Clik here to view.
Third co-conspirator in Riverhead prescription drug ring pleads guilty
A third co-conspirator has pleaded guilty in the prescription pill ring that previously led to the convictions of a local physician assistant and a Southampton Town Councilman. Andrzej Pyclik, 37, of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boys Lacrosse Preview: Wildcats find top seed can be a burden
Being tagged as the top-seeded high school boys lacrosse team in Suffolk County Division II is a sign of respect, but it can also be discomforting. “It’s a compliment, but it keeps me up at night,”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Business Beat: Aquebogue man wins Technician of the Year award
Patrick Doyle of Aquebogue recently received the Nissan/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year award for 2016 from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. The national...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boulders proposed to protect former Pizza Hut building in Riverhead
STAT Health, the tenant moving into the former Pizza Hut building at the Route 58 traffic circle, hopes to avoid the fate of its predecessor, which was hit by cars on two separate occasions in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Softball Preview: Coaching carousel goes round and round
Two friends and former softball players who coached together last season are both now coaching at their respective alma maters, in the same town, less than a mile away from each other. After one year...
View ArticlePublic hearing set on downtown Riverhead parking proposal
Parking in parts of the Riverfront parking lot in downtown Riverhead will have tighter parking restrictions under a proposal that will now face a public hearing. The three-hour parking limit currently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Firefighters battle brush fire near train tracks in Riverhead
More than 12,000 gallons of water was used to extinguish a brush fire Wednesday afternoon near the train tracks off Mill Road in Riverhead, authorities at the scene said. The fire was reported around...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Lacrosse Preview: This year Wildcats are believers
It came across as a revelation. About halfway through the last high school girls lacrosse season, Shoreham-Wading River coach Brittany Davis heard one of her players exclaim, “Oh my God, we’re good!”...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Golf Preview: New SWR team prepares to tee off
Debbie Lutjen has been teaching golf in her physical education classes at Shoreham-Wading River High School for 22 years. The past five years she has pushed for the school to field a girls golf team....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boys Track and Field Preview: These Wildcats are young and fast
Ah, to be young again. It’s a great feeling for the Shoreham-Wading River High School boys track and field team. Some of the Wildcats’ best runners this year are underclassmen. Coach Brian Wrinkle,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Track and Field Preview: Expect big things from SWR’s Big Five
Shoreham-Wading River High School may have had better girls track and field teams, but the top end of the roster is as good as it has ever been. That’s what Paul Koretzki says, and he should know...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baseball Preview: Morrell-led SWR thinks big
What is one to expect of a big high school baseball team, but big things? That is surely the case with Shoreham-Wading River (19-6 last year). For one thing, the Wildcats are physically big. “We’re a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brendan House grand opening scheduled for May 21
Brendan House, a group home for survivors of traumatic bran injuries, will celebrate its grand opening in Riverhead on May 21, the culmination of a project that dates back more than five years....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baseball: Pitch counts aren’t as simple as 1, 2, 3
The counting has begun. As in counting pitches. The number of pitches thrown by high school baseball pitchers is now official business, as per new regulations issued by the New York State Public High...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Lacrosse: Riverhead falls, 12-5, to Mattituck
The event, a series of four high school girls lacrosse games at Rocky Point High School, was called Rumble for a Cure, a fundraiser in the fight against breast cancer. It could have been called Freeze...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New East End Arts recording studio available to local musicians, students
A project nearly five decades in the making has come to fruition for East End Arts. The nonprofit arts organization announced the opening of a new recording studio at its downtown Riverhead Carriage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boys Track and Field: Cunha runs four miles in Riverhead victory
Talk about hitting the ground running. Eric Cunha ran and ran and ran — and then he ran some more. Cunha wasn’t allowed the luxury of easing gently into the spring season. In his first track and field...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Special Report: How to combat teen suicide?
A photo of John Anderson rests on the windowsill of his parents’ Riverhead home. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) Two poster boards covered with photos rest on the windowsill in the dining room of Dennis and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Lacrosse: Riverhead holds off surging Sayville
A good, competitive high school girls lacrosse game was anticipated. It didn’t start out that way, though. Riverhead scored on seven of its first eight shots, shooting out to a surprisingly easy 7-0...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photos: ‘Chowder for a Cause’ at Riverhead VFW nets $14K for Don Oliver
Don Oliver has been a hard worker his entire life. A member of the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, Mr. Oliver then spent the next three decades as a truck driver for numerous companies,...
View Article