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Mattituck eighth-graders publish wildlife book
Ask a Mattituck eighth-grader what a bob-tailed grackle is and they can tell you. Curious about the golden-crowned kinglet? They know all about that bird, too. Curious about any other animals on the...
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Southold/Greenport robotics team returns from world championship as...
The Southold/Greenport robotics team returned from Detroit with something to be proud of: a trip to the semifinal round at the world competition. “It was great,” sophomore Drew Wolf of Greenport said....
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Mattituck students learn the importance of kindness during author chat
Students across three grades in the Mattituck School District read the book “I Will Always Write Back” by Caitlin Alifirenka, Martin Ganda and Liz Welch. The students in sixth, seventh and eighth...
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Meet Bishop-McGann Mercy High School’s last valedictorian
In less than a month, Olivia Valle will stand on that stage at Bishop-McGann Mercy High School and look out at the audience — fellow classmates wearing green and white gowns, the teachers who have...
View ArticleNorth Fork school districts to participate in mental health initiative
In 2014, South Fork school districts partnered with local hospitals, elected officials and the Family Service League to create the South Fork Behavioral Health Initiative. The collaboration gave...
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Complete voters guide for North Fork school budgets, elections
Voters in all five local school districts will be asked to vote on the 2018-19 budgets and more this Tuesday. Polls are open from 2 to 8 p.m. in Greenport and Oysterponds and from 3 to 9 p.m. in...
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Voters approve budgets in all five North Fork districts
Greenport stood alone and its residents delivered. As the only school district in Suffolk County asking its voters to pierce the tax cap, Greenport officials quickly exhaled shortly after 8 p.m. when...
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Beloved Greenport teacher, Kathy Wallace, to retire after 32 years
Throughout her life, Kathy Wallace of East Marion has always been connected to Greenport schools. Born in Greenport, she graduated from Greenport High School in 1972. After splitting her college...
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Mattituck students collect supplies for Turkish elementary schools
Visitors to Mattituck High School in the last three weeks have been greeted by large cardboard boxes set underneath a poster showing students inside Turkish elementary school classrooms. Many of those...
View ArticleEnrichment program in the works for Cutchogue East elementary
Cutchogue East Elementary School is looking to introduce before- and after-school programs. The school was approached by Champions, a national before- and after-school-care organization, to offer...
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Write-in candidate accepts New Suffolk Board of Education seat
After receiving eight write-in votes in last week’s uncontested New Suffolk Board of Education election, Lauren Grant has decided to accept the position. Ms. Grant officially informed the school...
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Parents hope to open STREAM school at Bishop McGann-Mercy
Things are moving full-steam ahead for a group of parents and community members who are trying to open an independent Catholic high school at the Bishop McGann-Mercy property — or should we say full...
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Veterans share stories of war with Mattituck students
Charles Sanders, commander of the American Legion Post 803, posed a question to the group of nearly 50 students at the Mattituck High School Library: How long have they ever gone without a shower? The...
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Southold opens new track and field complex at high school
The Southold School District brought students out, dressed in red and white to show their Settlers pride, at a ribbon cutting for the high school’s new track and athletic complex Tuesday morning....
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Mother Goose shoe unveiled at Southold Elementary School
Sounds of an antique tractor filled the air at the Southold Elementary School playground Wednesday morning. Cheers and claps grew louder as the tractor (on loan from Suffolk County Legislator Al...
View ArticleGreenport High School students get a new place to hone construction skills
Students in construction classes at Greenport High School will have a new outdoor space to hone their skills in plumbing, electrical work and more thanks in part to a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for...
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Southold theater students shine at Teeny Awards
Four Southold High School students walked home winners at the 16th Annual East End Arts Teeny Awards Sunday, an event that recognizes the best in local high school theater. Students from the school...
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Southold High School welcomes new principal Terence Rusch
Southold High School will have a new principal next month. Terence Rusch, currently an assistant principal at Division Avenue High School in the Levittown School District, will begin his new position...
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McGann-Mercy’s Class of 2018 celebrates ‘bittersweet’ graduation
Decked in a green cap and gown, Harry Ramos couldn’t hold back tears as he reminisced on his past four years at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School. The recent graduate, who had tossed his cap only...
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Mattituck students brave rough seas in annual cardboard boat race
Cardboard and tape. That’s all Mattituck High School physics students could use to craft boats used to loop around a buoy several yards out from the beach Wednesday near the Mattituck Yacht Club on...
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