Riverhead attorney arrested for grand larceny
A Riverhead lawyer whose license was suspended last year was arrested and charged with grand larceny this week for allegedly stealing $25,000 from two parties in a real estate transaction, according...
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Bargain Hunting Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 14-16: Good News Thrift Shop half price sale on all items at Mattituck Presbyterian Church, 12605 Main Road, Mattituck. All proceeds benefit church missions and...
View ArticleBlue Waves get off to strong start despite loss
After winning just one game last year, Riverhead trained relentlessly in preparation for this season, placing a major emphasis on defense. This year’s team is made up of true multi-sport athletes and...
View ArticleBlotters: Multiple thefts reported at Tanger Outlet stores
Two unoccupied Riverhead police cars were hit by a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee heading north on Roanoke Avenue Saturday, according to police, whose said the driver of the Jeep was driving drunk. The...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: She deserves the presumption of innocence
PeconicCoyotes will help balance the environment Although there may be some or many who fear the arrival of coyotes, I suspect they are more scared of us than we are of them. The question is whether...
View ArticleEditorial: People who power small businesses are leaving N.Y.
A new report by the Manhattan-based Fiscal Policy Institute reads like the proverbial canary in the coal mine story — something that signals danger ahead to anyone paying attention. The report —...
View ArticleRiverhead school approves Transfinder bus tracking software
On Dec. 12, the Riverhead Board of Education unanimously approved Transfinder, a new software program that will provide the school district with real-time data on the school buses that are running,...
View ArticleCommittee recommends lifting restrictions on cannabis sales in Riverhead
Until very recently, Riverhead Town restrictions regarding cannabis consumption left only a handful of locations in town where you could purchase or publicly consume marijuana. That’s because the...
View ArticleOfficials urge caution on Riverside housing plan
Riverhead officials are imploring their counterparts in Southampton Town to reconsider and possibly revise the 2015 Riverside Revitalization Action Plan, which is moving forward nearly a decade after...
View ArticleRiverhead Charter School to purchase land for new high school
Riverhead Charter School is in contract to purchase more than 70 acres of land on Sound Avenue in Northville to build a new high school. The schools’ board approved the use of $4.5 million from their...
View ArticleRiverhead Middle School launches animal rescue club
Emily Cheverino teaches seventh-grade English Language Arts at Riverhead Middle School. She’s also been an animal rescue advocate and volunteer for as long as she can remember. “I knew that when I...
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Check out Foxwood Village’s holiday train display
What began as a simple loop around the Christmas tree in 2016 has since blossomed into an intricately detailed scale model train set traversing the North Fork. The Foxwood Village Model Railroad Club...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: New leaders and new Town Hall digs
The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously in early April to hire J. Petrocelli Contracting Inc. as the “sole and exclusive construction manager” for a new Town Hall at 4 West Second St. The town...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Drama in Riverhead School District
There’s been no shortage of drama at Riverhead Central School District this year. Superintendent Augustine Tornatore stepped down from his position in October. Mr. Tornatore previously requested a...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Ice rink finally opens in Calverton
After eight years of development, the new Ed Westfall Arena at Peconic Ice Rinks officially opened in November, the first such sports facility on the East End. The NHL-regulation sized indoor rink is...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: EPCAL saga comes to a close — for now
For more than a year, a colorful cadre of Riverhead residents living in neighborhoods surrounding the Enterprise Park at Calverton pressured town officials to abandon their plan to sell more than...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Golden boot of Alexis Ré
Riverhead top goal scorer Alexis Ré’s final season as a Blue Wave didn’t end exactly the way she hoped. After starting out 4-1, the Blue Waves only managed to get one more win the rest of the season...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Top sports stories
Riverhead girls volleyball. The Blue Waves made the playoffs for the first time in a decade, but that wasn’t enough for them. After securing the playoff berth with a win over Central Islip, the Blue...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Long Island Wine Country at 50
2023 was a big year for Long Island Wine Country, marking 50 years since the first wine-centric vines were planted — on a plot of fallow potato farmland. Today, Long Island’s 3,000 acres of vineyards...
View ArticleYear in Review 2023: Remembering Preston Gamble
Fifteen-year-old Preston Gamble was shot and killed on April 12 in Calverton. The shocking and tragic incident remains unsolved, prompting his mother, Chakara Jones, to share her story with the...
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