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Riverhead students help with Habitat for Humanity home in Riverside

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Students in Riverhead High School’s Interact Club helped today in the construction of a home in Riverside with Habitat for Humanity.

History of school district property comes to life for students, as marker is placed at the old fair grounds site in...

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On the land where Pulaski Street school and most of the school district’s athletic fields now sit, horses once trotted around a race track, Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige both played ball, and Teddy Roosevelt once campaigned to be governor of New York.

Riverhead Blue Masques score 13 Teeny Award nominations

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The Riverhead High School Blue Masques have received 13 nominations for this year's performances ahead of next month's 21st annual East End Arts Teeny Awards.

Students and parents ask for increased school security after bullet incident, as administration assures safety

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Students and parents in the Riverhead Central School District are asking administrators to reevaluate security measures after several recent incidents involving district students, including one where bullets were brought into the high school.

Historic observatory at Riverhead High School reopens after repairs

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The telescope and observatory, which has been out of commission for the last few years due to a problem with its observation hatch, was built in 1935 by John Elliot Young and his father Orville, owners of a Riverhead machine shop off Roanoke Avenue.

Seven candidates running for four school board seats, as proposed $192.4 million budget is slated for board adoption Wednesday

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A field of seven candidates will vie for four seats in next month's school board vote, but there's only one incumbent among them.

Voters OK Riverhead library budget

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Voters approved Riverhead Free Library’s $4.7 million 2023-2024 operating budget yesterday by a 50-vote margin, 187 to 137.

A barrier-breaking musical comedy comes to Riverhead: Blue Masques present ‘The Prom’

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“The Prom” is about a lesbian teen, Emma, who becomes an outcast after her small-town high school cancels its prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend. Her story makes national news and a group of washed-up Broadway actors arrive to help set things straight.

Riverhead High School revives its long-dormant mock trial team, and students get a taste of what it’s like inside a courtroom

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The program gives students an opportunity to build public-speaking skills, while learning about courts and the law.

Pulaski Street School hosts ‘stuff-a-bus’ donation drive for Ukraine this month

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Pulaski Street School is hosting a “stuff-a-bus” donation drive to collect necessities for the people affected by the war in Ukraine.
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