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Cops: Shooting outside Riverhead bar leaves two with serious injuries
(Stringer News photo) An early morning shooting Saturday outside a Riverhead bar left two people seriously injured, according to Riverhead Town police. A 32-year-old man and 34-year-old woman both...
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Football: Riverhead’s blue homecoming heaven
As far as the Riverhead High School football team was concerned, this was homecoming heaven. The Blue Waves had so many things to feel good about Saturday on sun-splashed Coach Mike McKillop Memorial...
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Riverhead, SWR team up for new freshman hockey team
The puck has dropped on a new hockey team that brings together students from Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River high schools. The Seacats — a mix of Blue Waves and Wildcats — played their first games...
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Field Hockey: Stapon saves Waves in shootout
Vika Stapon’s previous shootout experience amounted to the number she wore on the back of her uniform: 00. The senior goalkeeper for the Riverhead High School field hockey team not only had never...
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Football: Riverhead can’t contain Bellport QB
After the post-national anthem fireworks, Ka’Shaun went kaboom! Bellport quarterback Ka’Shaun Parrish showed his explosiveness time and time again Saturday, and Riverhead got burned. There isn’t much...
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Riverhead retires No. 22 of ‘hometown hero,’ Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs
Under gray skies Saturday, a somber silence filled the air on Coach Mike McKillop Memorial football field as the Riverhead Blue Waves honored one of their own. Prior to a Division II game against...
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Football: After retiring Briggs’ 22, Waves flop
Dashan Briggs had that smile. It was one of the more memorable features that his former Riverhead football coaches recalled about him. Head coach Leif Shay said that when Briggs’ chiseled jawline...
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Girls Cross Country: Riverhead’s first league title in 20 years
It was a championship 20 years in the making. For the first time since 1998, the Riverhead High School girls cross-country team has been crowned a league champion. The Blue Waves capped a perfect 5-0...
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Celebrating Hispanic and Latino culture in Riverhead: photos
The flags of Central and South American countries adorned the walls of the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead last weekend. Inside, guests enjoyed multicultural foods prepared by Guatemalan and...
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Football: Ex-Monarchs find new home in Riverhead
Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School’s closing this past June didn’t mean the end of the playing careers for a number of former Monarchs. Three of them didn’t have to go far to find new football...
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Boys Cross Country: Riverhead’s two Ryans push the pace
They’re Ryan and Ryan. No, it’s not a law firm, just Riverhead High School’s top two cross-country runners. The 6-foot-3 Ryan Carrick and 6-1 Ryan Keane have the ideal physiques for cross country....
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Boys Soccer: Riverhead looks for rays of sunshine
Rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds overhead during sporadic rain. Someone suggested that perhaps that was an encouraging sign that the Riverhead High School boys soccer team has a bright...
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Cross Country: Riverhead runs to division title
Some members of the Riverhead High School girls cross-country team weren’t feeling their best, either because of illness or injury. But here’s something that made the Blue Waves feel a whole lot...
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Cross Country: Carrick pays for his fast start
When the starter’s gun shot off, Ryan Carrick took off. The Riverhead High School senior bolted toward the front and was in third place a couple of hundred yards into the 3.1-mile boys championship...
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Riverhead house transformed into Halloween fright fest
Children’s screams were audible from down the block from the trick-or-treaters who dared to enter the Fishel Fright Fest on Halloween night. A 16-foot Grim Reaper loomed over the front lawn of the...
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Cross Country: SWR’s Zelin runs back to states
It was essentially a late start to the high school cross-country season for Adam Zelin, but the Shoreham-Wading River junior caught up in time to run his way into the state meet for a second straight...
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Boys Golf: Riverhead’s Caputo qualifies for state tournament
Like a tricky green, Anthony Caputo can be hard to read. The Riverhead High School golfer is not known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve, but one has to imagine the sophomore’s heart was pounding...
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Protestors demonstrate in Riverhead for ‘Nobody is Above the Law’ rally
“No one is above the law — Trump is not above the law!” The phrase echoed down East Main Street in Riverhead outside Congressman Lee Zeldin’s (R-Shirely) office, as about 40 protesters expressed...
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Photos: Remembering the end of World War I at Riverhead Veterans Day ceremony
Local veteran’s organizations, auxiliary groups, Riverhead Scouts Pack 242 and Riverhead Town officials joined together Sunday in remembrance of Veterans Day. The ceremony took on added meaning as Nov....
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Boys Winter Track: Allen offers versatility, leadership
Call him Mr. Versatility. It’s hard to pigeonhole Sean Allen into one track and field event. That’s because the Riverhead High School senior is so good at a number of them. Just look at some of the...
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