Girls Track and Field: Yakaboski will run for Lehigh
Through her reading as a freshman, Christina Yakaboski recalled coming across the famous line, or a variation of it, penned by Scottish poet Robert Burns in the 1700s: “The best laid schemes of mice...
View ArticleRiverhead’s arguably best girls lacrosse team may never get to play
Expectations and hopes were sky high. Big things were foreseen for the Riverhead High School girls lacrosse team in 2020. Even on the final day of the 2019 season, the Blue Waves were looking forward...
View ArticleRay Pickersgill, 71, remembered as ‘the spark that ignited downtown’...
Longtime Riverhead Business Improvement District president Ray Pickersgill died Monday at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 71. Mr. Pickersgill owned the Robert James Salon in downtown Riverhead...
View ArticleTown submits plan for EPCAL subdivision as May 15 deadline for approval...
Riverhead Town has now submitted its plans for an eight-lot subdivision to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. A previously submitted plan was...
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Oncologist faces two-front battle during coronavirus pandemic
As if leading her patients in their personal battles against cancer wasn’t daunting enough, Dr. Deepali Sharma and other oncologists like her now find themselves staring square into the face of yet...
View ArticleHigh school seniors feel pain of lost spring season
While home in quarantine, Mattituck High School baseball player Emmet Ryan was watching “Moneyball,” the 2011 film about the Oakland Athletics and their former general manager, Billy Beane, currently...
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Photos: Volunteers place flags at Riverhead cemeteries
When the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ruled against allowing traditional Memorial Day flag placement ceremonies at national cemeteries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that the...
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‘Enough with the senseless violence.’ As nation grapples with tragedy,...
The front of Eric Williams’ shirt featured an image of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man killed Monday in police custody. On the back was written: “I am George Floyd.” As protests in response to Mr....
View ArticleHighway Superintendent renews call to stop picking up loose leaves in Riverhead
Should the town continue to pick up leaves at curbside? That’s an issue Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson has raised with the Town Board several times over the past year, but the two...
View ArticleRoute 58 gas station sells winning lotto ticket worth $10.6K
A winning Take 5 lottery ticket worth more than $10,000 was sold at a Route 58 gas station in Riverhead, the New York Lottery announced Monday. The ticket was sold at Speedway, located at 870 Old...
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News-Review honors 2019-20 Athletes of the Year
Winning an athlete of the year award is a special achievement, but to win it twice is really nice. Shoreham-Wading River senior Xavier Arline and Mattituck senior Mackenzie Hoeg know the feeling. They...
View ArticleDevelopers say selling Sound Shore Road property to county would be ‘win-win’
The developers of a single-family housing subdivision on Sound Shore Road in Riverhead said their primary goal is to sell the property’s development rights to Suffolk County for preservation. “That’s...
View ArticleFormer Riverhead superintendent could earn full salary next year, documents show
Riverhead taxpayers could still be on the hook for nearly a quarter-million dollars in payments to former school superintendent Aurelia Henriquez, according to a separation agreement obtained by the...
View ArticleIn cost-cutting measure, Riverhead could convert sewage sludge to biosolids...
Riverhead’s sewer department is hoping to change the way it disposes treated sludge, which is currently trucked to a landfill in Pennsylvania. The town currently pays about $600,000 per year on...
View ArticleTimothy Hill Children’s Ranch sues insurance providers after claims were...
Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch and its founders are suing several insurance providers for failure to provide defense coverage on claims related to a trio of sexual abuse allegations made in lawsuits...
View ArticleRiverhead schools considering mix of in-person, remote learning in September
Nothing is final yet, but Riverhead Central School District officials are considering a hybrid model of in-person and remote learning for school reopening in September. “We are planning for school to...
View ArticleSplish Splash announces it will remain closed this year
You’ll have to wait until next summer to brave the Cliff Diver or float down the Lazy River. The operators of Splish Splash Water Park announced Wednesday that the amusement park would not open at all...
View ArticleCounty to restart bike-share program under new vendor, but Riverhead not yet...
Suffolk County is restarting a bike-share program it began last year, but Riverhead isn’t among the locations initially eyed by the program, although that will likely change in the future, officials...
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Trump supporters turn out en masse in Riverhead to join ‘MAGA Gras II’
Blaring car horns resonated along Route 58 in Riverhead Sunday as a parade of Trump supporters drove past the former Walmart, where hundreds of local residents gathered to cheer and join. As some...
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With its building slated for demolition, Twin Fork Bicycles to close this week
A variety of news clippings lay spread out on the countertop at Twin Fork Bicycles in downtown Riverhead, showcasing examples of the business featured in local media throughout its history. Nick...
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