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A showcase event at Stotzky Park for Black entrepreneurs
Like many entrepreneurs, Kerrysha Pittman’s springboard to creating a new product began with trying to solve a personal problem. She struggled to find a lotion that adequately worked on her skin...
View ArticleRegistration now open for TangerFIT Virtual 5K to benefit local breast cancer...
A sea of pink typically fills Tanger Outlets one weekend each fall as hundreds of people gather for the annual North Fork Breast Health Coalition 5K walk. The COVID-19 pandemic, as it has done to so...
View ArticleNew coat of paint for town’s water tank to cost about $1.8 million
The big orange, rusty Riverhead water tank just east of United Riverhead Terminals in Northville will need a new paint job, at a cost of about $1.8 million, officials said Thursday. Plant 10, a...
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Gang member responsible for 2015 murder sentenced to 20 years in prison
A member of a “violent criminal enterprise based in Riverhead,” who was partly responsible for a 2015 murder, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering in...
View ArticleAtlantic Marine Conservation Society receives $95G for education coordinator
In its four-year existence, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society has done what it can to help marine wildlife. Now the AMCS is getting a helping hand itself. The nonprofit AMSC was presented with...
View ArticleFall festival at Brendan House to benefit woman who suffered spinal cord...
The Brendan House in Riverhead will host a fall festival this Saturday to benefit its residents, including Dana Barrett of East Quogue. Ms. Barrett, 29, is living with a spinal cord injury stemming...
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‘All we want is equality for all;’ Caravan to protest against police...
After leading a caravan of vehicles into the former Walmart parking lot in Riverhead Sunday evening, Robert Ray popped the trunk to his car, pulled out a speaker and gathered the crowd together. Mr....
View ArticleTwo Riverhead teachers test positive for COVID-19
Two Riverhead teachers have tested positive for COVID-19 as the district has already closed its buildings due to several positive cases among transportation employees. The latest positive cases are a...
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Riverhead firefighters respond to garage fire
Riverhead firefighters responded to a fire that destroyed a garage at a home on Trout Brook Lane Friday evening. The fire was reported shortly after 4:30 p.m. A neighbor who heard sirens at around...
View ArticleCounty Executive: Cluster of COVID-19 cases connected to Riverhead Friendly’s
A small cluster of COVID-19 cases have been tied to employees at the Riverhead Friendly’s and officials are urging anyone who may have been at the restaurant on Nov. 5-6 to monitor for symptoms for 14...
View ArticleSupervisor: ‘Remain vigilant’ as Riverhead nears micro-cluster status;...
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said on Wednesday that Riverhead has been identified as a potential micro-cluster for COVID-19. New York unveiled the Cluster Action Initiative in October as a way...
View ArticleCOVID-19 positive test rate in Riverhead above the county average as new...
Riverhead Town is currently seeing some of the highest positive test rates for COVID-19 in Suffolk County, according to County Executive Steve Bellone. The current five-day test rate in Riverhead Town...
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New marker commemorates original home of Riverhead’s Big Duck
In 1931, Riverhead duck farmer Martin Maurer created something that would soon become an iconic roadside attraction: He had a very large white duck built at the edge of a West Main Street farm from...
View ArticleUpdate: Two suspects charged in Riverhead killing remanded without bail
Update (11:30 a.m.): Two suspects charged with second-degree murder were remanded without bail during brief court appearances Thursday morning. (See updated story here.) Alcides Lopez-Cambara, 40, and...
View ArticleStony Brook Medicine continues expansion to East End with new offices coming...
Plans are underway for two new Stony Brook medical offices in Riverhead and Mattituck, expected to open this year. Crews have begun working to convert the former BNB Bank space in the Mattituck Plaza...
View ArticleTwo suspects charged with murder plead not guilty at arraignment in county court
The two suspects charged with murder for the killing of a Sag Harbor man in Riverhead in November were arraigned in Suffolk County Court Jan. 11 and remanded without bail, according to court records....
View ArticleSuffolk County closes on two deals to purchase farmland, preserve open space...
Suffolk County has closed on two major farmland and open space acquisitions in Riverhead this week, totaling 140 acres combined, according to Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue). One is a 93-acre...
View ArticleCops: Suspect arrested for stolen handgun suffers ‘medical event’ while in...
A Riverhead man who police in found in possession of a loaded handgun, which had been reported stolen in Florida, was arrested Friday morning, according to a police press release. Zachary Marini, 29,...
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From humble beginnings, he became a trailblazer in Riverhead Town
Charlie Crump celebrated his 90th birthday last month at the retirement community located on a golf course where he resides in Georgia. His family had thrown a big party one year earlier for his 89th,...
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Photos: Latest storm brings more snow to East End
A winter weather advisory remains in effect through 7 p.m. as a storm brings snow and a wintry mix of precipitation to the area. The heaviest snow Thursday was subsiding in the afternoon before...
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