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Football: Saturday was a Funn day for Riverhead
Now this was a Funn day. That’s how the Riverhead football team looked at it anyway. Amari Funn surely had fun, as did his first cousin and fellow senior running back, John Booker. The pair, who have...
View ArticlePolice investigating drive-by shooting on Doctors Path Saturday
Multiple gunshots were reportedly fired from a sedan into an occupied vehicle parked on Doctors Path in Riverhead Saturday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town police. No injuries were reported in...
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Barnes and Noble officially opens in Riverhead as author Nelson DeMille helps...
As Jackie Keltz walked into Riverhead’s new Barnes and Noble store Wednesday morning, she was surprised to see how many people were outside waiting in line. “I was not expecting to see a line around...
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At vigil in Riverhead, Jimi Patterson, 22, remembered as talented rapper who...
Under the light of a full moon Monday evening, Robert Patterson looked out to the dozens of friends and family members holding candles at Coach Mike McKillop Memorial Field in Riverhead. They had...
View ArticleEfforts underway to ‘Save the Vail’ as Riverhead’s historic theater plans...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and forced businesses and theaters to shut down, Riverhead’s historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall was no exception. “Once I saw the way that COVID was going, that’s...
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54 Riverhead High School students earn AP Scholar awards
Dozens of students at Riverhead High School were recently honored for exceptional achievement on the national Advanced Placement exams. Thirty-four students were named AP Scholars, six students were...
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Town Board reviews latest proposal for 165 apartments at former Sears site
And now, the elephant in the room. The Riverhead Town Board at its work session Thursday reviewed “203-213 East Main Street,” a proposed 165 apartment mixed-use development on the site of the former...
View ArticleTree lighting in new Town Square postponed to Sunday due to rain in forecast
Riverhead’s first annual tree lighting in the soon-to-be Town Square has been postponed to Sunday, Dec. 4 due to inclement weather in the forecast, according to supervisor Yvette Aguiar. The event was...
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Photos from the first-ever tree lighting in Riverhead’s town square
Hundreds flocked to downtown Riverhead for the inaugural tree lighting in the new town square Sunday. The event, hosted by the Town of Riverhead, Riverhead Townscape and Riverhead Chamber of Commerce,...
View ArticleRiverhead Police arrest UK man in connection to Home Depot theft
Riverhead police detectives have arrested one of three men accused of stealing more than $1,500 worth of roofing shingles from the Home Depot in October 2021. According to police, Miles Connors, 38,...
View ArticleWrestling: For Andrew MacGray, return to the sport is a gift
Andrew MacGray is making up for lost time in a hurry. After the COVID-19 pandemic kept him from wrestling for two years, the Riverhead High School senior has returned with a vengeance, as he is...
View ArticleRiverhead Ciderhouse seeks to legalize expansion; hearing set for Feb. 2
The Riverhead Planning Board will hold a February 2 public hearing on a proposal to legalize Riverhead Ciderhouse’s expansion of a building on Sound Avenue that had been done without permits....
View ArticlePolice: Man attacked with a baseball bat in the parking lot of Riverhead...
Riverhead Town police are investigating a reported assault on a male that took place at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a press release. Police responded to an area hospital “where a...
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Girls Basketball: Wildcats win, advance to county finals
In their hardest fought wins of the season, Shoreham-Wading River closed out rival West Babylon 53-51 Wednesday afternoon to advance to the Section XI Class A county finals. Juliana Mahan’s layup put...
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Girls basketball: Wildcats are county champs!
The Shoreham-Wading River girls hoops squad soared to their first Suffolk County title in school history, defeating No. 2 Kings Park, 63-56, in the Section XI Class A championship at Stony Brook...
View ArticleBaseball field at Stotzky Park to be renamed for longtime coach, Jeremy Savio
“I didn’t know anything about this, so I’m thinking it was supposed to be a surprise,” Riverhead Little League President Jeremy Savio said when asked about a proposal to rename Field 5 at Stotzky Park...
View ArticleRiverhead Democrats announce candidates for fall election
The Riverhead Democratic committee has unveiled its candidates for town offices. Heading the ticket, and making her second run for supervisor, is Angela DeVito of South Jamesport. Running for the two...
View ArticleTown pulls BESS from agenda, will continue discussing subject at future work...
It’s off! It’s on! It’s off again! That was the route three proposed resolutions dealing with battery energy storage systems seemed to take at Tuesday’s Riverhead Town Board meeting. The resolutions...
View ArticleProposed Wading River development may be preserved
The Central Square application on Route 25A in Wading River appears to be headed for preservation and not development, as was originally planned. Officials say the front half of the 18-acre property...
View ArticlePolish Hall ladies bowling league seeks new recruits
Every Friday night from autumn until springtime in the basement bar and lounge beneath Riverhead’s Polish Hall, one of the most colorful parties in town unfolds. It’s the Friday night ladies’ bowling...
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