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Girls Track and Field Preview: It’s déjà vu as Koretzki enters 40th year
As Paul Koretzki embarks on his 40th year as the Shoreham-Wading River High School girls track and field coach, he can’t help but notice the similarities between that first team and the current one....
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Baseball Preview: Brown, Widercrantz lead experienced SWR
Shoreham-Wading River entered the 2018 high school baseball season with a good deal of uncertainty, and that was understandable. After all, the Wildcats had lost 17 — yes, 17! — players to graduation....
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Softball: Riverhead springs into action
With the changing of the seasons Wednesday, another change was seen. And it was glaring. That change was in the Riverhead High School softball team. The Blue Waves are better than they were last year,...
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Boys Track and Field: Numbers are good for SWR, Riverhead
Coach Joe Mordarski isn’t certain whether Shoreham Wading-River can duplicate last year’s success when it won its first Suffolk County league boys track and field championship in four years. Repeating...
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Plan for proposed food-waste plant now shifted to EPCAL
A proposed $22 million food-waste-to-energy plant intended for Youngs Avenue in Calverton is off the table after negative feedback from community members. The food-waste-to-energy plant will be...
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Girls Golf Preview: Marelli takes over young Waves
What this high school girls golf season will bring for Riverhead remains to be seen, but it’s clear that this is a team built for the future. The youth on the team is striking. Making up the 11-player...
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Driver responsible for fiery crash that killed Riverhead family pleads guilty
The driver responsible for a fatal crash in Ridge that killed four members of a Riverhead family last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, among other...
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Honoring Calvin Butts’ memory through annual scholarship
At the darkest moment of his life, Chris Butts turned to his former lacrosse coach and mentor, Tony Lawrence, for guidance. Several years earlier, Mr. Lawrence had brought the lacrosse program to...
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Boys Tennis: Freshman takes on first singles
Earlier in this high school boys tennis season, Riverhead freshman Khang Nguyen had a question for his coach, Lonnie Hughes. In essence, Nguyen asked why he had to play in the first singles spot....
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Girls Lacrosse: Waves think positive, results follow
As if the loaded Riverhead High School girls lacrosse team didn’t already have enough in its arsenal, the Blue Waves have added the power of positivity. Positive thinking is on the Blue Waves’ minds...
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Boys Lacrosse: Lightning doesn’t strike twice for Riverhead
This time there was no lightning, unless one counted the accurate shots coming from Rob Sarraga’s stick. When the Bay Shore and Riverhead high school boys lacrosse teams played Saturday, it conjured...
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Baseball: Hitting an early issue for Riverhead
It’s way too early to proclaim judgment on Riverhead’s pitching-by-committee approach. A mere two games is hardly enough of a sample size. By the same token, it’s too early for the Blue Waves to panic...
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Girls Lacrosse: Middle Country draws up win in Riverhead
The Riverhead Blue Waves had hoped to turn the Middle Country Mad Dogs into the Sad Dogs. It didn’t happen, but at the same time, the Blue Waves couldn’t feel too bad. Not even in defeat. Riverhead...
View ArticleRead the entire 2019 State of the Town address
Riverhead Town Superivsor Laura Jens-Smith delivered the 2019 State of the Town Monday. The entire speech is provided below: “Thank you all for joining me tonight. I want to acknowledge my colleagues...
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Supervisor cites police contracts, water district in State of the Town address
Riverhead Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith cited two police contracts, improvements in the water district and code violations issued to some longtime blighted buildings in downtown Riverhead among her top...
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Honorary renaming of South Jamesport Avenue planned in memory of Brian Simonsen
The Riverhead Town Board plans to vote Tuesday on a resolution to authorize the honorary name designation of “Detective Brian Simonsen Way” along South Jamesport Avenue. The Board also is planning a...
View ArticleGirls Lacrosse: Kielbasa bags OT winner for Waves
After junior midfielder Megan Kielbasa scored with 2 minutes, 29 seconds remaining in overtime at Nicholas Schroeder Field, the Smithtown coach asked for a stick check by the referees. A minute later,...
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Softball: Riverhead plays for ‘Smiles’
The loss of the man they called “Smiles” generated a lot of tears. News of Brian Simonsen’s death earlier this year impacted the Riverhead High School softball team. A number of Blue Waves knew...
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Raymour & Flanigan to take over former Toys R Us location in Riverhead
The former Toys R Us location on Route 58 in Riverhead will be taken over by a Raymour & Flanigan furniture store, and the new building under construction at Brixmor/The Shops at Riverhead will be...
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Boys Lacrosse: A fine welcome home for Riverhead
If the Riverhead Blue Waves felt like they were in unfamiliar territory Thursday, it’s because they were. They were home! Riverhead had played eight of its previous 11 boys lacrosse games on the road....
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