Greenport wins $10,000 school garden grant
Greenport School District’s garden will soon be growing thanks to a $10,000 grant from Seeds of Change. After excelling in a voting round, Greenport advanced to the top 50 school and community gardens...
View ArticleSouthold Town’s student arborists honored in poster contest
At Tuesday night’s Town Board meeting, Southold’s tree committee announced the winners of its annual Arbor Day poster contest, for which local students design and draw posters and fliers promoting...
View ArticleSouthold student honors memory of Gerry Hayden with movie night
In January, the Mraz family gathered in their Southold home to watch an episode of “Top Chef.” That week’s show held special meaning: It was dedicated to the late chef Gerry Hayden, Mike and Mary...
View ArticleGreenport tech class creates 20 planter boxes for village
More than a dozen students in Mike Davies technology class at Greenport High School gathered Thursday morning at Mitchell Park to unveil their latest project — 20 wooden planter boxes that will be...
View ArticleGreenport Junior-Senior H.S. third quarter honor roll
Congratulations to the following students. THIRD-QUARTER HONOR ROLL Greenport Junior-Senior High HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 12: Valentina Acero, Anthony Catalan Hernandez, Ryan Costello, Marina DeLuca,...
View ArticleGreenport expands gym with $20K donation from Peconic Landing
Thanks to a large donation from Peconic Landing, Greenport School District unveiled a new, larger weight room Monday morning. With a recent expansion at Peconic Landing that included purchasing all...
View ArticleWhat’s on the ballot: School board race and budget vote info
With school budget votes looming Tuesday, there are a few major developments to keep in mind, especially for taxpayers in the Mattituck-Cutchogue and Greenport school districts. Seven people are...
View ArticleNorth Fork NJROTC wins Long Island drill meet
For the third time, the North Fork Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps unit has claimed first place at the annual Long Island drill meet. Major Bill Grigonis, who runs the local program,...
View ArticleBudgets approved in all five local school districts; challengers win in...
You’d have to go back more than 25 years to find the last time a budget was rejected by voters in the Greenport School District. But with administrators proposing the second largest tax levy...
View ArticleSouthold to share business administrator with Greenport
The Southold and Greenport school districts are expected to enter into another shared-service agreement, this time it’s for a business administrator position. David Gamberg, superintendent of both...
View ArticleLocal student musicians learn how to get to Carnegie Hall
The graceful tones of Bach’s Minuet III in G Major echoed Saturday at Jamesport Meeting House, where a dozen young violinists gathered to rehearse for a performance at New York City’s esteemed...
View ArticleLet’s Enjoy Math Learning Center opening soon in Southold
Nick Timpone realizes school-age children don’t necessarily equate learning mathematical concepts with having a good time. He also understands that some students have a natural affinity for arithmetic...
View ArticleGay-Straight Alliance groups on the rise across North Fork
Gathered in a circle in Lorene Custer’s classroom are more than a dozen Riverhead Middle School students, some holding hands and leaning on each other for support. The group often goes from laughing...
View ArticlePhotos: Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Greenport High School
Greenport and Southold high school students performed in a special presentation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Greenport School auditorium Thursday morning. An encore performance will be held at the...
View ArticleAchievements: See where local students graduated college
Ryan Malone of Greenport graduated in December 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the John F. Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. A 2012...
View ArticleGreenport teen aiming to solve global honeybee problem
Joe McInnis was fully prepared last Wednesday when the time came for his presentation to students in a science research class at Southold High School. After all, the Greenport eighth-grader had...
View ArticleEcumenical Nursery School in Southold closing after 45 years
More than four decades of child care will come to an end when the North Fork’s last remaining Ecumenical Nursery School closes its doors later this month. The program has provided preschool education...
View ArticleShakespeare performance at Southold amphitheater
Southold and Greenport students will perform Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at Southold School District’s amphitheater tonight at 5 p.m. The joint performance is presented by the school’s Shakespeare...
View ArticleNew athletic director to begin at Southold this summer
The Southold School District is getting a new athletic director. Steven Flanagan of Sayville, 38, will replace current athletic director and dean of students Michael Brostowski this July, taking the...
View ArticleNorth Fork theater students bring home Teeny Awards
Students from Mattituck High School on the red carpet at the 14th Annual Teeny Awards. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Four actresses from local high schools were recognized for their performances in...
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