Repairs at Marian should be finished by end of October
Mass reopens school after lightning strike cancels school 4 days
After four days away from school while clean-up, construction, and utility crews worked to repair the damage from the Sept. 9 lightning strike, Marian Central Catholic High School students returned […]
At last, after four days to repair the major damage from Monday’s lightning strike, Marian Central Catholic High School will reopen after this weekend. Bishop David Malloy of the Diocese […]
Efforts to reopen Marian Central Catholic High School after a Monday night lightning strike hit the school suffered a setback on Thursday. The school will remain closed for a fourth […]
Students’ unexpected September holiday stretched into a third day Thursday at Marian Central Catholic High School as repairs continued on the building after a lightning strike to the school’s 30-foot […]
Amidst a powerful thunderstorm Monday, the west side of the bell tower at the Woodstock Opera House sustained a direct lightning hit around 4:30 p.m. The strike “blew out a […]
Lightning from Monday’s storm, which cascaded sheets of water on Woodstock, hit the chimney atop Marian Central Catholic High School, causing “quite extensive” damage, according to interim superintendent Vito DeFrisco. […]
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