Miss Anything? This Week in Review

A tragic story took another turn, a change was proposed to a controversial law and the school district looked toward the future this week in Harrison news.

But lets start from the beginning. While Harrison returned to normalcy after last week's snowstorm, the varsity cheerleading team kicked off the week by placing third in their final competition of the season on Monday.

An emotional scene unfolded in Harrison Town Court Tuesday morning when John Pagli attended his wife Stacey Pagli's first court appearance since her arraignment last week. Stacey Pagli has been charged with the Feb. 22 murder of their daughter, Marissa Pagli. The legal process of that case will likely continue into the spring.

In lighter news, Harrison High School hosted a ceremony on Wednesday, honoring nearly 100 student athletes for their academic achievements. The students honored participated in a school sport while maintaining above a 90 grade point average.

Harrison volleyball player Lily Stokoe was named Harrison Patch's athlete of the week. Stokoe coached a coed volleyball team that upset a top team and finished one game away from the final four in a tournament Thursday night at Horace Greeley High School.

It was a week of transition for other varsity sports. Harrison's varsity basketball team celebrated the end of its season on Wednesday night. Then, coach Marco Diruocco previewed the 2010 Harrison varsity baseball season on Thursday. 

The Harrison Board of Education began preliminary discussions for next year's budget this week. The board outlined some of the challenges they will have, but did not comment on specifics.

On Thursday night, Mayor/Supervisor Joan Walsh proposed a change to a very controversial issue. During a public town board meeting Walsh discussed the idea of allowing people in need to apply for permits to have their garbage picked up on-property. The issue will be discussed again in two weeks.

That concludes the week that was in Harrison news.