Delaware Valley High School awarded 456 men and women their diplomas June 13. The ceremony was postponed from Friday to Saturday because of a threat of thunderstorms. Chase Zimnik, the last graduate called, was first to throw his cap skyward at the end of the exercises.

6/19/09

I'm proud of what the students and, in particular, the Class of 2009, have achieved at my alma mater, Delaware Valley High School.

6/12/09

Grammy-nominated Milford native Vanessa Carlton, at piano, wows a colossal crowd of more than 5,000 at the Milford Music Festival Saturday in Ann Street Park. "I'm having flashbacks to when I used to come to this park," Carlton said during the hourlong set. The singer grew up on Milford's Moon Valley Road; her family still lives in Shohola, where her mom Heidi runs a piano school. One of her numbers was "Home."

6/12/09

Last weekend's Relay for Life at Delaware Valley High School's Warrior Stadium was dedicated to Chris Bartsch, a member of the Class of 2009 who died of cancer while he attended Shohola Elementary School. His classmates remembered Chris with a dedication in their yearbook — and will remember him tonight as they accept their diplomas.

6/12/09

'Let me win, but if I can not win, let me be brave in the attempt.'

5/22/09

The Delaware Valley's boys' basketball team narrowly beat Wallenpaupack 29-27 Jan. 13.

1/23/09

Phelpses in training

1/16/09

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Compassionate Friends gathered Dec. 14 at Long Meadow Chapel in Dingman Township to participate in the Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting. The event is held every year on the second Sunday in December at 7 p.m. local time for one hour in each time zone around the globe, a 24-hour remembrance of all children who have died.

12/26/08

Delaware Valley High School cheerleaders hold an American flag at the 50-yard-line while the DV pep band plays the national anthem before the Warriors’ Oct. 24 game. Students took the opportunity at the home game closest to Veterans Day to acknowledge the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform.

10/31/08

Hidden in trees, wedged in rock walls, stuck to guardrails, placed in lamp posts, and stashed just about everywhere else imaginable, geocaches make up a secret world unseen by the untrained eye.

Think of geocaching as a scavenger hunt with a GPS.

7/25/08

John Sebastian, who hit the world music stage with his group the Lovin' Spoonful and hits such as "Do You Believe In Magic?" and "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?," was the main attraction at last weekend's Americana Roots Music Festival at Matamoras Airport Park. More photos, click here.

7/11/08

Delaware Valley's boys' volleyball team won its final contest of the season May 14 in a three-game sweep over Dallas High School. The DV team finished its 2008 season with a 7-9 record.

5/23/08

DV senior Lizzy Blumberg keeps her eye on the goal May 15 as the Lady Warrior lacrosse team works its way to a 12-9 triumph over Burke Catholic High School, improving the team's record to 6-6.

5/23/08

The Lady Warrior soccer team defeated Hazelton Area High School 7-1 in the district playoff game May 14. Junior Mandy Askew led DV in scoring with four goals.

5/23/08

Delaware Valley High School senior and band president Elisha Moretz plays the euphonium at the school band concert May 14. While he was playing, Elisha's father, Larry, was at the Salvation Army's annual dinner in Port Jervis accepting Elisha's bell-ringer of the year award. An aspiring minister, Elisha plans to major in biblical studies at Nyack College. Click here for more photos of the band concert.

5/23/08

Nearly 500 of Northeast Pennsylvania's most creative minds competed in a regional tournament in the international problem-solving competition Odyssey of the Mind March 8 on Delaware Valley School District's Dingman-Delaware campus.

3/21/08

The Delaware Valley High School Student Council crowned seniors Al-Tarik Johnson, left, and Regina Finelli as winter royalty at a semi-formal dance March 7.

2/26/08

Cheerleading teams from Delaware Valley stole the show at Sunday's Tri-State Regional Cheer Ltd. Championship.

1/25/08

The Lady Warrior basketball team trounced Red Hook's Lady Raiders 61-43 Jan. 19.

1/25/08

The Delaware Valley High School Student Council crowned seniors Al-Tarik Johnson, left, and Regina Finelli as winter royalty at a semi-formal dance March 7.

1/18/08

For decades, Milford's mountaintop star has been a constant throughout the holiday season. This was the view from the other side one recent balmy evening.

1/18/08

1/18/08

The Lady Warriors squeaked past Honesdale 45-39 in overtime on Jan. 3.

Honesdale maintained a close lead into the second half. A three-pointer from Delaware Valley's Kaitlin Sabo late in the third quarter brought the Lady Warriors ahead of the Hornets for the first time of the game 22-21.

