Camille Botello

1 week ago | thecordovatimes.com | Camille Botello

Cordova Times columnist Hank Nuwer won first place for the Susan Nightingale Award for Best Columnist at the Alaska Press Club award ceremony in Anchorage on April 12. The UAF adjunct professor and avid community theater actor is the author of the Times’ “Last Frontier Days” column, where he delves into different historical tidbits about our great state. “Interesting history from the archives, with well told stories that will engage the community,” Alaska Press Club judges said.

2 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

Rye City school leaders have been mulling since last summer whether to strengthen the high school’s lax cell phone policy. That decision is now likely out of their hands. Indicators coming out of Albany point to the passing of a full “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban in all public and charter schools – one of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top priorities. The proposed ban is expected to be negotiated into the New York State budget, which has yet to be approved.

2 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

While it’s no secret that Rye Country Day School is known for its strong academic programs, the institution is also slowly making a name for itself in the tech sphere. The school’s Development Club, a student-led computer science and technology group, is starting up again this semester after back-to-back coding competition championships. Two RCDS Wildcat teams competed against 20 others in the TigerHacks Coding Competition at Greenwich Country Day School back on Nov. 9, 2024.

4 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Camille Botello

When Rye resident Patrice Meagher had her first baby in 2009, New York state laws didn’t mandate workplaces to have designated areas for working parents to pump. She began breastfeeding her baby as an infant, and continued even after she returned to work as a commercial real estate broker in 2010. But pumping her breast milk at the office proved easier said than done. “It was very difficult to pump at work in general,” Meagher, now a mother of four, said.

4 weeks ago | thecordovatimes.com | Camille Botello

The North Star Theater is about to get a whole lot of laughs.  The Alaska B4UDie Comedy Festival is landing in Cordova on April 4, as part of a week-long, statewide tour eliciting gut rolls and laugh-cries. It’s the first time the festival will include a Cordova show.  Sarah Phillips, Cordova Arts & Pageants Board Member, said the prominent arts scene in town was a major driver to get the comedy festival to Cordova.