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UPDATE: Teen arrested Monday ‘will no longer be attending’ Mercy
A Riverhead police officer leads Mercy students from the school on Jan. 14. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) UPDATE: A voice message from Carl Semmler, principal of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, said the...
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SWR reacts in favor of new sports equipment safety standards
Shoreham-Wading River athletic director Mark Passamonte addressed the school board Tuesday night. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) Shoreham-Wading River school board members are in agreement with athletic director...
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Students say 8-period day forces choice: class or lunch?
(Credit: Paul Squire) There are 16 students in Riverhead sophomore Shannon Zeltmann’s AP Physics class. But all but two of the students go without a lunch period each day, she said. The reason why the...
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Cops: Two Riverhead men injured in Water Mill house explosion
A preliminary investigation has found that both men were doing renovation work in the basement of a home on Old Country Road in Water Mill and they accidentally cut a gas pipe causing an explosion....
View ArticleLearn how to keep your grass green without chemicals
Landscapers and do-it-yourself homeowners interested in learning how to go green organically will have an opportunity to do just that during an upcoming informational seminar spearheaded by the Perfect...
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In split vote, board limits contracts superintendent can sign
Riverhead school board member Lori Hulse pitches the need to limit the kinds of contracts the district superintendent can sign without board approval at a board meeting Tuesday night. (Credit: Paul...
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Rain garden rebate program expanded across Peconic Estuary
Experts say native plants like these New England asters are preferred for rain gardens. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) A unique program that allowed for a small number of homeowners in Southold...
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SWR scout hopes to honor memory of Tom Cutinella
‘I hope with everyone’s help we can honor Tom [Cutinella's] memory in a respectful way,’ said Ryan Ledda, who is proposing a memorial for Tom as his Eagle Scout project. (Credit: Jen...
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Legal aid group sues East End cops, courts
The entrance to Riverhead Town Justice Court. (Credit: Paul Squire, file) Conditions at the Riverhead Justice Court might not be all that just. A lawsuit filed last week by the Suffolk County Legal Aid...
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Counterfeit bills used to buy gift cards; $5K reward offered
Security cameras captured the man police said used fake money to buy a gift card in Riverhead. (Credit: Riverhead police) Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Police Department detectives are...
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Editorial: We can’t arrest our way out of a gang problem
The house at 29 Lewis Street remains boarded up three months after the raid. (Credit: Grant Parpan) Breaking up an open-air drug market might spell relief for the afflicted neighborhood, but it is...
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Video surveillance, wire taps: Inside the Lewis Street drug bust
Police raid 29 Lewis Street in the Millbrook Gables section of Riverhead Nov. 5. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) Four children were living in the Oakland Drive North home when a team of police, including...
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Recap: Board vows to approve permits for musical festival
Credit: Barbaraellen Koch The Riverhead Town Board discussed Nile Rodgers Productions’s proposed two day “Freak Out Let’s Dance” music festival on Martha Clara on Aug. 4 and 5 at its work session...
View ArticleRoundup: Water Mill fire victim, drug surveillance, courthouse woes
Here are some of today’s top stories across the North Fork. To stay on top of local news, follow the Riverhead News-Review on Facebook. Post by Riverhead News-Review. Post by Riverhead News-Review....
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OSHA investigates Water Mill fire; conditions of victims change
Rescue workers aid one of the victims in the explosion in Water Mill yesterday. (Credit: The Southampton Press/Dana Shaw) Federal safety officials and National Grid are investigating the scene of a...
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North Fork Chocolate Company opens in time for Valentine’s Day
Assorted chocolates at North Fork Chocolate Company. (Credit: Vera Chinese photos) While nobody has been able to grow cocoa beans on the East End — at least yet — North Fork Chocolate Company makes...
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Water Mill fire victim: ‘So happy I was able to get out’
Rolando Perez in his hospital bed at the burn unit at Stony Brook University Medical Center. (Credit: Cyndi Murray) Sitting in the burn unit at Stony Brook University Medical Center about 24 hours...
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Cops: Riverhead man stabbed ex, ran from police
Nicholas Sokol mug shot (Credit: Riverhead Police Department) A Riverhead man stabbed his ex-girlfriend Thursday and later fled from police officers when they located him at an apartment complex,...
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Update on Sonoma Grill in Riverhead
The former Riverhead Project on West Main Street in Riverhead. (Credit: file photo) A new restaurant located at the site that most recently housed The Riverhead Project could open by the end of March....
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Column: A late columnist’s pen will be dearly missed
New York Times columnist David Carr at last year’s WebSummit in Dublin. (Credit: Flickr/WebSummit. http://ow.ly/J17Xg) The impact a person can have on someone, even someone that person never met, is...
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