Boys Track and Field: DiResta sets Riverhead pentathlon record
Riverhead’s Steven Reid, left, leans forward at the finish line to nip a Copiague runner for victory in the 4×100-meter relay. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS To say that Ryan DiResta...
View ArticlePhotos: Riverhead boys third at division meet
The Riverhead boys track and field team tallied 74 points to finish third in Division II Friday. Shoreham-Wading River was ninth in Division III with 24 points and McGann-Mercy tallied 16 points to...
View ArticleSee more photos from the track and field division championships
Riverhead senior Ra’Shae Smith finished third in the shot put at the Division II Championship. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) At the Division III girls track championship Thursday, Shoreham-Wading River...
View ArticleTrack & Field: Riverhead’s relay team bound for state championship
Riverhead junior Marcus Reid runs the third leg of the 4 x 100 relay Friday. The Blue Waves finished second Saturday but still earned a spot at the state meet. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) SECTION XI...
View ArticleRiverhead News: Garden clubs hosting ‘Disney Floral Fantasies’
Brad Tuthill retired May 29 after working for Northville Industries for 59 years. Wow! Fifty-nine years of dedicated service to a job is amazing. Congratulations, Brad! Now you can do whatever you...
View ArticleTrack & Field: Riverhead relay team races into record books
Riverhead senior Steven Reid III runs the final leg of the 4×100 relay at Friday’s state championship meet. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) There were undoubtable mixed emotions for Riverhead’s 4×100 relay...
View ArticleTuthill becomes first two-time athlete of year from Mercy
Three of the Riverhead News-Review athletes of the year honored were (from left) Katherine Lee of Shoreham-Wading River, Reggie Archer of McGann-Mercy and Danni Napoli of Riverhead. (Credit: Robert...
View ArticleRiverhead News: Winners announced during Flag Day ceremony
Riverhead Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary held its June meeting on the 10th at Meeting House Creek Inn, with president Connie Kenter presiding. At the meeting, three women were honored for their...
View Article‘Vaping’ comes to Riverhead, with two new stores
Employees Sam Leibowitz and Phil Brito inside Real Vapor, Riverhead’s first e-cigarette store, on Route 58, with some of the flavored liquids they sell Flavors include chocolate raspberry cheesecake,...
View ArticleEditorial: Could now be the time for downtown Riverhead?
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | The Peconic River boardwalk that runs along the East Main Street parking lot.Could The state of “progress” in downtown Riverhead is often discussed but hard to pin down:...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Blue Waves building foundation for season during summer
Darwin Villatoro scored two goals for the Blue Waves in Monday’s summer league win. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) A familiar theme emerged in recent years around the Riverhead boys soccer team. After coming...
View ArticlePhotos: Fireworks light up Riverhead for Fourth of July
The Riverhead Business Improvement District sponsored an Independence Day celebration last night, capped off with a fireworks show. Music filled the air before the show as Brady Rymer and the Little...
View ArticleRoundup of where you can see fireworks this weekend
(Credit: Katharine Schroeder file) Jamesport The annual fire department parade along Route 25 kicks off on Wednesday, July 8, at 7 p.m. The Jamesport Fire Department’s annual carnival, located near the...
View ArticleCommunity garden is still a ‘magic’ space downtown
Six-year-old Summer Realander loves coming to the River and Roots Community Garden with her mother, Kristen. (Credit: Chris Lisinski) “Mom! Mom! I love this garden!” That’s what six-year-old Summer...
View ArticleCould Riverhead replicate Patchogue’s Alive After Five?
Riverhead has long been compared to Patchogue in the eyes of many, heralded as the next area in Suffolk to blossom into a fully revitalized and vibrant downtown. Well, keep the comparisons coming. The...
View ArticleDowntown’s Consignment Galore closing, moving shop to Aquebogue
Less than two years after it opened, Consignment Galore on East Main Street downtown will close its doors next month as the owners open a new store, tentatively titled The Black Whale, in Aquebogue....
View ArticleColumn: Singing his way into the record books
Darren Stakey of Riverhead will attempt to sing and play piano nearly five straight days next month. (Credit: courtesy) Let’s get right to the first question. In the 111 hours, 11 minutes and 11...
View ArticleRiverhead Raceway: Double the fun for Rogers
Saturday’s racing was double the fun for Tom Rogers Jr. of Riverhead. In front of a near capacity crowd at Riverhead Raceway, Rogers won both the 35-lap modified and 15-lap figure eight feature events,...
View ArticleRiverhead Waldbaum’s closing as A&P files for bankruptcy
The Waldbaum’s on Route 58 will be closing after the grocery chain’s parent company announced that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Riverhead grocery store is one of nearly 300 stores owned...
View ArticleConstruction project closes lanes on Route 25 bridge over LIE
Due to an around-the-clock renovation project on the Route 25 bridge over the Long Island Expressway, only one lane in each direction is now open, according to the state Department of Transportation....
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