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Sports
Girls Basketball: Youth movement in Riverhead
December 4, 2013
Blue Waves placed ball, and trust, in Moore’s hands
December 3, 2013
Education
Riverhead NJROTC earns top awards, schedules public events
December 7, 2013
Culinary school hosts Chopped-like competition in Riverhead
December 6, 2013
Column: Parents are the key in Common Core fight
December 5, 2013
Business
Fire on the water? Town seeking grants to make it happen
December 9, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
7-Eleven could be coming to Flanders
December 6, 2013
Community
Lions donate $4K to Brendan House, pledge $2K more each year
December 9, 2013
Check out this ice sculptor's finished product in Jamesport
December 8, 2013
Mural man unveils his latest work, a three-part painting
December 8, 2013
Obituaries
Kathy L. Moodie
December 9, 2013
Stephanie P. Biviano
December 9, 2013
Rita T McMahon
December 6, 2013
Real Estate
Real Estate: Preparing your yard for the deep freeze
December 1, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
November 24, 2013
Real Estate: Invasive vine may have met its match
November 24, 2013
Opinion
Letter: Why shop anywhere but local this year?
December 8, 2013
Column: Riverhead’s rich tradition of silly news
December 8, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
Riverhead School District
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Letter: A school district preserving history
To the editor: The Riverhead Landmarks Preservation Commission commends the Riverhead Central School District and BBS Architects for developing plans for additions to the Roanoke Avenue and the Pulaski Street schools that are sensitive to their historic architecture. The Roanoke Avenue School, which opened as a high school in 1924, is the...
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Upcoming concerts, events at Riverhead schools
The Riverhead School District has announced its upcoming event and concerts. • Phillips Avenue's concert is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the school. • Riley Avenue’s concert is scheduled for Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. • Aquebogue’s winter concert will take place Dec. 16 at 7...
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Riverhead Plungers set for Saturday’s polar plunge
Riverhead Central Faculty Association vice president Gary Karlson has organized a group of volunteers called The Riverhead Plungers to participate in the fourth annual Town of Brookhaven Polar Plunge set for Saturday morning. Special Olympics New York, an organization for individuals with intellectual disabilities, is running the event, which consists of...
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Elementary students determined to stop bullying
A group of students from Roanoke Avenue and Phillips Avenue elementary schools are volunteering to spend a portion of their recess to learn how they can help rid their schools of bullying. The anti-bullying student group, called Peacemakers, was created by Roanoke Avenue Elementary School student Morgan Dunn last year, school...
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Riverhead High School schedules college-planning workshops
The Riverhead High School’s guidance department is hosting a pair of college-planning workshops for parents and students. High school graduates that will be home during their holiday breaks from college will meet with seniors next Tuesday during fourth period in the auditorium to discuss their experiences, district officials said. Then, on Dec....
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Nancy Carney: District weighing ‘options’ on Joe Johnson
A day after gun charges were dropped against Riverhead teacher Joe Johnson, Riverhead School District superintendent Nancy Carney said the district is weighing its options on what to do with its employee. In the meantime, Mr. Johnson — who has pleaded guilty to DWI — will remain on leave, Ms. Carney...
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Riverhead principals to present Common Core information
Aquebogue Elementary School principal Phil Kent is expected to give a presentation about Common Core practices within third grade at Tuesday night’s school board meeting, according to the agenda.Last month, Riley Avenue Elementary School principal David Enos and Roanoke Avenue Elementary School principal Thomas Payton gave a joint presentation about...
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Reading software helps bridge home, school work
As the students write, instrumental music plays in the background. A digital projection of a roaring fire dances on a nearby wall. When their work is finished, the students gather in a circle on a rug and exchange thoughts and opinions about what they’ve just learned. The students take turns debating...
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More photos from Riverhead football’s big win over West Islip
Riverhead won again Saturday with a 33-21 victory against West Islip in a Suffolk County Division II football game at Coach Mike McKillop Memorial Field. The win solidified the Blue Waves’ prospects of hosting at least one game in the upcoming playoffs, which are to begin on the weekend of Nov. 9. Check out...
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How Common Core is being implemented in Riverhead schools
Riverhead School District Superintendent Nancy Carney wants the public to know where the true frustration lies with Common Core. During the school board’s regular meeting Tuesday night, Ms. Carney said she believes there’s a lot of confusion about the Common Core Standards Initiative since New York adopted it, because several different...
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Riverhead school board to discuss Common Core, budget planning
Riverhead School District Superintendent Nancy Carney is expected to give a presentation about Common Core practices within English Language Arts and math in grades kindergarten through second grade, according to Tuesday night's school board meeting agenda. For the first time this past April, the state’s ELA and math assessments included elements...
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9th annual Garfield Langhorn essay winner crowned
"I think we can all learn something from Garfield, we can do something kind and thoughtful for many people in many different ways." So said Nina Geraci on Friday, reading from her winning essay in the Pulaski Street Elementary School's 9th Annual Garfield M. Langhorn Essay Contest. Ms. Geraci was one of...
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School board approves NJROTC funding in case of shutdown by feds
Federal funding for Riverhead's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program hasn't been threatened yet by the government shutdown. But now, the program won't be in jeopardy, even if the funding dries up. The Riverhead school board approved a resolution at its meeting Tuesday night that allows the district to use money from...
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Riverhead moves to pay for NJROTC, should shutdown affect funding
The Riverhead school board is expected to vote on a resolution to protect the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program during the federal government shutdown, according to Tuesday night's meeting agenda. If approved, the district will be able to use monies from its general budget to fund the program during the...
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Riverhead teacher paid $83K since 2012 arrest
The Riverhead fourth-grade teacher arrested last year in Southampton Village on gun possession and drunken driving charges is back on the school district payroll. Phillips Avenue Elementary School teacher Joe Johnson, 40, was arrested April 21, 2012, after a traffic stop. He’s been on leave at his home ever since, pending...
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Project Fit America kicking off in Riverhead schools
The Riverhead School District will hold its Project Fit America opening day celebration Oct. 10 at Pulaski Street Elementary School. Officials said Riverhead is the state's first school district to launch the Project Fit America program, a nonprofit a national charity dedicated to promoting children’s fitness, health and wellness in schools. The...
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Police called to high school after knife found in student’s backpack
Police were called to Riverhead High School on Thursday after a student was found to be in possession of a knife, school officials confirmed Thursday afternoon. The knife was found in the student's backpack, said Superintendent Nancy Carney. The student was a recent transfer to the district, she said. Ms. Carney said the...
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Editorial: Kudos for all involved in fair teacher contract
It’s beyond positive news that the Riverhead School District and its teachers finally get to put labor negotiations behind them. Teachers, administrators and school board members can now move on to what at times may seem like insurmountable challenges under the new Common Core initiative: its corresponding curriculum changes and state...
