Conway Daily Sun

1 day ago | conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell

BERLIN — A group of school district employees wrote a letter to Berlin school administrators last year asking the district to change its reading curriculum program after statewide test scores showed almost 75 percent of young students could not read at grade level. The group received no response from administrators. kAms2E65 s64] e[ a_ac[ E96 =6EE6C 368:?Di “%@ E96 q6C=:? !F3=:4 $49@@=D p5>:?:DEC2E:@?[k^AmkAm“(6[ E96 F?56CD:8?65[ 2=@?8 H:E9 @E96CD H9@ H6C6 C6=F4E2?E E@ D:8?

1 day ago | conwaydailysun.com | Lisa D. Connell

BERLIN — A fire drill May 7 at Berlin Middle High School revealed the fire alarm did not sound on the second floor at the same time it did on the first floor, resulting in students and staff running down the stairs to catch up with the other people already outside the building. “There was a little bit of a delay,” said Assistant Fire Chief John Sarnik on Tuesday morning.

2 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | Alyssa Norwin

Season 23 of American Idol is quickly coming to an end, with the penultimate episode airing on Monday, May 12. With just five artists left, the remaining contestants took the stage twice during the live show, which was a continuation of Disney night. kAm'@E:?8 H2D @A6? E9C@F89@FE E96 6A:D@56 7@C G:6H6CD E@ 96=A 86E E96:C 72G@C:E6D :?E@ E96 7:?2= 6A:D@56 @? |2J `g] %H@ H6C6 6=:>:?2E65 2E E96 6?5 @7 E96 ?:89E] $4C@== 5@H? 7@C 2 C642A 2?5 E@ 7:?5 @FE H9@ H6?E 9@>6 2?5 H9@’D >@G:?8 @?

2 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | Claire Sullivan

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3 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | Ethan DeWitt

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