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Mattituck BOE to approve replacement physics teacher at Nov. 15 meeting
Board president Charles Anderson and superintendent Jill Gierasch at Thursday’s board meeting. (Credit: Kate Nalepinski) A former Mattituck High School physics teacher, who most recently taught in Port...
View ArticleMattituck-Cutchogue school district begins planning capital project
Mattituck-Cutchogue school district officials have begun preliminary discussions on how to spend $3.7 million in reserve funding on repairs, renovations and improvements throughout the district. As...
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Photos: Cutchogue East students perform ‘Seussical Jr.’
Fifth- and sixth-grade students at Cutchogue East Elementary School in the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District demonstrated their musical and theatrical talents during a special performance of...
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Mattituck-Cutchogue prioritizes salaries, taxes in proposed budget
Officials in the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District released a preliminary budget for the 2019-20 academic year, showing a spending plan on par to last year’s figures. Superintendent Jill Gierasch...
View ArticleGreenport, Riverhead and Mattituck GSA clubs receive LGBT Network grants
Gay-Straight Alliance groups in Greenport, Riverhead and Mattituck high schools have received grants to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in each district. The LGBT Network — an...
View ArticleMattituck residents will vote on turf field proposition next month
The debate over the contentious topic of a turf field for Mattituck Cutchogue Union Free School District has concluded: Next month, voters will see a ballot item to approve or reject the $1.6 million...
View ArticleEditorial: Voting yes on propositions is all-around win
As early as this fall, construction of a turf field could begin on the western side of the Mattituck High School property. It’s something the district does not have but numerous other Suffolk school...
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Mattituck adopts $40.7M budget; hearing set for May 14
The Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education adopted a $40.7 million budget for the upcoming school year at its meeting Wednesday. The budget, unanimously approved, is a 0.26% increase compared to the...
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Plaque commemorates Walter Gatz for his generosity, commitment to youth sports
When his granddaughters began playing lacrosse on the field at Cutchogue West, Walter Gatz stared at the field in disbelief. His daughter, Laurie Italia, recalled how her father would say “We’ve got...
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Three candidates in Mattituck vying for two spots on BOE
Three candidates are running for two open seats on the Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education. Incumbent Sarah Hassildine is seeking re-election, while fellow trustee MaryLynn Hoeg has decided to step...
View ArticleVoters head to the polls Tuesday to decide 2019-20 school budgets
Several school districts on the North Fork will offer propositions along with their budgets this Tuesday, May 21, when voters head to the polls. The district that asked voters to pierce the tax cap...
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Voters approve budgets in all North Fork districts; Mattituck turf field...
Newly elected Mattituck BOE members George Haase and Jennifer Anderson. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Voters in all five North Fork school districts overwhelmingly approved their 2019-20 budgets as voter...
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Longtime Mattituck BOE member Charles Anderson resigns
Longtime Mattituck school board member Charles Anderson announced his resignation from the board July 9 at the district’s annual reorganizational meeting. Board president Barbara Wheaton read a letter...
View ArticleMattituck scores above county average on state assessments; Greenport,...
Most schools in Southold Town performed below average proficiency levels for Suffolk County on the English Language Arts and math assessments given in April and May, according to state data....
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Revamped playground blacktop completed following Girl Scouts project
Ronald Breuer of Cutchogue watched three of his granddaughters in Girl Scout Troop 864 dip their feet in blue paint on a recent Saturday and slowly pace down a path from the Cutchogue East Elementary...
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Designing homes to ‘age in place’ on the North Fork
Health care specialists, builders and architects alike have grown interested in an integrative concept known as “aging in place” and how North Fork residents can, through planning, design their homes...
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Donations sought for new food pantry at Mattituck High School
Just in time for Thanksgiving Day, a new food pantry has opened at Mattituck High School. The food pantry, accessible to all students year round, currently serves over 25 families in the community. It...
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Mattituck School District to review bus transportation policy
A law firm representing the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District, Ingerman Smith LLP, is reviewing the language of its bus transportation policy after one parent claimed his daughter’s civil rights are...
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Residents question decision to raise Mattituck superintendent’s salary
Despite a 2% annual salary hike as called for in her contract, Mattituck-Cutchogue School District superintendent Jill Gierasch saw her salary rise by 11.4% this school year — which has angered some...
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Crash victim remembered as talented soccer player who ‘had so much to offer’
To many of the English as a New Language students at Mattituck High School, Melvin Dominguez Torres was a good friend. A native of El Salvador, Melvin followed two of his older brothers to the United...
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