1/18/08

In its first league game Dec. 18, the Lady Warrior basketball team fell to Abington Heights 67-34. The Lady Comets handed DV its third loss of the season. Junior Michele Carrigan led the Warriors in scoring with nine points, including a three-pointer in the fourth quarter.

12/28/07

The clouds broke Friday evening above Chase Memorial Field for the Port Jervis High School graduation. Some 224 students graduated in the PJHS class of 2009 on June 26.

7/1/09 - Photos, videos

They were done. They had their diplomas. School was out forever. But right after graduating, Port Jervis High School’s class of 2009 couldn’t wait to return to the hallways of their alma mater.

6/29/09

Every 15 seconds, a woman is beaten, according to a UN Study. Every 12 seconds on June 20, a Rubik’s Cube was solved in a fundraising effort to reduce domestic violence.

6/22/09

The economic crisis took center stage in a speech made Saturday by retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who was a major contender for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. Clark spoke at a rally for local Democratic congressional candidate Dan Maffei. Clark criticized the country's current administration for the crisis.

9/29/08

Higher numbers of incoming freshmen have left residence halls with less available space. Members of the Student Association want to fix that.

9/16/08

This year's homecoming festivities are earlier than normal, which made advertising more difficult and put homecoming court candidates under pressure, homecoming chairs said. Homecoming events will occur Sept. 18-21, almost a month earlier than the previous year.

9/15/08

In high school guidance offices across the country, prospective college students find the thick report titled "America's Best Colleges." The 2008 publication by U.S. News and World Report released last week, ranks Syracuse University at its 53rd spot - three spaces lower than 2007.

9/3/08

Denver wasn't the only city where cheering Democrats gathered Thursday evening. Around 400 people from Central New York gathered at Palace Theater on James Street for a Democratic National Convention Watch party, and though two time zones away, they joined in the applause as Sen. Barack Obama accepted the democratic presidential nomination.

8/29/08

Marisa Murdock can't take the underwater photography course she signed up for this semester - and it's because she's a student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. SUNY-ESF announced Aug. 20 that state budget cuts of up to 10 percent forced the college to restrict its students from taking some elective courses through Syracuse University.

8/28/08

While students were gearing up to return to campus, some found out they would have one fewer class to worry about. Classes such as Wine and Beer Appreciation and Human Sexuality are no longer available to State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry students - and those already enrolled found out these changes last Wednesday.

8/26/08

Hasty postings on Facebook have come back to bite college students around the world, raising the question of how Syracuse University uses the social-networking Web site to conduct judicial affairs. Violations making the news at other universities in recent months have ranged from academic dishonesty, to threats of violence and underage drinking.

4/24/08

Many Ivy League schools have announced in the past year that they're taking action to reduce tuition for low-income families. Whether or not Syracuse University will follow suit remains unknown.

3/5/08

Lorraine Branham's words have reached readers of The Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post Gazette and others in her extensive career as a journalist. Branham is one of two candidates for dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

1/30/08

Students took part in the search for a new dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as one of the remaining two candidates, Sam L. Grogg, traveled to Syracuse from Miami yesterday to speak with Newhouse students and faculty.

1/25/08

Between faculty, staff, undergrads and graduate students, there are more than 24,131 people who can use the printers and other office supplies on the Syracuse University campus on any given day.

11/28/07

Syracuse University Abroad will debut its newest Santiago program this spring - and the deal just got a bit sweeter.

10/23/07

Syracuse University Parking and Transit Services employees joined the Teamsters Union after a 24-20 vote last Friday at Hendricks Chapel. The decision makes the Teamsters the fourth union to which campus employees belong.

10/4/07

Professors at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications should lock up their cheese and grab their carving knives. During the past few weeks, mice have been discovered in the recently dedicated Newhouse III building.

9/28/07

Whether they saw him in person or on the screen, Syracuse University students received Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. warmly - for the most part.

9/20/07

The E.S. Bird Library will soon be offering students a cup of joe with their books. How soon remains a question. A sign on the library's first floor announces: "Future Home of the Library Café: Coming Fall 2007."

9/13/07

The beat goes on for Apple's iPods. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company refreshed its digital media player lineup last week with new versions of every model.

9/11/07

Both schools on the Hill advanced this year in U.S. News and World Report's controversial list of America's Best Colleges. Syracuse University moved up two places to No. 50 and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry jumped from No. 98 to No. 85, respectively, in the 2008 report.

9/5/07

A series of power outages - both intentional and the result of malfunctioning equipment - have hit Main Campus academic buildings and residence halls in the first week of classes.

8/31/07