The wave of voters that President-elect Donald Trump rode into office this Election Day clearly swept through Riverhead, where the unlikely Republican candidate trounced Democrat Hillary Clinton by nearly 3,000 votes, according to preliminary election results. READ
This Election Day, voters on the North Fork can take a huge step to improve water quality and preserve open space and farmland. Since 1999, the Community Preservation Fund has raised over $1 billion for land and historic preservation in East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton and Southold, which cover 40 percent of Suffolk County’s land.
For a Town Board that’s been no stranger to tension and internal discord over the past five years, the results of Tuesday’s election can mean only one thing for sure: Finally, everyone can stop and take a deep breath. READ
Riverhead schools superintendent Nancy Carney said district schools will be open on Election Day, as well as Monday, “due to the three day loss of instructional time” during and after Hurricane Sandy last week.
Unlike many schools on Long Island, Riverhead schools were open this past Thursday and Friday as well, though administrators excused children who couldn’t make it due to the circumstances. Attendance was scarce, one teacher told the News-Review, with as few as five or six kids in classes.
Students are to report to school as normal on Election Day, Tuesday, Ms. Carney said.
Superintendent’s conferences had been scheduled for Tuesday but were cancelled.
Although information on Election Day classes out of Shoreham-Wading River wasn’t immediately available, the district website indicates superintendent conferences scheduled for that day were rescheduled as well.
A SWR school board meeting scheduled for Tuesday has also been re-scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at Prodell Middle School, according to the website.
Ms. Carney is encouraging faculty members to car pool to work to preserve gas, as lines were still long at pumps as of Sunday and relatively few stations were open.
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