Riverhead Applebee’s raises more than $7,000 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand...
Liz Scott drove five hours from Philadelphia to the Applebee’s on Old Country Road in Riverhead last Thursday. She wasn’t seeking a meal, but rather to thank some of the people who keep her daughter...
View ArticleJefferson Murphree returns to building and planning department after suspension
After an eight-month suspension, Riverhead building and planning department head Jefferson Murphree returned to his position last week, with disciplinary charges still pending. Riverhead Town Board...
View ArticleSwastika incident under police investigation at Riverhead Middle School
The Riverhead Middle School administration opened an investigation with the Riverhead Police Department into a student who drew a swastika on a blackboard earlier this week. This is the second...
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Riverhead enhancing art and music offerings
Riverhead Central School District students will soon have a new pathway to graduation via arts education, according to Jason Rottkamp, the district’s director of fine arts. Mr. Rottkamp announced at a...
View ArticleTime to slow down: deer strikes are up in Suffolk County
It’s a scenario familiar to all North Fork drivers, whether from personal experience, a near miss or just a healthy caution: that startling moment when a deer bolts out in front a moving car. The...
View ArticleDaily Update: November 30, 2023
Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Vision Inc., dated Oct. 13, 2023. BAITING HOLLOW (11933) • Frances Rosenfeld to Alexander Leytman & Joanna Shirin, 27 Silver Beech Lane...
View ArticleBlue Waves gear up for basketball season
With fresh faces on the roster, the Riverhead boys basketball team is set on making the playoffs, regardless of what their record was last year. Only one starter returns from last season’s 4-15 squad,...
View ArticleBus crashes into building on Griffing Avenue, reportedly injuring multiple...
A bus crashed into a building on Griffing Ave. in Riverhead at approximately 3 p.m. Friday. Connor Morrison, who works nearby, saw the lights in his workplace flicker and walked outside, where he saw...
View ArticleBlotters: Arrest after alleged theft at Tanger Polo Ralph Lauren
• Kurtis Eggers, 38, was arrested Sunday after allegedly striking a 52-year-old man at a men’s shelter on West Main Street in Riverhead. He was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree...
View ArticleEditorial: A veteran is buried and the American spirit is rekindled
In our newspapers last week, we wrote about the burial in Calverton National Cemetery of a soldier, Sgt. Bernard Sweeney, whose remains were first found near where he went missing in Germany in...
View ArticleDeer hunter shoots video of a new North Fork resident: a coyote
On October 19, a deer hunter sitting in a tree stand on a tract of farmland in Orient watched as what looked like someone’s dog approached his stand. The hunter took his cell phone out and a shot a...
View ArticleAguiar delivers final address as Riverhead Town Supervisor
In her 2023 State of the Town Address and final speech as Town Supervisor today, Yvette Aguiar detailed the ways in which “the foundation has been laid for Riverhead’s bright future” under her...
View ArticleRiverhead Town Board considers new aviation restrictions at EPCAL
In the wake of vocal and sustained opposition to a deal to sell portions of Enterprise Park to Calverton Aviation Technology, Riverhead officials are considering their next step in efforts to restrict...
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Habitat For Humanity of Long Island building its first concrete home
Habitat For Humanity of Long Island held a concrete pouring ceremony Thursday at a build site that marks a first for the local chapter of the nonprofit. Staffers and volunteers for the organization,...
View ArticleLocal wrestling squads expect big things this season
Two local wrestling teams held a scrimmage Saturday afternoon at Shoreham-Wading River high school in an effort to grapple with some different opponents and prepare for the upcoming league season....
View ArticleBlotters: Woman arrested for October hammer attack
• Somoy Leckie, age and address unavailable, was charged with second-degree harassment on Industrial Boulevard on Nov. 29, according to police. Additional information was not available. • A robbery...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Thanks to the Riverhead Town Home Improvement Program
RiverheadThank you! I would like to take the time to thank The Riverhead Town Home Improvement Program, along with Dawn Thomas, Dan Thompson and my contractor Brett Marascia. Not only did they help...
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Photos: Downtown Riverhead Holiday Parade and Bonfire
Holiday festivities filled Downtown Riverhead with light and color on Saturday, Dec. 9. The Lion’s Club’s annual parade stepped off at the intersection between Griffing Avenue and Main Street, where...
View ArticleRiverhead police chief gets a 8.5% pay raise
Riverhead Chief of Police David Hegermiller got a new contract — and an 8.5% pay raise — when the Town Board last week unanimously approved a compensation package with the veteran law enforcement...
View ArticleOutgoing Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar reflects on her tenure
When Yvette Aguiar first entered the Riverhead political scene in 2019, she said many officials in government never believed she would be elected town supervisor. She was a complete newcomer, which...
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