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Renovated South Street Elementary School Reopens

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A specimen boxwood tied and bundled to protect from winter ice and snow damage. ANDREW MESSINGER

A specimen boxwood tied and bundled to protect from winter ice and snow damage. ANDREW MESSINGER

Local Girl Scouts lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Local Girl Scouts lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Eastport South Manor District Superintendent Mark Nocero at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Eastport South Manor District Superintendent Mark Nocero at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Board member Ralph Naglieri at the February 7 public hearing.

Board member Ralph Naglieri at the February 7 public hearing.

Superintendent Robert Hauser looks over the expansion blueprints. VALERIE GORDON

Superintendent Robert Hauser looks over the expansion blueprints. VALERIE GORDON

Wife of former Board of Education member Frank Magnani, Dorothy Magnani, at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony. ERIN MCKINLEY

Wife of former Board of Education member Frank Magnani, Dorothy Magnani, at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony. ERIN MCKINLEY

Girl Scouts at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Girl Scouts at the South Street Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Robin Barbera, principal of South Street Elementary School, at the ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Robin Barbera, principal of South Street Elementary School, at the ribbon cutting ceremony last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Brothers Christian and Claudio Figueroa work in the garden of the Bridgehampton School.

Brothers Christian and Claudio Figueroa work in the garden of the Bridgehampton School.

Dorothy Magnani and Mark Nocero cut the ribbon at the South Street Elementary School last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Dorothy Magnani and Mark Nocero cut the ribbon at the South Street Elementary School last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Dorothy Magnani cuts the ribbon at the South Street Elementary School last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Dorothy Magnani cuts the ribbon at the South Street Elementary School last week. ERIN MCKINLEY

Here a piece of natural garden twine is used in the figure eight fashion to attach a delphinium to a bamboo stake. Note the loop around the stem, loop around the bamboo with the twine crossing over itself between the two. ANDREW MESSINGER

Here a piece of natural garden twine is used in the figure eight fashion to attach a delphinium to a bamboo stake. Note the loop around the stem, loop around the bamboo with the twine crossing over itself between the two. ANDREW MESSINGER

authorErin McKinley on Sep 5, 2012
Students returning to South Street Elementary School in Manorville this week may not recognize the building that they left in June. Last week, more than 100 people attended a ribbon-cutting... more

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