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Letter: Thank you, teachers
May 23, 2013
Breaking down the Riverhead school vote
May 22, 2013
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Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com
May 23, 2013
Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
May 13, 2013
Community
Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com
May 23, 2013
Laurel woman's novel published posthumously
May 19, 2013
Photos: Hallockville's Fleece and Fiber Fair
May 19, 2013
Obituaries
Genevieve T. Saltinas
May 21, 2013
Maks memorial set
May 21, 2013
Christine Marie Vega
May 21, 2013
Real Estate
North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight
May 20, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 10, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 2, 2013
Opinion
Letter: Thank you, teachers
May 23, 2013
Shoreham-Wading River School District
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Voters’ Guide: Shoreham-Wading River schools
The Shoreham-Wading River School District budget vote will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. RESERVES TO STAVE OFF PROGRAM CUTS Residents in the Shoreham-Wading River School District will vote Tuesday on a $66.1 million proposed school budget for 2013-14 that represents a spending increase of...
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SWR art students paint mural for Newtown
Less than six months after December’s deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., art students at Shoreham-Wading River High School are preparing to send a large mural there that they spent weeks creating. The mural, which was unveiled at Tuesday evening’s Shoreham-Wading River school board meeting, was commissioned...
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Soldier Profile: Stories of Anthony Venetz describe an American hero
Army Sgt. Rick Yarosh was manning a gunner’s turret in an armored military vehicle near Abu Ghraib, Iraq, in September 2006 when an Iraqi hiding off in the distance detonated an improvised explosive device that ruptured the vehicle’s fuel cell, according to a story published March 21 in USA Today. Soaked...
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Who’s running for your local school board?
The names of two newcomers will appear on the ballot in this year's school board elections in the Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River school districts. Challenger Christopher Dorr of Baiting Hollow will face incumbents Jeff Falisi of Calverton and Amelia Lantz of Riverhead. There are two seats carrying three-year terms up for...
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SWR budget features 5.5% spending hike
Taxpayers in the Shoreham-Wading River School District will vote on a $66.1 million 2013-14 school budget this spring after the Board of Education adopted the proposed spending plan at its meeting Tuesday night. The proposed budget represents a roughly 5.5 percent spending increase from this year’s plan and will preserve classroom...
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SWR proposed budget would increase tax levy 1.9 percent
The Shoreham-Wading River school board discussed Tuesday how it plans to plug a budget gap created by salary and health care cost increases coming in the 2013-14 school year. During the school board’s regular meeting, Superintendent Steven Cohen estimated that expenditures will rise by 5.25 percent in his nearly $66 million...
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SWR school board to continue budget discussion
Shoreham-Wading River School District Superintendent Steven Cohen is expected to continue his 2013-14 budget discussion at Tuesday night's school board meeting. According to the agenda, Mr. Cohen will give a presentation about the district's expenses for employee salaries and benefits. During the Board of Education’s Feb. 5 meeting, Mr. Cohen presented a...
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SWR DECA students gearing up for competition upstate
While learning what to wear — and perhaps more importantly, what not to wear — a group of Shoreham-Wading River High School students are receiving a lesson in finance by selling hot chocolate. During the winter months, business teacher Melissa Cosgrove is showing 28 students how to dress for job interviews...
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Report: AP scores up at Riverhead, SWR high schools
Students at both Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River high schools improved their Advanced Placement scores last year compared to the 2010-11 school year, according to a new report. The College Board, an international not-for-profit group that offers both AP and SAT programs to help prepare students for college, released last Wednesday the...
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SWR Middle School hosts Black History program
Students at Albert G. Prodell Middle School read essays about dreams for their world inspired by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and their hopes for the future during Friday morning's Black History program, the first of its kind at the school. The seventh and eighth-grade students were treated to...
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Snow day will eat into vacation time for students
Children across Riverhead Town had a ball in the white stuff earlier this week, but they’ll pay later to make up for those snow days. Both Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River school districts are already out of snow days due to multiple school closures during Hurricane Sandy and the storm’s aftermath. And school...
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SWR 2013-14 school budget to preserve school programs
By making one-time cuts and reducing professional services in their 2013-14 school budget, the Shoreham-Wading River school district will be able to stay within the state tax levy cap without having to cut school programs, according to a preliminary school budget. But district officials warned that eventually there will be no...
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SWR ‘being held for ransom’ to proceed with track/technology proposition
A voter-approved proposition to repair track facilities and install new technology at Shoreham-Wading River schools is in jeopardy. That came to light at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, after the state education department informed the district the state would not allow planned construction to begin until the district spends more than...
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Shoreham-Wading River board to discuss track, tech upgrades
The Shoreham-Wading River school board will provide an update on the voter-approved high school track and technology proposition at their meeting Tuesday night, according to the agenda. The board will also vote to approve the construction of a concession stand near the new press box at the Shoreham-Wading River High School...
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Workshops help SWR teachers prepare for evaluations
An hour before the school day started Tuesday at Briarcliff Elementary School in Shoreham, a group of first grade teachers sat in little blue chairs and huddled around a tiny table. First-grade teacher Linda Burke started the discussion by spreading out pins depicting cartoon characters. Her task is to come up...
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SWR students, parents react to lockdown on social media
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SWR H.S. deemed safe after Internet threat forced lockdown
Shoreham-Wading River High School was under lockdown this morning after a student posted a school-shooting threat on Facebook, according to school officials and students. Superintendent Steven Cohen said the lockdown lasted for about 45 minutes and some students were kept on buses after they arrived at school this morning as administrators...
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Fast Chat: SWR student on school board
She couldn’t stay quiet any longer. Emma Stoll, 17, had attended only a handful of school board meetings since she was sworn-in Nov. 20 as a student rep and nonvoting member of the Shoreham-Wading River Board of Education. It didn’t take long for her to make her presence felt. Almost paralyzed by...
