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Sports
Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves
September 30, 2011
Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork
September 26, 2011
Girls Soccer: Wildcats fall 1-0 on penalty kick
September 22, 2011
Education
Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
September 25, 2011
Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
September 23, 2011
SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
September 21, 2011
Business
Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections
September 26, 2011
Johnny O's sports bar and grill to open in Coram this fall
September 19, 2011
Where do you get your favorite fall seasonal brews?
September 14, 2011
Community
What's happening this week?
September 23, 2011
Daily Poll: What would you most like to see built in Calverton?
September 19, 2011
Miller Place Country Fair set for this weekend
September 16, 2011
Obituaries
Frank J. Carasiti
September 20, 2011
Doris Mae Meachum
September 19, 2011
Edith Watson
September 13, 2011
Real Estate
Fall backyard trends: Economy has some opting for 'staycations'
September 16, 2011
The end of summer doesn't mean you should stop planting
September 5, 2011
Opinion
Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go
September 29, 2011
Guest Spot: Amid desperation and despair on Sept. 11
September 17, 2011
Column: How sports can help us heal
September 15, 2011
Education
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Mount Sinai school board reviews most recent test scores
Mount Sinai school officials went over the most recent set of standardized test scores at last week's Board of Education meeting. Executive Director for Educational Services Deena Williams-Timo, led the presentation, reviewing student scores on state assessments, Regents and Advanced Placement exams. She compared Mount Sinai’s assessment scores with those of neighboring...
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Photos: Longwood kids celebrate Day of Peace
About 1,500 Longwood Junior High students celebrated International Day of Peace on Wednesday by forming the word “love,” creating a peace sign for the “o,” on the Junior High School’s front lawn. About 30 years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for a day of non-violence every Sept. 21. Longwood...
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SWR Notes: Board gives green light for new reading program
Shoreham-Wading River school board members agreed at Tuesday’s meeting to move forward with a new student reading program, the first part of superintendent Steven Cohen’s education goals and priorities plan. Dr. Cohen laid out the plan at school board meetings earlier this month, and the board adopted it Tuesday. The plan is...
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Frank Carasiti, namesake for Rocky Point school, dies at 78
Frank Carasiti, of Wading River, a local educator for more than 40 years who had a Rocky Point elementary school named for him, died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Carasiti began his career in education in 1957 as a sixth grade teacher in the Rocky Point School District. He became superintendent...
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Do you stop for school buses picking up students?
Suffolk County lawmaker joined with school officials Wednesday in urging motorists to not pass school buses that are stopped to pick up and drop off students. Third District Legislator Kate Browning held a press conference in Yaphank with Longwood Superintendent Allan Gerstenlauer in front of the home of a parent who...
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Rocky Point student athletes now take concussion tests
Some 300 Rocky Point student athletes took a concussion management test this summer before taking part in sports. The program, called Immediate Post Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT), is a 15-to-20-minute computerized exam that tests a student’s brain and track’s his or her memory, reaction time, speed and concentration. The...
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Longwood dealing with unexpected growth in elementary population
An unexpected increase in Longwood’s student population have led to larger than expected class sizes in several elementary grades this school year, school officials said at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Allan Gerstenlauer said the district had already been planning for slightly larger class sizes this year due to budget...
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Longwood Notes: Resident takes issue with plan to build JHS tennis courts
Yaphank resident Rita Schineis criticized the Longwood Board of Education Thursday for its recent approval of a $450,000 plan to build new tennis courts at the junior high school. “How can we justify new tennis courts in this economy?” she said, asking that the money be spent differently. Superintendent Allan Gerstenlauer said...
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BOCES expands adult ed program at Riverhead campus
East End adults looking to expand their resumes to include a cosmetology license or a clinical medical assistant certificate are in luck. The H.B. Ward Career and Technical Center of Eastern Suffolk BOCES, located on North Griffing Avenue in Riverhead, will now be offering daytime classes and an expanded catalog of...
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Mount Sinai schools scrap seventh grade French
J’aime apprendre à parler français. If you have a child who just entered seventh grade in the Mount Sinai School District and want him or her to be able to understand the above sentence in French, you’re out of luck. French courses were pulled from the seventh-grade curriculum this school year after...
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SWR Notebook: Retired administrator hired at per diem rate
The Shoreham-Wading River school board voted Tuesday to appoint Charles Althoff as interim director of student services at a per diem rate of $600. He’ll begin work today through June 20, 2012. He will not receive medical benefits, and either he or the district can terminate his employment by giving notice...
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SWR school board to appoint new director of student services
The Shoreham-Wading River school board will vote tonight to appoint Charles Althoff as interim director of student services at a per diem rate of $600. If appointed, Mr. Althoff would be employed starting tomorrow through June 30, 2012. He would not receive medical benefits, and either he or the district could...
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Photos: Longwood students head back before Labor Day
Longwood students are headed back to school today, a little earlier than in years past. Opening before Labor Day is unusual, but is happening because certain holidays fall on weekdays this year, school officials said. One reason Longwood is starting earlier than other area districts is because students there have off...
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Tropical Storm Irene’s impact on SunLand schools
Tropical Storm Irene knocked the power out of nearly 60,000 homes and businesses in Brookhaven, leaving many in the dark to light candles and tote flashlights. But five days after the storm, fewer than 14,000 outages remain in the town, and most schools throughout SunLand are back in business with electricity...
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Major Miller Place school construction project coming to close
A major construction project in the Miller Place School District is nearly complete, deputy superintendent Maryann Higuera announced at Wednesday’s school board meeting. “All in all, we did five months of work in less than two,” she said. The expansion project, which includes renovations at each school in the district, cost $25...
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Baker’s Workshop set to become full-time student bakery
It could be crusty loaves of semolina one week and slices of apple-pecan layer cake the next — and after that, a variety of hand-decorated sugar cookies. Those are among baked goods that could pop up on the shelves of The Baker’s Workshop on East Main Street in Riverhead, depending on...
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New phone messaging system for Mount Sinai parents
Mount Sinai School District is launching a new messaging service for the 2011-12 school year, superintendent Anthony Bonasera announced at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. Whenever a voice-recorded message is delivered to a family’s home, a text message will also be sent to district residents’ cell phones, alerting them of...
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Former SWR school admin will earn up to $8,500 to train replacement
The Shoreham-Wading River school board on Monday approved a measure that allows former assistant superintendent for human resources Lou Curra to provide mentoring services to William Bushman, who was recently appointed to fill that role, at a maximum cost of $8,500 to the district. The resolution passed by a 4-0 vote....
