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Girls Track and Field: An emotion-packed farewell for Cobis
With so much going on over the course of the actual track and field meet, Justin Cobis didn’t have time to dwell on the thought that his time as the Riverhead High School girls winter track coach was...
View ArticleBoys Winter Track: Parker’s DQ comes with controversy
This just may have been a case of Tyreek Parker being too good for his own good. Trying to improve what could be regarded as the weakest phase of his strongest winter track event, the 55-meter...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Notebook: Blue Waves get kick out of colorful kicks
Pastel green, bright orange, pink. The Riverhead Blue Waves bring more color to the basketball court than just blue and white. Some of the Blue Wears wear sneakers that, let’s just say, aren’t...
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Boys Basketball: Riverhead senior wears No. 24 to honor Kobe; Blue Waves’...
For the current generation of high school basketball players, NBA icons like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving are the face of the sport, the kind of athletes they dream of emulating on the...
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Wrestling: Moore is wrestling boys, and winning for Riverhead
In wrestling, girls aren’t supposed to beat boys. Not so fast. Katie Moore may have a thing or two to say about that. Moore isn’t only a wrestling veteran, but she’s a veteran at wrestling against...
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Boys Basketball: It just wasn’t Riverhead’s day
With 1 minute and 42 seconds remaining in his Riverhead High School basketball career, emotions ran high for Jahquel Blount and some of his teammates. After he was taken out of the game by coach John...
View ArticleBoys Winter Track: Riverhead’s Parker hurdles over obstacles
In one sense, Tyreek Parker looked like a natural to be a hurdler, with his athleticism and speed. In another sense, though, he was an unlikely hurdling candidate. His heart and soul, perhaps, wasn’t...
View ArticleGirls Winter Track: Deraveniere makes her mark in 600
Kristina Deraveniere remembers as an eighth-grader walking by the Riverhead High School track and field record board every day. The numbers that caught her eye were for the school record in the 600...
View ArticleRiverhead senior to restore broken headstones at historic cemetery
A 17-year-old Eagle Scout from Riverhead is proposing to restore two broken headstones in a small but historic cemetery at the Enterprise Park at Calverton. Corey Allen, a Riverhead High School...
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New cancer treatment center in Riverhead brings all aspects of care under one...
Riverhead’s New York Cancer & Blood Specialists Center has relocated and reopened in a larger, more patient-focused facility on Old Country Road, just a few blocks from its former home. The newly...
View Article‘Taxpayers are tired.’ Breaking down Riverhead’s failed bond
A week after Riverhead voters soundly rejected a proposed $97 million bond, some community members are brainstorming how the district and town can move forward to address overcrowded schools and...
View ArticleCops: Employees at restaurant airlifted with burn injuries after kitchen fire
Two employees at Sound Avenue Bistro in Riverhead were injured in a kitchen fire Saturday night, according to Riverhead Town police. The employees were airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital due...
View ArticleTrack and Field: Parker expands his medal collection
Tyreek Parker has two shiny new additions to his medal collection. The Riverhead High School senior has won some nice medals before, but the two newest additions wrapped around his neck Saturday at...
View ArticleGirls Track and Field: Deraveniere puts nervous energy to good use
So much of this all was new to Kristina Deraveniere. A big track and field meet, the biggest of her young life. A jam-packed arena. Medals and prestige — not to mention memories to last a lifetime —...
View ArticleWith kids home from school, parents find creative ways to continue education
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, some community members have banded together to ensure young ones are kept mentally and physically active. Many Southold and Riverhead parents stayed home from work to...
View ArticleGiglio says town should waive sign and banner permits so restaurants can...
Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi Giglio is seeking executive order from Supervisor Yvette Aguiar to allow the town to temporarily waive sign and banner permits and fees for local restaurants advertising...
View ArticleWith schools closed, volunteers hand out free lunch to students near Phillips...
Volunteers handed out breakfast and lunch bags at locations throughout Flanders and Riverside Friday for students. Phillips Avenue principal Deb Rodgers said she had spoken to district food services...
View ArticleScenes from a weekend in Riverhead during COVID-19 pandemic
The massive parking lots at Riverhead’s Tanger Outlets were empty on a beautiful afternoon Saturday. Security ushered away any drivers who came in, unaware of the closure. Nearby shopping centers on...
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A match made in heaven: Three groups come together to feed those most at risk
It was a trinity, perhaps, made in heaven. Three organizations joined together last week under the dark cloud of the growing COVID-19 pandemic to provide food to those most at risk in the Riverhead...
View ArticlePastor Alvin Charles McElroy, 79, a pillar of Flanders community, dies of...
When they met for early morning Bible study on Sundays, Bonnie Cannon would joke with Pastor Alvin Charles McElroy: Couldn’t he change the 8 a.m. class to a weeknight? He never did, but Ms. Cannon...
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