As The Riverhead News-Review recaps the past year, here’s a look at the most-read stories of 2015:
1.) Reality show “Locked Up: Extended Stay” comes to Riverside jail
2.) Mother, daughter killed in Wading River double murder-suicide
3.) Longtime Wading River doctor’s office suddenly closed
4.) Video surveillance, wire taps: Inside the Lewis Street drug bust
5.) Motorcyclist dies after hitting pothole on Reeves Avenue
6.) Hampton murder suspects held without bail; family calls it a ‘bittersweet day’
7.) High-speed ferry to carry passengers from NYC to East End
8.) Feds: Riverhead physician assistant distributed thousands of pills in narcotics ring
9.) Riverhead cop catches drag racers on former Grumman runway
10.) Shooting victim ‘was a kind, sweet and genuine young girl’
11.) Driver charged in fatal Northampton accident dies
12.) Riverhead football player listed in ‘critical condition’
13.) SWR wrestler’s biggest move comes off the mat
14.) Rescued pitbull from Calverton wins $5,000 for rescue group
15.) Aquebogue nursery owner discovers dead body on property
16.) Coach’s former players raising money for daughter’s funeral
17.) Impaired driver’s father dies hours after Flanders crash
18.) Seven-car pileup in Jamesport; police say ‘stay off roads’
19.) Riverhead Waldbaum’s closing as A&P files for bankruptcy
20.) $10 million lawsuit filed against Riverhead Charter School, principal
21.) Riverhead school bus catches fire after ‘serious’ accident on Long Island Expressway
22.) Police ID embezzlement suspect as apparent suicide victim
23.) Column: When a Queens family invades your yard
24.) Amityville man charged in Manorville homicide discovery, victim identified
25.) Prosecutors on Troyan case: 60,000 pills; 20 co-conspirators; $1.8 million in street sales
26.) Medical marijuana dispensary is coming to Riverhead
27.) Riverhead School District bus driver leaves behind 4-year-old boy
28.) Riverhead guidance director charged with aggravated DWI
29.) Two car crash shuts down Route 25 in Calverton
30.) Riverhead man with history of arrests ID’d as victim in fatal shooting
31.) Don Jantzen, 60, left indelible mark on SWR wrestling program
32.) Islandia teen charged with making bomb threat at Mercy
33.) A pair of new restaurants coming to former Walmart lot?
34.) Longtime farmer dies following crash in Riverhead
35.) Hundreds attend funeral of Tanya and Danielle Lawrence
36.) Wading River man charged in alleged road rage stabbing
37.) Riverhead man arrested in Doctors Path drug bust held on bail
38.) Two hospitalized after LIRR train strikes two cars at crossing
39.) Three men try to escape as police execute search warrant
40.) Winter storm updates; Riverhead closings, delays and traffic reports (Feb. 2, 2015)
41.) Dirt bike rider in serious condition after Calverton crash
42.) Another development coming to Route 58
43.) Police identify dead man found in Peconic River
44.) Fired elementary school principal files gender discrimination lawsuit
45.) Fried chicken lovers rejoice, J&L’s opens in downtown Riverhead
46.) Two men arrested after drug raid at Riverhead home
47.) Riverhead woman charged with stealing dog from apartment
48.) Guest Column: The folks in Albany want us all to step aside
49.) Gala Fresh Farms planned for vacant King Kullen store in Riverhead
50.) Man killed in crash was longtime barber, Navy veteran
Photo: Tony Lawrence’s former lacrosse players held a fundraiser at Digger’s to establish a scholarship in Danielle Lawrence’s memory. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo)