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To celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, Peter and Lisa Margaritis planned a trip to Aruba in November. The couple, who met at NYU Winthrop Hospital while working with the Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, dreamed of retiring to the North Fork in three years, after their son, Andrew, graduated from Chaminade High School. (more…)
Smithtown East High School, where the cheerleaders were cheered, was for the most part an awfully cheerful place.
The second Suffolk County cheerleading competition of the season was like a dance party (DJs and music included), the competitive edition. READ
A lot was going on Wednesday, especially at Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School. Not only was it Ash Wednesday for Christians, but it was also Valentine’s Day and, oh yes, a long-awaited return to the playoffs for the school’s boys basketball team.
Kevin O’Halloran, in his second season as Mercy’s coach, was told it was Mercy’s first playoff game since 2008. All the more reason why the Monarchs would want to make it a memorable experience, which they did. READ
After winning four consecutive high school boys basketball games, Bishop McGann-Mercy may have begun to feel as if all it had to do was walk into a gym to chalk up a “W.”
Southold served a reminder to the Monarchs that that is not the case. READ
For years, Southold and Riverhead towns have both been trying to upgrade their antiquated justice court facilities, which present similar safety and space problems.
But could the towns create a shared justice court space? READ
“Beer, wine, tacos and stargazing? Sign us up.” (more…)
As debates and angry protests go on about whether monuments to leaders of the Confederate government during the Civil War are appropriate for public spaces, here is a reminder that men from the North Fork enlisted in large numbers to fight to keep the country intact.
Hundreds flocked to the Custer Institute & Observatory in Southold on Monday to view the solar eclipse in any way they could. READ