Fowl Play in the Classroom at Hoosick Falls School
Students in Hoosick Falls Central School evidenced live turkeys in class as part of a lesson from James Pusch on the life cycle and origins of the Thanksgiving turkey. The activity paired biology with drawing and eating turkey, connecting the before and after stages for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pusch
Hoosick Falls Central School
Turkeys
Richard Marker
Steven
Brownell
Betty Jean Gibson
Six pediatricians push St. Marys as Troy area pediatrics hub
A September letter from six Troy pediatricians urging St. Marys Hospital as the site for all area pediatrics has sparked fierce pushback from Samaritan Hospital leaders and other doctors. The dispute highlights hospital rivalry, planned service consolidation, and the evolving role of the Health Systems Agency as planners delay public discussion pending further study.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Troy Area
Samaritan
Edward C. Quinlan
Martin Symansky
St. Mary's
Robert L. Kay
Samaritan Hospital
Kishan R. Battu
New Health Systems Agency of
Northeastern New York
HSA
Upstate
New York
Edwin Pesnel
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany
Troy
Pesnel
Grattan
Public Disputes Between Doctors and Hospitals Go Open
Health planning rules under the Health Systems Agency make hospital doctor disputes public. A letter from six area pediatricians about consolidating pediatrics services in Troy circulated widely, raising concerns about chilling effects and cooperation in community health planning.
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Troy
HSA
John Shaw
Times Record
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G. M. Draman
Turkey
Tom McPheeters
St. Mary’s
Leonard
Cohoes Memorial Hospital
St. Mary's Pediatrics Ward
Dr. Quinlan
St. Mary's Pediatric Wardisi Hospital
William A. Grattan
Trav
Herbert S Strauss
A Mathiah
Victor (. Herson. Symansky
Robert Kay
Health Systems Agency
Kay
Hospital
William Grattan