The sounds of screaming and clapping were as loud as a rickety old roller coaster at an amusement park, but this wasn’t Funland down the shore. This was the auditorium at Emerson Junior-Senior High School, and it was a Talent Show for fourth through...

Reese’s peanut butter cups have come a long way - from its creation in a basement in 1928 to earning a national day of honor in 2010. May 18 is "I Love Reese's Day" in the United States. The holiday was created after more than 40-thousand lovers of...

Three local police cars with sirens wailing and lights flashing led a group of fifth and sixth graders, as well as teachers from Patrick M. Villano School as they ran in nearly 90-degree heat in honor of the Special Olympics. Breanne DeCarlo was one of...

The second Sunday of May is not an ordinary day. It's Mother's Day. A woman named Anna Jarvis created the idea in 1908, according to Britannica online. Jarvis was from West Virginia. She helped start “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs," states the History Channel...

Doctors, lawyers, athletes - all are popular career choices among sixth graders at Patrick M. Villano School. The choices were made known during the traditional end-of-year career project in ELA class with teacher Meagan Pritchard. The idea is to motivate...

Every year, the students in fifth grade participate in the TREP$ program. It's a special program where students design a product, advertise, then sell it to others at Patrick M. Villano School's marketplace.  This year, TREP$ will be on June 4 in the...

Do you have a pet? More than half people who own a home in the U.S. have a pet, according to Forbes magazine online. "Dogs are the most popular pet in the U.S. (65.1 million U.S. households own a dog), followed by cats (46.5 million households)," states...