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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…

Seven candidates are vying to fill four seats on the Riverhead Board of Education this year. Read short profiles on them and some of their views on the future…

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.

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Hours after Riverhead school board Vice President Laurie Downs announced her decision to step down from the board, officials and community advocates applauded…

The upcoming school district election will fill four open seats on the Riverhead Board of Education: three positions that will be vacant at the end of the…

A Riverhead High School student walking from the high school toward Route 58 this afternoon was attacked by a group of about five male youths wearing black ski…

Riverhead Board of Education Vice President Laurie Downs has apologized for comments she made about the presence of Latino gangs in Brentwood after public…

Comments by Riverhead school board member Laurie Downs about crimes against students caused a stir at a downtown civic meeting Saturday, but police records do…

Following a nearly six month search, Riverhead appointed its new superintendent at a special meeting Tuesday. In a unanimous vote, the Board of Education voted to approve a contract with Dr. Augustine Tornatore, who currently serves as superintendent in the Liberty Central School District in Sullivan County. “I’m very proud to be able to serve as your instructional leader moving forward as well as to serve as the advocate for all students within the Riverhead school district and also to ser...