City Briefs (New York Daily News) A 60-year-old substitute teacher was arrested Thursday after grabbing a Staten Island high school student's neck, cops said. But suspect Michael Doti's family said he was acting in self-defense in the 9 a.m. incident involving a 16-year-old Tottenville High School boy.
Helping youngsters understand Alzheimer's (The Sun Chronicle) NORTON -- The third-graders giggle as Joyce Simard dons a pair of oversized star-shaped, blue-lensed eyeglasses. "Sometimes when people get older, they have trouble...What?" she asks the Solmonese Elementary School class. "Seeing!" they respond in unison.
Help, ideas travel between countries (The Record) Angelita Correa flies from North Jersey to the Dominican Republic today to distribute aid to hurricane victims. After years of cramming her suitcases full of toys for needy Dominican children, she's accustomed to the routine.