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Home Depot employees clean up Wading River park
A group of about 14 Home Depot employees needed only half a day to spruce up Riverhead Town’s Police Officers Memorial Park on Bayberry Road in Wading River Wednesday morning. The group put a new coat...
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American Cancer Society event draws 3,500 to Riverhead
Suffolk Community College in Riverhead hosted the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk Sunday. It was the first time the American Cancer Society’s premier event was held in Riverhead and about...
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Field Hockey: Riverhead falls to the class of Class A
Two dramatic shootout victories had taken the Riverhead High School field hockey team to this, the Suffolk County Class A quarterfinals and the ultimate test. The Blue Waves knew what they were...
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Cross Country: Lee, SWR girls triumph for third straight division title
Katherine Lee has not been feeling well lately. She has been battling cold symptoms. A stuffy nose, headaches, a sore throat. Think that was going to slow down the Shoreham-Wading River High School...
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Football: Harnig twins keep Riverhead coach guessing
Adam and Kyle Harnig are fraternal twins, not identical twins, but the two brothers look an awful lot alike. So much so that it can be difficult to differentiate between the two. Just ask Riverhead...
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Football: Riverhead’s emergency QB gets the call in season-ending loss
Three hours before kickoff time on Saturday, Harrison Downs received the word. Riverhead High School football coach Leif Shay pulled Downs aside and told him that he was the emergency backup...
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With influx of homeless young adults, local shelters brace for winter
Last winter, Maureen’s Haven, a Riverhead-based nonprofit that serves the homeless, experienced an unexpected flood of a new type of guest: young adults. Just under half the people assisted by the...
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Photos: Key Club’s ‘Safe Halloween’ at Riverhead High School
Of all the ghosts and ghouls roaming around Halloween night, the ones having the most fun may have been trick-or-treating through the haunted hallways of Riverhead High School. The Riverhead High...
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Long Island Science Center finds new home in Rocky Point
The Long Island Science Center announced Tuesday that it has officially moved to a new location in Rocky Point. In 2013, the organization revealed its plan to move to a larger building from its...
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Cops: Two injured after Suffolk bus flips on Middle Road
A Suffolk County Transit minibus flipped onto its side after a collision at the intersection of Northville Turnpike and Middle Road Friday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town police. No passengers...
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Cross Country: Lee clocks fastest Sunken Meadow time by Suffolk girl
The fleet-footed Katherine Lee can cover ground on a cross-country course awfully quickly. On Friday the Shoreham-Wading River High School junior was flying. She ran the five kilometers at Sunken...
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Cops: Two men charged with robbing Riverhead sneaker store
Two men were arrested Sunday on felony charges after robbing Sneaker Aquarium on East Main Street, Riverhead police said. Rashawn George, 35, and Rahiem Washington, 30, both of Riverhead, entered the...
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Cross-Country Notebook: Four freshmen gave Riverhead winning edge
Riverhead fielded one of the youngest high school girls cross-country teams at Friday’s Section XI Championships, with four freshmen among the team’s top seven runners. But young teams have a way of...
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Girls Swimming: Foot injury spoils Cybulski’s plans
After all Brianna Cybulski had done to qualify for the Section XI Swimming Championships for the first time, her appearance in street clothes last Saturday morning, moving about with the aid of...
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Update: Riverhead man recovering from injuries after train incident
Update (Monday): A 26-year-old Riverhead man is recovering from injuries sustained on Saturday when he was clipped by a westbound Long Island Rail Road train just east of Mill Road, according to MTA...
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist talks sobriety at Riverhead recovery home
Each week at the addiction support and recovery home Mainstream House, a group of men gather to share their stories of sobriety and encourage each other. On Monday night, the dozens of people crowded...
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Wrestling: Riverhead coach to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Tom Riccio’s connection to wrestling is long and multifaceted. Riccio, who will celebrate his 75th birthday in January, has a 62-year involvement in the sport as a wrestler, official or coach. This...
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Trump spoke to the public’s anger, Riverhead supporters say
This Election Day, some North Fork voters felt frustrated by politicians they believed had ignored them. They were angry at those on the opposite side of the political spectrum whom they saw as...
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How will Trump win impact Riverhead’s immigrant families?
It began with three sentences. In a speech announcing his candidacy on June 16, 2015, Donald Trump made a bold promise to strengthen the Mexico-United States border. “I would build a great wall, and...
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Cops: Multiple injuries reported following two-car crash in Riverhead
Six people were injured after two vehicles collided Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in Riverhead, authorities at the scene said. A Ford Explorer traveling north on Horton Avenue rolled over...
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