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Many haircuts later, ‘Al the barber’ is still smiling
A customer honked his horn as he passed by Al Amore’s Tailored Male Barber Shop in Cutchogue earlier this month. (Credit: Grant Parpan) You’ll have to forgive Al Amore if he doesn’t remember the...
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Riverhead Board of Education vote preview: Meet the candidates
One incumbent and four challengers are running for two Riverhead school board seats that are up for grabs Tuesday night. Incumbent and board vice president Susan Koukounas is facing former board...
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3 props and a budget on this year’s ballot in Riverhead
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO Riverhead school district voters will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on a budget that carries a 3.94 percent tax levy increase over last year. In addition, a series of...
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RPD collects 100+ lbs of outdated meds at drug take-back event
Riverhead Police Officer Rick Anderson weighing and packaging 102 pounds of drugs collected at the Take-Back Drive-Through event. (Credit: Courtesy) The Riverhead Police Department collected 102 pounds...
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Downtown pass-through may be eliminated
The current view of the downtown pass-through. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Drivers may no longer be able to enter the Chase bank parking lot from Peconic Avenue and then come out on West Main Street, near...
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Video, photos: 12th annual Riverhead Idol
Second-place winner Luisanna Abreu sings Make You Feel My Love. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Twenty one young performing artists hit the stage on Saturday night to perform in the 12th annual Riverhead...
View ArticleRiverhead Raceway: Rogers double dips with pair of victories
While six NASCAR Whelen All American Series events were run Saturday night at Riverhead Raceway the biggest race of the evening was the one waged against Mother Nature to beat the impending rain. It...
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DEC says red tide biotoxins likely caused turtle die-off
A view of Flanders Bay Saturday afternoon. (Credit: Rachel Young) Update Monday 2:30 p.m.: A state pathology lab investigating the die-off of dozens of turtles in Peconic Bay has found marine biotoxins...
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The North Fork Spanish Apostolate just got a big payday
(L-R) United Healthcare’s Juliette Serrano and Robert McBrien; Pat Celli, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of New York president; Riverhead Councilman James Wooten; Sister Margaret Smyth, North Fork...
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Judge to rule on chopper regs in coming weeks
A helicopter at East Hampton Airport. (Credit: Kyril Bromley/The East Hampton Press, file) The Town of East Hampton has agreed to hold off implementing its historic airport restrictions to allow a...
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Riverhead budget, props pass; Koukounas, DeGrasse voted in
Sue Koukounas, center, and Ann Cotten-DeGrasse, right, were the top two vote-getters on Tuesday night. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) The Riverhead school budget passed Tuesday night and in the five-way...
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More opposition voiced at garbage district meeting
Over 100 members of the public attended an informational meeting on Friday night about a proposed garbage district. (Credit: Tim Gannon) “For everybody to get up here and say the same things over and...
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High-speed ferry to carry passengers from NYC to East End
[Click to enlarge] Pictured is a map of all the weekend ferry and bus trips provided by Sea Jitney. (Credit: Courtesy)Weary travelers tired of sitting in traffic and who can’t afford those fancy...
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Suffolk Theater to host first boxing event June 5
The Suffolk Theater, which recently hosted a fitness competition called The Tribal Games, will venture back into sports next month by featuring boxing. (Credit: Bill Landon) Move over Madison Square...
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Shoreham-Wading River school budget passes easily
Superintedent Steven Cohen (right) smiles as the results from Tuesday’s school budget vote are read aloud. (Credit: Paul Squire) The Shoreham-Wading River school budget passed by an overwhelming...
View ArticleAdvocacy group fighting to block Plum Island sale
A Plum Island preservation advocacy group told the Southold Town Board Tuesday it intends to move forward with a lawsuit against two federal agencies it alleges have failed to protect endangered...
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Recap: Board holds hearing on new EPCAL zoning
The Riverhead Town Board held a public hearing on the proposed zoning for the Enterprise Park at Calverton Wednesday evening, and on proposed weight limits for Twomey Avenue in Calverton, which...
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Riverhead BID opposes Guardian Angels patrolling downtown
The Riverhead BID says its isn’t interested in the Guardian Angels. (Credit: Tim Gannon) The Riverhead Business Improvement District voted against a plan to bring the Guardian Angels to the downtown...
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Riverhead man headed to prison for food stamps fraud
ATTORNEY GENERAL COURTESY | Ravinder Parkash, 59, pleaded guilty to a food stamp scam in January. His wife also reportedly pleaded guilty. The owner of a Riverhead gas station and convenience store was...
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Baseball: Six-run 7th carries SWR to playoff win over Westhampton
Shoreham-Wading River senior Matt Fox drove in a pair of runs in the Wildcats’ playoff win over Westhampton Wednesday. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) CLASS A PLAYOFFS | WILDCATS 7, HURRICANES 2 Through...
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