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03.21.2019 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Future of Mercy High School building still up in the air

On March 12, 2018, the Diocese of Rockville Centre made a stunning announcement: Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead would be no more. A year later, the school that...

12.26.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Life after Mercy: How students are moving on after school’s closing

Disbelief and shock spread throughout the Bishop McGann-Mercy community in March when the news hit that the Riverhead Catholic high school was set to close at year’s end.

06.25.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Our Lady of Mercy teacher says goodbye just shy of 50th year at the school

A lot changes in a school over 50 years. Blackboards turn to smart boards. A Common Core curriculum is required. And students are glued to cell phones and social...

06.23.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Greenport teen bound for Yale plays pivotal role in family business, Widow’s Hole Oyster Farm

Three years ago, Mercator Osinski’s dad, Michael, presented him with a task: What can the family do differently to improve the quality of the oysters their Greenport business, Widow’s...

Mercator Osinski holds tiny oysters at his family’s business, Widow’s Hole Oyster Farm, where he introduced a system that grows smaller, plumper oysters.

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06.22.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Our Lady of Mercy Regional School staff face uncertain future

The white walls were bare in the hallways at Our Lady of Mercy Regional School Monday morning. On a single bulletin board, spelled out in yellow lettering, was a...

06.14.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Mercy through the years — Alums look back on their time at Riverhead’s Catholic high school

In 1956 the Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy in Brooklyn sent five nuns to Riverhead with the goal of starting a new Catholic high school. Mercy High...

In March 1990, Mercy High School principal Sister Elaine Hanson accepted the school’s 1989 state School of Excellence award from Department of Education representative Herbert Stupp in a ceremony at the school.

06.06.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

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.

05.25.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

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 —...

05.11.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

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...

04.26.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Will McGann-Mercy stay open as independent Catholic high school?

Bishop McGann-Mercy High School may have found its Hail Mary pass.

04.12.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Mercy students on class trip to Italy visit the Vatican to help save school

Bishop McGann-Mercy High School students have gone right to the top in their efforts to save their school, which the Diocese of Rockville Centre will close at the end...

03.29.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Heartsick supporters of soon to close Catholic schools hit the streets

Hundreds of people were dressed in green to celebrate their Irish heritage at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hampton Bays Saturday.

03.16.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

Bishop John Barres visits closing high school Friday

Bishop John Barres of the Rockville Centre Diocese is making an unannounced visit to Bishop McGann-Mercy High School Friday morning, the school’s administration office confirmed.

03.14.2018 Bishop McGann-Mercy

‘Heartbroken’ Mercy community stunned by news of school’s closure

Bishop McGann-Mercy High School senior Sarah Dern arrived home from school earlier than usual Monday, because after-school activities were canceled. There, the phone rang almost immediately with a message...

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