Monasteries articles
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Active Shooter Drill Held At Carmel's Chuang Yen Monastery
Although it looked like a real response, an influx of emergency agencies and police at a Hudson Valley monastery was only a drill to prepare for an active shooter scenario. The exercise was held in Putnam County on Sunday, April 21 at the Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel at 2020 Route 301, according to the Carmel Fire Department. During the drill, which was hosted by the Kent Fire Department, several local, county, and regional agencies acted as if there were an active shooter with "victims"...
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Historic Tibetan Buddhist monastery is being moved to make way for dam
Monks have petitioned to have the relocation order reversed, but to no avail.