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02.12.2025 News

Weather alert: Delayed opening for Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River schools

Due to overnight snow accumulation and poor driving conditions, all Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River district schools will open after a two hour delay on Wednesday, Feb. 12. More wintry...

02.04.2025 Riverhead School District

Blue Waves sports revival picking up steam

It takes a village to turn a high school sports program around. It takes parents, community members, coaches, administrators — all working together. It takes kids buying in. It...

01.13.2025 News

Blue Waves eyeing return to basketball playoffs after another League 1 win

When Anaiis Mitchell took an elbow to the mouth defending a drive to the hoop early in the third quarter on Friday night at Riverhead High School, Walt Whitman...

11.27.2024 Community

Riverhead’s school resource officers help ‘bridge the gap’ between community and police

Many Riverhead parents are likely familiar with officers Eric Cohen and Kaley Castantine — friendly, approachable school resource officers from the Riverhead Police Department who walk the halls of...

11.22.2024 Community

Standout local athletes sign college commitment letters

Several top senior athletes at Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River high schools penned their national letters of intent last week to commit to playing at the collegiate level next year...

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09.16.2024 News

Blue Waves open football season with come-from-behind win

After an offseason where everything seemed to go wrong, Riverhead righted the football ship Friday night with a come-from-behind 19-14 road win over Central Islip. This year’s coaching staff had already...

08.22.2024 Education

Riverhead Charter School eyes Calverton property for new high school

The Riverhead Charter School is in the final stages of acquiring a 13.7-acre parcel of land located at 4314 Middle Country Road in Calverton to construct a new high...

07.11.2024 Community

Rotary awards more than $90k in scholarships at annual luncheon

The Rotary Club of Riverhead awarded a total of $90,500 in college scholarships to 17 students at their annual Scholarship Luncheon Wednesday at the Hyatt’s Sea Star Ballroom. New...

04.07.2024 Community

Blue Waves stay perfect on softball diamond

All season long Riverhead head coach Rich Vlacci has emphasized how important all 13 members of the softball team are. There are times certain players will need to step...

03.14.2024 Education

Riverhead Central School District announces teacher layoffs as federal COVID aid dries up

Dozens of employees of the Riverhead Central School District were made aware of impending termination last week, with nearly 38 teaching positions included in the planned cuts, according to...

02.16.2024 News

Riverhead High School hosts 15th annual Black History Month celebration

With song and dance, poetry and praise, Riverhead High School celebrated not only Black history, but members of its community worthy of recognition Thursday evening. This year marked the...

02.05.2024 Community

Blue Waves take girls track county crowns in shot put and high jump

Riverhead is home to two Suffolk County girls winter track champions. After placing first in the January league finals, Ja’dah Williams Booker and Kayleanne Campbell took it one step...

12.22.2023 Education

Riverhead Middle School launches animal rescue club

Emily Cheverino teaches seventh-grade English Language Arts at Riverhead Middle School. She’s also been an animal rescue advocate and volunteer for as long as she can remember. “I knew...

12.20.2023 Education

Riverhead school approves Transfinder bus tracking software

On Dec. 12, the Riverhead Board of Education unanimously approved Transfinder, a new software program that will provide the school district with real-time data on the school buses that...

12.19.2023 Education

Assistant superintendent for business of Riverhead School District resigns

The Riverhead School District Board of Education unanimously voted last Tuesday to terminate assistant superintendent for business Rodney Asse, effective Monday, Dec. 25. The memorandum of agreement between Mr....

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