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Mercy ensembles take first place at music competitions
May was full of firsts for the Bishop McGann-Mercy music program. First, the school’s Jazz Ensemble placed first at the Music in the Parks Festival at Six Flags in New Jersey by receiving a superior...
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Greenport woman honored as Polish Town Queen
The Polish Town Civic Association crowned its 2016 queen, Stephanie Clark of Greenport, on Sunday. Ms. Clark graduated in 2015 from Greenport High School, where she played field hockey, softball and...
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Oysterponds Elementary School celebrating 50 years
While Southold Town was established more than 350 years ago, one of its public school districts is just now celebrating its 50th birthday this summer. The Oysterponds School District was created in...
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Photos: Bishop McGann-Mercy Class of 2016 graduation
The 108 graduates of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School’s Class of 2016 celebrated the school’s 56th commencement ceremony Wednesday. Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Center and Auxilary...
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Mattituck seniors say goodbye with beach party prank
If driving past Mattituck High School today, make sure to give your horn a little tap and join in on the fun unfolding on the front lawn. Rather than lugging backpacks to school this morning, the...
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With Tractor Day, 20-year-old prank becomes Mattituck tradition
At 6:40 a.m. Friday morning, Matthew Wells left his 1985 Chevy K10 truck at home, opting instead to drive his family’s John Deere tractor — which tops out at 13 miles per hour — to attend one of his...
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Southold schools unveils museum quality exhibit of its history
On Friday evening, Southold High School unveiled a new display decades in the making. After months of research, teacher Mike Carver’s Advanced Placement Government and Politics class, partnering with...
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Reading challenge brings a dancing chicken to Oysterponds
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because Oysterponds Elementary School students read a combined 310 books in one month. Principal Jennifer Wissemann challenged the district’s K-6 grade students to...
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Achievements: Southold grad earns M.D. from Stony Brook School of Medicine
Three local students have made the spring dean’s list at SUNY/Oswego: Corinne Kimmelman of Cutchogue, a junior human development major; Sarah Manfredi of Southold, a senior also majoring in human...
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Project Fit America kicking off in Greenport schools
The Greenport School District was recently awarded a grant worth up to $60,000 from Project Fit America, a nonprofit organization that “creates and administers exemplary fitness in education...
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New contract for Mattituck superintendent approved
Superintendent Anne Smith won’t be leaving the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District anytime soon. At its meeting last Thursday, the Board of Education approved extending Dr. Smith’s contract through...
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Class of 2016: Valedictorians and Salutatorians
Here’s an up-close and personal look at this year’s valedictorians and salutatorians. Congratulations to the following top achievers at Greenport, Mattituck and Southold high schools.
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Mattituck High School Class of 2016 celebrates graduation: Photos
Members of the Mattituck High School Class of 2016 turned their tassels and tossed their caps Saturday at the school’s 102 annual commencement ceremony. The graduating class of more than 115 walked...
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Emotional farewell for Southold High School Class of 2016
The 110th commencement ceremony took place at Southold High School Saturday afternoon as the class of 2016 bid farewell to the school many of them had attended since kindergarten. The ceremony began...
View ArticleAchievements: Local honors, college graduations
Brianne Briggmann of Mattituck and Rachel Burns of Southold have been named to the spring dean’s list at SUNY/Geneseo. • Roy Lebkuecher of Laurel and Rosario Rodriguez of Greenport have been named to...
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Greenport’s Class of 2016 puts bow on graduation weekend
While their peers across the North Fork tossed their caps Saturday, as has become tradition Greenport’s senior class had to wait an extra day to graduate. More than 50 students wrapped up their high...
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Who better to review a kids’ book than a group of kids?
A special guest joined third-graders at Southold Elementary School last Wednesday: children’s author Robin Newman. Ms. Newman visited the students as a thank-you for their reviews of her new book,...
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Elementary school principal creates bookmobile for Greenport
Normally, when someone hears a truck driving around town ringing a bell, they assume ice cream is right around the corner. That won’t necessarily be the case this summer in Greenport. Beginning July...
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A far from average high school project in Mattituck
During their senior year, a pair of recent Mattituck High School graduates traded in their first-period study hall for an independent project. Their goal: engineering a prosthetic hand equipped with...
View ArticleMattituck Junior-Senior High fourth-quarter honor roll
Congratulations to the following students! HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 12: Cassidy Arnzen, John Batuello, Thomas Behr, Taylor Berkoski, Hayley Berry, Julie Dickerson, Jack Dufton, Emma Fasolino, Erin Feeney,...
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