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East End’s only blood donation center quietly closes its doors
The East End’s only blood donation center, the brick-and-mortar Long Island Blood Services, quietly closed its doors in Riverhead this spring — so quietly, in fact, that many in the community were...
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Workshop to help growers improve soil health
Local growers are invited to take part in a daylong soil health workshop Friday at Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead. Guest speakers will be giving presentations at...
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Goldberg’s Famous Bagels opens in Riverhead
Michah Brown, left, store manager at the Riverhead branch of Goldberg’s Famous Bagels, and co-worker Rich Ambrose prepare customers’ orders Thursday. (Credit: Rachel Young) Just a few days ago,...
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Photos: 40th annual Polish Town Fair and Festival
The 40th annual Polish Town Fair was held Saturday. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Riverhead was the scene of the 40th annual Polish Town Fair and Festival Saturday. Hundreds flocked to the festival and...
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Football: Blue Waves have developed a passion for rings
Riverhead players take part in a get-up drill during the team’s first preseason practice on Monday morning. (Credit: Garret Meade) The Riverhead High School football team seems to have a newfound...
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Talk about watercolors: Riverhead art contest to showcase hydrants
This hydrant on E. Main Street will be painted soon. (Credit: Claire Leaden) Fire hydrants are a prime example of functionality over aesthetics. They’ll get you water in an emergency, but no one’s ever...
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MTA: Buses to replace weekday trains while track repaired
LIRR riders board an eastbound train out of Riverhead last summer. (Credit: Steve Rossin, file) Due to construction projects and track repairs, buses will be replacing Long Island Rail Road trains...
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Football: Two building blocks give Riverhead strength, size
Raheem Brown gives a teammate a lift during practice. Coach Leif Shay said the 5-foot-9, 180-pound Brown is, pound for pound, one of the strongest players he has ever coached. When a high school...
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Football: Riverhead has an old-fashioned QB controversy
Kenny Simco, a senior quarterback, has a 4-0 record as a varsity starter. Last season he completed 39 of 55 passes for 439 yards and 5 touchdowns. (Credit: Garret Meade) Just because two football...
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Third annual Riverhead Walk to End Alzheimer’s hits downtown
Walkers along the Peconic Riverfront Saturday morning at the third annual Alzheimer’s Walk in Riverhead. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) As the ALS Challenge sweeps across the nation on social media, nearly...
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Football: Maysonet among first players cut by Steelers
Miguel Maysonet carries the ball against the New York Giants in the team’s preseason opener at MetLife Stadium. (Credit: AP/Frank Franklin II) Miguel Maysonet’s journey through the NFL was put on hold...
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Boys Soccer Preview: Similar goal for Riverhead, SWR — playoffs
Players on the Shoreham-Wading River soccer team run sprints during tryouts last week. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) Andrew Moschetti found himself in unfamiliar territory last fall. For the first time as a...
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PREVIEW Steve Failla has spent every fall since 1984 involved in football, in one way or another. This year, however, marks a break in that pattern, and it’s a reflection of his growing interest in...
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Girls Soccer Preview: A new era for Riverhead
Riverhead senior Sierra Smith works on a ball-handling drill during practice. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) Through all the struggles in recent years for the Riverhead girls soccer team, there was always...
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Girls Tennis: SWR has no Manfredo and no true home courts
The Shoreham-Wading River High School tennis courts have been closed and locked since March after they were declared unsafe. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister, file) PREVIEW No shortage of challenges face the...
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Girls Volleyball: Riverhead is League III’s new mystery team
Joscelin Morrow, an all-county libero, is a big part of Riverhead’s defense. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) PREVIEW This year Riverhead High School’s girls volleyball team has been moved from League IV to...
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The Riverhead Project temporarily closes its doors
The Riverhead Project in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: File Photo) The Riverhead Project has temporarily closed its doors after hitting a legal snag that inadvertently rendered its tax ID number and...
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The fun is over Out East as Route 58 center to close
Out East Family Fun will be closing at the end of September. (Credit: Carrie Miller) After more than a decade of amusement, Riverhead’s Out East Family Fun center is retiring its putters. The center,...
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Field Hockey: Riverhead’s aim — Go deeper into playoffs
Amanda Baron, a four-year starter, anchors Riverhead’s defense at left back. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) PREVIEW After reaching the high school field hockey playoffs last year, Riverhead coach Cheryl...
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Girls Cross Country: SWR returns deep team; Waves bumped up a league
The Shoreham-Wading RIver girls cross country team, led by the trio of (from left) Kaitlyn Ohrtman, Alexandra Hays and Katherine Lee, will battle Miller Place and Bayport-Blue Point for the league and...
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