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Parolee calls police for fight, gets busted for parole violation
A Central Islip man called 911 to report an argument in Flanders early Friday, but ended up being arrested and held at police headquarters after responding officers found the caller had an active...
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Blue River Estates to seek tax breaks from Riverhead IDA
TIM GANNON PHOTO | A rendering of Blue River Estates on display at Monday night’s IDA meeting. The owners of Blue River Estates, a 48-unit apartment building proposed for downtown Riverhead, will seek...
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Aquebogue man with suspended license arrested for DWI
A 48-year-old Aquebogue man was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Main Road late Sunday, police said. Robert Block was operating a GMC pickup truck eastbound in Aquebogue when he was pulled...
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Conservatives endorse entire local GOP slate, except Giglio
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Councilwoman Jodi Giglio (right) and the rest of the Riverhead Republican nominees, from left, Mike Panchak, Laverne Tennenberg, John Dunleavy, Sean Walter, Anthony Palumbo...
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Architects working on bond plans for Shoreham-Wading River
Shoreham-Wading River school district architects Tuesday night unveiled preliminary plans to establish a school bond this coming school year to pay for upgrades and repairs to district facilities....
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Miller Avenue school parents decry principal swap in SWR
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Parents and teachers rallying for popular principal Louis Parrinello Tuesday. More than 200 Shoreham-Wading River parents and school staffers flooded the high school auditorium at...
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Photos: First look inside the Summerwind Square apartments
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | We’ve all seen the exterior of the Summerwind Square apartments in downtown Riverhead. Now we get a peek inside some of the actual units. The Summerwind Square apartments in...
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4 children suffer smoke inhalation in Riverhead basement fire, 2 hospitalized
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Riverhead firefighters prepare to clear out smoke inside a Riverhead home at the scene of a basement fire Wednesday evening. A basement fire filled a Riverhead home with smoke...
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RECAP: SWR loses heartbreaker 14-13 in overtime
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Shoreham-Wading River sophomore Ryan Bray scored five goals Saturday against Friends Academy. Shoreham-Wading River coach Tom Rotanz could sense something amiss with his team at...
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Recap: Board talks audit, plan pitched for pump house rebuild
BETH YOUNG FILE PHOTO | The pump house at Grangebel Park the morning of Hurricane Sandy. Riverhead Town’s building department lost the file for Atlantis Marine World and calculated several building...
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Tropical Storm Andrea to dump up to 4 inches of rain on North Fork
NOAA COURTESY PHOTO | A forecast of rain totals across the East Coast over the next three days. The remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, will...
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‘Branding’ plan leads to new enterprise park entrance signs
MICHAEL WHITE PHOTO | One of two signs marking the EPCAL entrance along Route 25. As you arrive at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, you’ll now be greeted by new signs. The signs are located at the...
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Skydive L.I. looks to build indoor ‘skydiving’ tunnel at EPCAL
COURTESY PHOTO | People skydiving in a vertical wind tunnel. Afraid of heights but love a thrill, nonetheless? Well, Skydive Long Island has a new plan in the works that involves skydiving without...
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Legendary music shop relocates to downtown Riverhead
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | A look inside the new Ninow’s Music Store in downtown Riverhead. Ninow’s Music Store has officially moved to downtown Riverhead. The legendary shop, which opened on Railroad Avenue...
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Photos: The McGann-Mercy High School Class of 2013
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The 2013 class of McGann-Mercy High School at Thursday’s graduation. The McGann-Mercy High School Class of 2013 celebrated its graduation Wednesday afternoon. The 84 graduates...
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Local Conservative questions Giglio’s beef with mold contract
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Councilwoman Jodi Giglio (right) and the rest of the Riverhead Republican nominees, from left, Mike Panchak, Laverne Tennenberg, John Dunleavy, Sean Walter and Anthony...
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Roads dry in Riverhead after Andrea
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Downtown Riverhead’s riverfront park as of 8:30 a.m. Saturday. While some roads puddled up as the heaviest of rains fell Friday evening during the remnants of Tropical Storm Andrea,...
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Optimism for bill to fast-track EPCAL development
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTO | A view of the EPCAL site from the sky. With just a week left in the current New York State legislative session, an agreement appears to be have been reached on Riverhead Town’s...
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Cops: Two arrests and nearly 200 tickets through seatbelt enforcement...
Riverhead Town police ticketed nearly 200 people for seatbelt and other traffic violations and caught a drunk driver and a person wanted on an arrest warrant through a roughly two-week-long...
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‘Girls’ is just the latest show to film on the North Fork
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | The crew of HBO’s ‘Girls’ sets up on Rocky Point Road in East Marion Wednesday. As the popular HBO series “Girls” continues filming in East Marion this week (STORY AND PHOTOS ON...
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