Mattituck High School Class of 2018 celebrates graduation: photos
The Mattituck High School Class of 2018 celebrated its graduation Saturday morning with its commencement ceremony at Mattituck High School. Salutatorian Alexander Bellavia and valedictorian Alexandra...
View ArticleHigh school journalism award winners honored
Times Review Media Group honored six student journalists representing each high school in the coverage area with scholarships at a ceremony Thursday night. The winners for The Suffolk Times were...
View ArticleMattituck grad serves aboard U.S. Navy ship
Mattituck resident Barry Miller, a petty officer second class in the U.S. Navy, has a new place to call home: the open seas. A 2010 graduate of Mattituck High School, he has been deployed as a fire...
View ArticlePast and present Mattituck art teachers receive state awards
Mattituck High School art teacher Dina Rose has received the 2018 Art Educator of the Year award by the New York State Art Teachers Association. Ms. Rose, who is the current vice president of NYSATA,...
View ArticleMattituck students set to take stage at 83rd annual variety show
The Mattituck High School auditorium will soon be filled with wacky skits, song bits and interpretative dance. The 83rd annual high school variety show will be presented Friday, Nov. 30, and...
View ArticleMattituck-Cutchogue students refurbish 70-year-old tractor
A shiny red and cream-colored tractor sits outside the main entrance of Mattituck High School. At night, the vehicle glows white with Christmas lights. But it’s not new to the high school; the tractor...
View ArticleTop stories of 2018: Absence of longtime teacher sparks outrage
A sea of about 200 people — students, parents, alumni and members of Mattituck High School’s baseball program — attended the Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education meeting Oct. 16 and spoke in support...
View ArticleMattituck art students provide memories for less fortunate children
Over the past two months, studio and advanced art students at Mattituck High School have been creating portraits of children on the other side of the world.The 35 portraits feature children between...
View ArticleMattituck school officials weighing options on turf field
About five years ago, Jeanine Warns, president of Mattituck-Cutchogue Athletic Booster Club, approached the Mattituck School Board to request a new track for student athletes. She found herself in a...
View ArticleMattituck students compete in Virtual Enterprise business plan contest
Students in Mattituck High School’s Virtual Enterprise class will attend an International Virtual Enterprise trade show in Brooklyn this April to help fund their simulated company. This year, the...
View ArticleSteve DeCaro out as Mattituck baseball coach
Longtime baseball coach Steve DeCaro will not return to the Mattituck High School baseball field this season. Mr. DeCaro, who was placed on administrative leave last fall, will be replaced by longtime...
View ArticleMattituck H.S. staffer and student collaborate on indie film project
A solemn middle-aged man enters his living room. He sits down, takes a deep breath and looks directly at his daughter, seated across from him. “Tell me it’s a joke,” he says, holding up her suicide...
View ArticleMattituck High School student honored with President’s Volunteer Service Award
Luke Altman remembers playing with Legos in the children’s department at Mattituck-Laurel Library as a toddler. The 16-year-old from Laurel recalled that children’s librarian Barbara Moore would watch...
View ArticleA Mattituck grad’s inspirational journey to becoming a Fulbright scholar
Growing up with dyslexia, Cara Slotkin could have had her education greatly derailed. Instead, the Laurel native’s desire to improve as a reader fueled her thirst for learning and inspired her to...
View ArticleBoots-deep in research: Mattituck students collect DNA samples
As soon as the school day ends, it smells like low-tide. A blustery wind rolls across the inlet at Marratooka Point, off Park Avenue in Mattituck. It ripples across the muddy water where three...
View ArticlePlaque 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...
View ArticleRecognizing local on-air, off-air talent at third annual BASH awards
High school television broadcast programs across the North Fork scored big at this year’s Broadcast Awards for Senior High. Nearly 400 high school journalists, teachers and administrators from Suffolk...
View ArticleNominees announced for 17th annual Teeny Awards
Nominees for the 17th annual Teeny Awards, which showcase the best in local high school theater, were announced this past weekend. The winners will be announced at a ceremony Sunday, June 9 at...
View ArticleMattituck/Southold girls lacrosse wins second straight state title
The repeat was sweet. Perhaps doubly sweet for the Mattituck/Southold high school girls lacrosse team. Almost a year to the day since Mattituck’s first state triumph on the same SUNY/Cortland field,...
View ArticleMattituck, Southold theater students win Teeny Awards
A pair of North Fork high school students took home Teeny Awards Sunday, given each year to the best in East End student theater. Southold High School’s Jake Okula finished in a tie for the lead male...
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