While you were sleeping: The school and bear-claw edition

Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning.
A squeeze in the classroom: The C.D.N.-N.D.G. borough council has approved the demolition of a vacant school on Somerled Ave. with a larger facility slated to replace the derelict building by the fall of 2019. The $13-million building will have eight more classrooms for a total of 20 and a double gym. Still, the new École Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne is not the cure-all for overcrowding in N.D.G. schools, according to