Hundreds attend funeral for Farmingdale band director who died in bus crash: 'Lived life to the fullest'

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A high school band director who died when a bus crashed while carrying students from Long Island to a band camp in Pennsylvania last week was remembered Thursday as a dedicated teacher with a zest for life. Gina Pellettiere, who led Farmingdale High School’s marching band for more than a decade, “wasn’t [...]