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ShopRite grocery store coming to Riverhead in fall
The vacant Waldbaum’s building in the Riverhead Center on Route 58 will have a new supermarket moving into the old space soon. ShopRite is expected to open in the empty storefront in the fall of 2018,...
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Girls Basketball: Riverhead falls after its shots don’t
After its shots stopped falling, Riverhead did. Riverhead lost its shooting touch in the second half, and with it the Suffolk County Class AA girls basketball quarterfinal to visiting Brentwood...
View ArticleCops: Two commercial burglaries reported overnight in Riverhead
Update, 5 p.m.: Riverhead Town police are investigating two commercial burglaries that occurred overnight, though police would not say whether they were related. My Guy Auto Supply at 1556 W. Main St....
View ArticleCouncilman Hubbard appointed Deputy Supervisor
Councilman Tim Hubbard was named Deputy Supervisor Wednesday and he will be paid $100 per month with no additional benefits under the appointment. Mr. Hubbard, a Republican, was appointed by Supervisor...
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Photos: Riverhead cheerleaders compete at county championships
Months of training and competitions had prepared the Riverhead cheerleading team for Saturday’s Section XI Championships. Over and over they practiced the 2 minute 30 second routine so that each of...
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Winter Track: Lee flies among elite in 1,500
Long Island track and field aficionados were reminded how good Katherine Lee really is on Saturday night. Even though she was never pushed in the girls’ 1,500-meter race at the Long Island Elite Track...
View ArticleRiverhead Chamber to host presentation by proposed EPCAL buyers
Calverton Aviation & Technology, the joint venture between Luminati Aerospace and Triple Five Real Estate I, LLC, has a scheduled a presentation targeted at businesspeople for next week to outline...
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Neglected dog found locked in crate with no food, water; owner arrested
A starving, 1-year-old Rottweiler was found locked in a crate in back of a Riverhead home and officials believe the emaciated dog had not been fed in about two weeks. The dog is now being cared for at...
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Popeyes receives final approval for Riverhead location
A plan to build a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen on Route 58 received final site plan approval from the Riverhead Town Planning Board Thursday night. The 2,265-square-foot restaurant is planned for the...
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Boys Winter Track: Casazza lands second in high jump
It didn’t bring him a gold medal, but Rickie Casazza turned a scary moment into a golden moment for him in the state winter track championships Saturday. The Shoreham-Wading River high jumper had...
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School board member hopes to add plaque at fairgrounds site
For 75 years, the Suffolk County Fair was held on 20 acres in Riverhead owned by the Suffolk County Agricultural Society. Purchased in 1868 for $1,650, the land on Pulaski Street was home to the...
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Riverhead’s Cranberry Bog Preserve bridge ready for use
A footbridge in Riverhead’s Cranberry Bog Preserve that has been closed for the last six years is open for public use after its ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon. The bridge had been damaged...
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‘Heartbroken’ Mercy community stunned by news of school’s closure
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School senior Sarah Dern arrived home from school earlier than usual Monday, because after-school activities were canceled. There, the phone rang almost immediately with a...
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Baseball: Riverhead pair has playoffs on their mind
Baseball has been good to Scott Thompson and Darnell Chandler. The two Riverhead High School seniors will move on to play at the NCAA Division II level, but before they do so, they have some...
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Editorial: A robocall is a bad way to break someone’s heart
News that the Diocese of Rockville Centre will close Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead at the end of the current school year broke late in the day on Monday. News of an impending...
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Riverhead native Dashan Briggs killed in Iraq helicopter crash
A Riverhead native was among the seven service members killed aboard a military helicopter in Iraq Thursday, a family member confirmed to the News-Review. Dashan Briggs, a 2007 Riverhead High School...
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Four 106th Rescue Wing airmen killed in Iraq officially identified
The Department of Defense released the names Saturday evening of the four New York Air National Guard members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach who were killed in a helicopter...
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News-Review honors 2017 People of the Year
Times Review Media Group honored more than a dozen local residents for their service and work in the community as the 2017 People of the Year. The winners, who were announced in the first issue of the...
View ArticleOne Minute on the North Fork: Cranberry Bog Preserve
The Cranberry Bog Preserve in Riverhead is a 165-acre park of whats left of an abandoned cranberry-growing operation. Nature trails allow for sights of the Little Peconic River as well as different...
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Girls Lacrosse: Riverhead runs into tough ‘D’
Spring has sprung and a new season has begun. Not that it felt or looked like spring. Banks of snow were piled along the sides of the girls lacrosse field at the Pulaski Sports Complex in Riverhead...
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