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Finding inspiration from his mother’s fight against breast cancer
Robbie Block was the picture of focus, squatting on the Riverhead sideline in meditation, helmet in hand with his long brown locks flowing over the sides of his white headband. It was during this...
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Football Notebook: Life doesn’t get any easier for Riverhead
The message coach Leif Shay had for his Riverhead High School football players following Saturday’s game was the same one he has conveyed throughout the season. “I’m very proud of them,” he said. “For...
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Girls Tennis: Doubles team gives SWR edge over Riverhead
It was an intriguing matchup. The athleticism of Riverhead’s Taylor Marelli against the uncanny shot-making ability of Shoreham-Wading River’s Jillian Dinowitz. Which one would win out? After a series...
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Boys Soccer: Villatoro scores twice for Waves in loss at Northport
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick. And Jack Wetzel was able to score a hat trick. The junior forward accomplished the feat in the opening 18 minutes of Northport’s 7-2 win over visiting Riverhead in a...
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Football: High homecoming drama in Riverhead’s first win
This was just what the doctor ordered for the Riverhead High School football team. Or at least the Section XI schedule-maker. Struggling Riverhead, scoreless and winless through its first four games,...
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Photos: Salvaging the Riverhead Country Fair
Since when are farmers deterred by a little rain? The wet weather might have canceled most activities at the Riverhead Country Fair on Sunday, but the farm and garden contest still went off without a...
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Riverhead woman who led police on wild chase indicted on 15 felonies
A Riverhead woman who reportedly escaped custody and led Riverhead and Southampton police on two high-speed chases last month has been indicted on a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges, including...
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Girls Tennis: Marelli keeps her eyes on the ball
A coach once told Taylor Marelli that the difference between the best tennis players in the world and the above-average players just below them is that those top players keep their eyes on the ball a...
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Football: Anderson’s timely return is a winning one
Losing can be tough on anyone, but there may be no player on the Riverhead High School football team who had it rougher through the first four winless games this season than John Anderson. That is...
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Health Column: PBMC unveils new fitness facility for employees
Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead unveiled its new on-site gym Oct. 4. The fitness facility, which features cardio machines and free weights, is exclusively for employees and serves as a...
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NYPD: Riverhead woman charged with attempted murder of a police officer
A Riverhead woman has been arrested on attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting at an NYPD detective with a pellet gun Wednesday night in Queens, according to authorities. Tiara Ferebee, 24,...
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New orginization tasked with bringing Riverhead and Riverside together
Donna Stovall’s expansive résumé includes work for the Urban League in Brooklyn and as associate director at an upstate drop-in center for people affected by or infected with AIDS. She also started...
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Congressional candidates to discuss environmental issues in Riverhead
East End Congressman Lee Zeldin and former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst will discuss environmental issues at Tuesday night’s First Congressional District candidate forum in Riverhead....
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Field Hockey: Suspended shootout could settle Waves’ playoff hopes
Darkness descended on the brand new turf field at the Pulaski Sports Complex, and a shadow of doubt hung over the Riverhead High School field hockey team’s playoff chances. The first game on the field...
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News-Review photographer BE Koch retires after 24 years
At 5:40 p.m. last Wednesday, longtime Riverhead News-Review photographer Barbaraellen Koch emailed a story pitch to the newspaper’s editors. The subject line said “don’t forget to do a story about...
View ArticleTown Board seeks approval power over EPCAL subdivisions
A proposal to give the Town Board approval power over subdivision applications at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, parts of downtown Riverhead and Railroad Avenue drew only one speaker during a public...
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Columbia Care introduces medical marijuana in pill form
A new form of medical marijuana — a controlled-dose, solid-fill pill — is now available at Columbia Care’s medical marijuana dispensary in Riverhead. The pills — available to patients with “fine motor...
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Riverhead sixth grader invited to National Youth Leadership Forum
Sean Donohue can complete a Rubik’s Cube in 39 seconds, the fastest of anyone in his fifth-grade class last year at Pulaski Street Elementary School. The 11-year-old, now a sixth-grader, can also use...
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Take a tour inside 20 West Main in downtown Riverhead: Video
Developer Georgia Malone celebrated another addition to downtown Riverhead earlier this month: her newly renovated office building at 20 West Main Street. Offices inside the building, dubbed 20 West...
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Football: Riverhead’s playoff hopes are doused
The forecast wasn’t good — for the weather or the Riverhead High School football team’s playoff prospects. Still, remarkably enough, Riverhead entered Saturday’s game with a chance to get into the...
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