Skittles in School and the Class Vice President Ban
A Connecticut eighth grader named Michael Sheridan was suspended and stripped of his class vice president title after buying Skittles at Sheridan Communications and Technology Middle School in New Haven. The district later dropped charges, citing a wellness policy that bans candy during school hours.
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Michael Sheridan
Sheridan Communications and Technology Middle School
New Haven
Connecticut
Michael
Associated Press
Tactical Food Police
Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo
Seven decades of matrimony in Baytown couple
Baytown residents Raymond and Mary Helen James celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at the Baytown Boat Club in Highlands. Married on March 5 after an impromptu road trip from Mississippi, the pair moved to Baytown in 1941 where Raymond worked in Exxon’s process department until 1975. They have two children, Harvey and Wayne, who is deceased, along with numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Baytown
Raymond
Mary Helen James
Baytown Boat Club
Highlands
Mary Helen
Mendenhall
Miss
Raleigh
Exxon
Harvey
Wayne
Community calendar of local services and clubs
A compact listing of volunteer tax sites at Sterling and Stratford libraries and Harris County Library, a San Jacinto Hospital blood drive with free shirts, Baytown Lions Club meeting with guest speaker Coach Jason Haynes, Celebrate Recovery at First Baptist, and various community activities at Highlands, Crosby, and local centers including senior programs, bowling, quilting, toddler and story times, Bible study with lunch, and bridge. Addresses and contact numbers provided for organizers.
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AARP
Sterling Municipal Library
Stratford
Highlands
Harris County
Wallisville Road
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alexander
Call
Baytown Lions Club
Golden Corral
Jason Haynes
Lee College
Celebrate
First Baptist Church
Rollingbrook Drive
Nick
JoAnn
Elaine
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
the Promise Center
Kentucky
Today in History highlights many dates and events
March 18marked by birthdays and events from 1758 to 2002. Notable items include Rudolf Diesel born in Paris in 1858 and Britain repealing the Stamp Act in 1766. Also noted are a Texas school gas explosion in 1937 and Hawaii statehood in 1959.
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Rudolf Diesel
Paris
Britain
Grover Cleveland
United States
Caldwell
N.J
New London
Texas
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Julie Hiatt Steele
Kathleen Willey
Willey
Clinton
Steele
Newsweek
Salt Lake City
Brian Mitchell
Wanda Barzee
Elizabeth Smart
Mitchell
Barzee
Pakistan
Bob Woolmer
Kingston
Jamaica
Woolmer
Associated Press
Correction: Texas Republic presidents include Sam Houston
In Sunday’s page 3 report an error stated David G. Burnet was the only president of the Republic of Texas. Other presidents were Sam Houston Mirabeau Lamar and Anson Jones, and the article corrects the record.
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David G. Burnet
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
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Jim Finley
Eliot Spitzer
Shelli
Northeast
Lorenzo de Zavala
Carrie Pryon-Newman
Goose Creek
CISD
Rebecca Mendoza
Celia Castillo
Maria Lucatero
Hattie Brooks
Melba Waller
Precious Reimonengy
Virginia Vaughn
Robin Stoerner
Marguerite Arthur
THE
Baytown Sun
Ooei
East
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Ladies Bowling League
Ward Road
Mary Ann Cowley
Happy Quilters
Market St
Crosby
King’s Table
Church of New Beginnings
Duplicate Bridge Club
Exxon Mobil Annuitants
Baytown Community Center
Ted Poe
Texas Commission For the Blind
Remington Place
W. Baker
First Presbyterian Church
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wuouusston
Jerrett Cobb
Robert Berry
Cobb
SUN History
Market Street
Lakewood
Gene Muller
McNair
Luis Torres
Torres
Houston Raceway Park
America
Wendell Willkie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!