“We’re changing, but the county is still, as citizens have identified, a very special place in terms of our natural and cultural assets,” said Tammy Rosario, the county’s assistant director of community development.

The 2,500-acre Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area was developed after World War II to provide long-term disposal of dredged material from local channels and ports.

“I hope that the school district will not send a message that being shot while teaching a lesson in class by a student is merely a hazard of the job,” wrote Diane Toscano, who’s representing 25-year-old teacher Abby Zwerner.

A new exhibit chronicles the Prohibition era in Hampton.