Jeanette Wolfberg is reporting in the Columbia Paper the city of Hudson has hired a cross guard for the John L. Edwards Primary School. The new crossing guard will assist student pedestrians crossing the three-way intersection at State, Fourth and Caroll streets in Hudson. The district has been without school crossing services for nearly five years. In 2011, then Hudson Chief of Police Ellis Richardson made the decision to terminate the service due to budgetary constraints. Crossing guards in Hudson, as in most locations, are civilian employees of the local police department. Hudson Board of Education member David Kisselburgh said the new crossing guard will be on duty in the morning and afternoon. School starts Wed., Sept. 7. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.