirs to fight child poverty, raise awareness, raise money, and help children at home and around the world.

Red Nose Day uses the power of celebrities to fight child poverty, raise awareness, raise money, and help children who need it most at home and around the world.

One of the best parts about Halloween is all the free candy you can get your hands on. There is this amazing activity called "Trick-or-Treating" and it consists of going door-to-door collecting free chocolate, or other treats. Usually by the time the kids are done, they have enough candy t…

Spencer Smith, the two-year old grandson of Kirk and Linda Hinman, was just diagnosed with a rare, incurable, progressive disease called MPS-III, or Sanfilippo Syndrome. The good news is, you have the power to help this little guy.

Personally, I'm glad this chapter is far behind me.  I kind of wish I had seen something like this back in my teaching days.  I think it would have avoided a lot of frustration.

Here's a few family fun adventures your kids are sure to love, and they're only a day trip a way.

I saw this the other day and I thought to myself, this is a great idea.  I wish I, or someone else, had thought of this when my kids were smaller.  Nowadays, they are pretty capable of spouting off more information about who they are or where they live, than you are really comfortable with…

Now that the kids are out of school, there's only one way to beat the heat this summer that's sweet and messy! Check out this week's Best of Central New York Photos.

The Mohawk Police Benevolent Association has put together a project called 'Operation Bike Safe' to encourage children to wear their bicycle helmet.

Summer is finally here! Check out these amazing photos taken by Central New Yorkers in this week's Best of Central New York Photos.

By a very close margin, the Common Council in the City of Utica voted to ban smoking at public playgrounds and other public youth events. The vote was five to four in favor of the ban, which raises a few questions.