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Sports
Boys Basketball: Third-quarter run propels SWR into semifinals
February 18, 2012
Boys Basketball: Riverhead's season comes to an end in Deer Park
February 18, 2012
Education
SWR school board mulls how to spend 'extra' $135K for 2012-13
February 16, 2012
Business
Slide show: Take a photo tour of L.I. Winterfest 2012
February 12, 2012
Bridgehampton National Bank brass weigh in on economy, bank's health
February 11, 2012
North Fork Potato Chips awarded $50,000 marketing grant
February 9, 2012
Community
Complete list of Winterfest events for this weekend in Wine Country
February 18, 2012
Calendar: A look at what's happening on the North Fork this week
February 16, 2012
Photos: Riley Avenue Elementary School presents 'Cinderella'
February 14, 2012
Obituaries
Karen J. Myers
February 15, 2012
Marilyn West
February 14, 2012
Michael Anthony Maffetone
February 14, 2012
Real Estate
Photos: A performance hall transformed into law office
February 17, 2012
Real Estate: Has the warm winter played tricks on your plants?
February 11, 2012
Real Estate Transfers
February 4, 2012
Opinion
Editorial: Right time to call timeout on preservation
February 17, 2012
Letters: Riverhead P.D., YMCA opposition and the prez
February 16, 2012
Column: Hemingway, 6-toed cats, insulin & me
February 16, 2012
Education
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Riverhead School Board Notes: Bus drivers wary of cost-cutting measures
A group of district bus drivers warned Riverhead school board members that a combined bus run for Pulaski Street School and Riverhead Middle School planned for 2012-13 could cause safety problems for children on the buses. District superintendent Nancy Carney has proposed combining the bus runs into one as a way...
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SWR school board mulls how to spend ‘extra’ $135K for 2012-13
With about $135,000 left to allocate in Shoreham-Wading River’s preliminary 2012-13 school district budget, school board members on Tuesday made it clear where their priorities lie: increasing elementary school enrichment programs and adding a capital fund line to the budget for roof repairs. Superintendent Steven Cohen asked the board to consider using...
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District probes suspension issues at Pulaski Street after parent’s complaints
After Yolanda Thompson's 12-year-old son was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and placed on medication last November, she thought his persistent discipline problems at school might subside. And if he continued to act out, she thought, at least school officials would think twice about regularly sending him to in-school suspension,...
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Aquebogue classmates show their love for Chris Timpone
Students from three classes at Aquebogue School helped raise more than $600 this week for sick classmate Chris Timpone by encouraging community members, students and staff to purchase more than 1,200 Valentine's Day lolligrams. The lolligrams, a lollipop with a valentine attached to it, were being sold to raise money for...
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Photos: Riley Avenue Elementary School presents ‘Cinderella’
Riley Avenue Elementary School fourth grade teacher Jimmy Schaefer's annual production of the fractured fairy tale "Cinderella" was performed Saturday afternoon in the Riverhead High School auditorium. The performance has been an annual tradition for about 20 years, when he was teaching at Pulaski Street Elementary. This year's players were: Cinderella —...
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Dozen Riverhead teachers, nine teaching assistants given pink slips
Twelve Riverhead teachers and nine teaching assistants received pink slips Friday afternoon to save costs as the school district wrestles with trimming $3.2 million from their budget to stay under the state tax cap, officials said. The 21 employees were told on Friday afternoon they would not have a position in...
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Some Wading River schools, fire district taxpayers will get refunds
Some Wading River area residents will be getting property tax refund checks in the mail. Others will see the year's second tax bill reduced. And some will see their monthly mortgage escrow payments pared down, officials have announced. Residents in the Shoreham-Wading River School District and Wading River Fire District paid...
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Slide show: Friday event raises money for ‘West Side Story’
The Blue Masques, Riverhead High School's drama club, held a cabaret night and Chinese auction at Diliberto Winery in Jamesport Friday in an effort to raise money for the group's pricy spring production, "West Side Story." (Scroll down for more photos.) The event was organized by high school chorus teacher Dena...
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Not your average teen job: Mercy kids volunteer in El Salvador
When Theresa Spath, a senior at McGann-Mercy High School, went on a trip to El Salvador last year, she thought she was volunteering to help villagers in the area. But in the end, she said, the people of El Salvador helped her just as much. “You think that you’re going there to...
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Home for troubled youths looking to establish charter school
The Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch on Middle Road in Riverhead has filed an application with the state to open a charter school on its property. It would be called the Timothy Hill Community Charter School, and is proposed to have grades 7 through 12, according to the organization’s application. The application...
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SWR schools to tap reserves to hold the line on taxes
Next school year’s planned budget at Shoreham-Wading River maintains all of the programs and services in place this school year and raises the tax levy just 1.75, safely beneath the state-mandated 2 percent tax levy cap. School officials proposed a nearly $62.4 million budget for the upcoming school year at the...
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Carney: More faculty cuts coming next school year in Riverhead
District-wide cuts to faculty and staff through attrition and downsizing, eight-period school days, and shared bus runs. Those are some ways the Riverhead School District plans to manage its 2012-13 budget to keep tax hikes below the state-mandated 2 percent cap, it was revealed this week. To save the district money, cuts...
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First SWR budget workshop meeting set for tonight
The season of planning school budgets is upon us. The Shoreham-Wading River school board will hold its first budget workshop of the year tonight. School officials will present projections for building programs and enrollment in the 2012-13 school year as well as an outline of a rollover budget, or a budget needed...
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Riverhead Charter School appeals to IDA for help with expansion project
The Riverhead Charter School is hoping to build a new K-8 facility on its six-acre campus on Route 25 in Calverton. Charter School Principal Dorothy Porteus and director of operations and finance Michelle Dalpiaz discussed the issue informally with the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency Monday. The school has hired attorney Richard Tortora...
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Riverhead school budget workshops kick off Tuesday
The Riverhead school board will hold its first budget workshop Tuesday to discuss a preliminary look at the 2012-13 budget and debt service, according to the meeting agenda. Board members will hear a presentation on the budget, which is capped at a 2 percent overall tax levy increase due to state...
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SWR fundraiser says turf field could cost too much
While Shoreham-Wading River parents and community members are scrambling to raise money for a new turf field, the man leading the effort admitted this week the full vision may never become a reality. The Wildcat Athletic Club, a private charity that supports the district’s athletic activities, has set out to raise...
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Riverhead track star leaps to UConn on full athletic scholarship
Last year, Riverhead junior Melodee Riley took the state track and field world by storm, winning three state titles and posting one of the top triple jump distances in the nation. Next year, she'll leap her way to the University of Connecticut. The Riverhead track star will sign a letter of intent...
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Case of whooping cough reported at Riley Avenue School
A case of whooping cough has been reported at Riley Avenue School, according to Riverhead School District Superintendent Nancy Carney. Letters were sent home to parents Tuesday and officials were planning to post a notice on the district website. "The student has been treated and is cleared to return to school," Ms....
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