Waterford’s Changing Of The Guard; Teens' Deadly Habit

When I came to Waterford just 16 months ago, the superintendent of schools , and high school principal had been in the district for years and years and the . In other words, four of the five most prolific positions in the school district had been there, for lack of a better word, forever.

In the biggest news of the week, on Thursday Waterford High School Principal , although he will stay on another year. He is the last of the four to retire, meaning a completely different administration for Waterford in 16 months.

Macrino discussed his retirement with Patch on Friday, saying most of all, he was proud of the lack of barriers between him and the student body and his staff. Macrino will stay on for the year, as the district finds a replacement (full story Monday).

There were several other big stories this week. The most well read piece was , and the aggressive steps Waterford is taking to combat it. We also had another update on Kobyluck Brothers LLC’s push to build , with the company now taking

There was a disturbing trend that popped up on Tuesday. We had two stories about men busted for child pornography, and another a man from Quaker Hill. Both have pleaded guilty, and the man from Quaker Hill was

In other news, a restaurant , next has been moved to the beginning of the month and we had the complete run down . And perhaps most of pressing of all, of God’s gift to everybody, Good Humor ice cream bars.