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HS students honored with journalism awards
June 14, 2013
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Plans to develop EPCAL move forward here, in Albany
June 14, 2013
Southold Town to host small business forum next week
June 13, 2013
Community
Southold teen named Strawberry Queen
June 15, 2013
Photos: Hulling Night at the Strawberry Festival
June 15, 2013
Make that the Paul Stoutenburgh Preserve
June 14, 2013
Obituaries
Harriet Hull Aherne
June 18, 2013
Prince memorial set
June 18, 2013
William S. Jaeger
June 18, 2013
Education
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Oysterponds school board candidate forum set for tonight
There will be an Oysterponds school board candidate forum tonight in Orient, but only incumbent Dorothy-Dean Thomas will be in attendance. Civic officials said candidate Betsy Dzenkowski has declined the invitation due to a scheduling conflict. Ms. Dzenkowski is an East Marion resident who hasn’t actively campaigned. She and Ms. Thomas tied...
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HS students honored with journalism awards
The Suffolk Times honored three high school students with journalism awards Thursday night. Alexandra Kluko of Mattituck, Shelby Kostal of Greenport and Gretchen Walter of Southold were each honored for their efforts this year in their high school journalism programs. Gretchen served as editor of the school newspaper, in addition to working...
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Editorial: Decrease in school enrollment a cause for concern
As goes Oysterponds, so goes the North Fork? For reasons we can debate ad nauseam, Southold Town appears to have lost its much-coveted designation as the place to live for families with school-age children. There was a time not all that long ago when, in response to a sharp spike in student...
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New principal in Oysterponds has a familiar name
The Oysterponds school board has appointed former superintendent Joan Frisicano to serve as interim principal while it searches for a permanent replacement for outgoing principal Françoise Wittenburg. With enrollment expected to drop by nearly 18 students to a total of about 67 in 2013-14, the board also voted to cut its...
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Community college fitness center coming sooner than expected
Suffolk County Community College's eastern campus will be home to a new $17 million health and sports facility, including an Olympic-sized indoor swimming pool, sooner than expected. Construction on the roughly 49,000-square-foot facility for physical education and athletics courses will begin next year after funds were made available earlier than the...
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Oysterponds school board to vote on teacher layoffs, reduced hours
The Oysterponds school board is expected to approve Superintendent Richard Malone’s proposed teacher layoffs and reduced hours at tonight’s regular meeting in Orient. First-grade teacher Jenny Schoenstein, second-grade teacher Rebecca Cartselos, and fifth-grade teacher Brittany Knote are slated to be laid off June 30, according to tonight’s agenda. The district’s first pre-kindergarten...
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See which local theater students won Teeny Awards Sunday
McGann-Mercy High School senior Nicole Chiuhiolo stood near the red carpet at Southold High School, waiting to be photographed in her blue dress as she held her glass prize for best Lead Actress in a Drama. Her fellow cast members had just won awards for best supporting actor and actress for...
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North Fork NJROTC once again the region’s best
The North Fork NJROTC has won the Area 4 most outstanding unit award for the eighth year in a row and, in addition, placed third for the most outstanding unit in the nation. Area 4 covers states Delaware through Maine and western Pennsylvania, with over 50 NJROTC units. Maj. William Grigonis, the...
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Here are the nominees for today’s Teeny Awards
The 11th Annual Teeny Awards will be held at Southold High School today. The awards, presented by East End Arts and sponsored by Suffolk County National Bank and Riverhead Toyota, showcase the best in local high school theater. The red carpet begins at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at the door. Southold,...
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Photos: Our Lady of Mercy performs Alice’s Adventures
Our Lady of Mercy Theatre Group presented its first performance of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at the North Fork Community Theatre Saturday night. Written by Lewis Carroll and adapted by Christine Watts, the play follows Alice as she discovers the strange world that exists down the rabbit hole. A second performance is...
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Mattituck grad’s documentary searches for the ‘American dream’
“The American dream” is an expression most Americans have grown accustomed to hearing, but what does it mean? House and picket fence? Eternal happiness? Wealth? And many say the American dream, whatever that may be, is dead. Mattituck High School alumnus Dan Bruno, 22, set out on a cross-country road trip in January...
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Photos: Southold’s annual ‘Senior Prom’ event in Mattituck
For the sixth year, Southold Town and Mattituck High School teamed up to throw a "Senior Prom" Friday afternoon at the Human Resources Center in Mattituck. Students and residents who take part in the town's senior nutrition program shared an early dinner and an afternoon of dancing, including selecting two sets...
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Nonprofit Greenport day care center may close
Citing ongoing financial woes, Greenport’s Perry Day Care Center may soon close its doors for good, according to director Joan Marie Cortez. The center has enough money to cover operational costs for the next three to six months, she said, but its future beyond that is uncertain. “Many local working parents and...
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Photos: The McGann-Mercy High School Class of 2013
The McGann-Mercy High School Class of 2013 celebrated its graduation Wednesday afternoon. The 84 graduates come from all across the East End and as far west as Patchogue and Port Jefferson. The students received more than $11 million in scholarship offers and 99 percent of graduates will be pursuing post-secondary studies...
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School diversity increasing, enrollment shrinking
A recently released state report shows that enrollment is down across all North Fork schools at a time when districts are becoming more diverse. The state issued its annual “report cards” for all school districts in March. The reports include cost per pupil information, enrollment and district demographics, state assessment scores...
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Southold’s student paper wins big
In an English classroom at Southold High School Monday afternoon, students reminisced about the school year’s top stories as they put to bed the final issue of The Sentinel. They were feeling proud because they received 10 awards at the Long Island Press High School Journalism Awards ceremony May 22 at...
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Autism couldn’t keep him from top of class
Alex Whittle skipped to one of his favorite Greenport spots Monday a few hours after the rain stopped, the sun making its first appearance of the day above Long Island Sound. The Dr. Dennis Clair Memorial Park near 67 Steps beach is a secret sanctuary, mainly because the nearly half-acre lush...
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The Sentinel: Read Southold’s student paper
The latest edition of Southold High School's award-winning student newspaper, The Sentinel, just hit the presses. Newspaper adviser James Stahl launched the paper 18 years ago. Under the direction of editor Gretchen Walter, the 2013 summer issue leads with some helpful advice for future students from writer Shelby Pickerell. "Keep track of the news...
