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Fire sparks in vacant Riverhead house, burns couch
RACHEL YOUNG FIRE | Town authorities at the scene of Sunday morning’s fire at 70 Segal Avenue. Town fire marshals are investigating a fire that sparked in a vacant Riverhead house Sunday morning and...
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Superintendents give their short lists of what’s new this year
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Work on the new Riley Avenue Elementary School facade as of last week. The window wall marks the school’s expanded cafeteria and auditorium. The start of a new school year is...
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Guest Spot: Five simple ways to better support kids at home
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Nurse practitioner Sheila Davies shows Riley Avenue first-grader William de Lauzon and his classmates a plastic model of a human heart in 2012. There has been a great deal of press...
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Town in line to get $12M from Suffolk for sewer upgrades
PAUL SQUIRE FILE PHOTO | When the Riverhead Sewer District is able to upgrade its facility off Riverside Drive, the water being currently treated at the plant would then be pumped through a new,...
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Photos: Scenes from the first day at Riley Avenue Elementary
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Teacher Emily Chizever comforts a tearful kindergartner, Charlee Koke, on the first day of school Monday. Longtime Riley Avenue Elementary School principal David Enos walked...
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Riverhead man jumped, beaten during Flanders walk
GOOGLE MAPS A Riverhead man was shoved to the ground and beaten by a group of “five or six” men on Cypress Avenue in Flanders in what was described as an unprovoked attack Sunday night, according to a...
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Cops: Mattituck woman faces Leandra’s Law charge
A 22-year-old Mattituck woman involved in a single-car crash early Tuesday while driving with a 17-month-old child in the car in Jamesport has been arrested on drunken driving charges, Riverhead Town...
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Riverhead veterinary clinic, Sag Harbor government websites hacked
CACHE PHOTO | The animal hospital’s website contained messages promoting Islam. The websites of a Riverhead animal hospital and the Sag Harbor village government were defaced Tuesday by a hacker who...
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Giglio, Dunleavy and DeVito trounce Riverhead primary challengers
GRANT PARPAN PHOTO | Councilwoman Jodi Giglio celebrates her primary election win with fellow Town Board members James Wooten (left) and George Gabrielsen. Riverhead Town Democratic Committee nominee...
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Remembering the victims of 9/11 at new memorial park
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The newly built 9/11 memorial park on Sound Avenue is dedicated to the first responders who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, as well as all those who’ve been killed...
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Flanders woman hired local artist to carve 9/11 tribute
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Artist Richard Anderson was commissioned to carve this tribute to Flanders’ bravest in a tree in Sue Mastelli’s front yard. Mr. Anderson also sculpted the works that line the...
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Football Preview: New vibe for Mercy this year
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | McGann-Mercy junior Reggie Archer returns in the backfield for the Monarchs after a 1,000-yard rushing season a year ago. As the final countdown toward opening day ticks closer,...
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Bill Lindsay, dead at 67, called a ‘hero’ to Suffolk’s working people
GRANT PARPAN FILE PHOTO | Bill Lindsay at his swearing-in ceremony in 2011. Bill Lindsay, a 12-year-member of the Suffolk County Legislature who’s served as presiding officer since 2006, died Wednesday...
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March, vigil in Reeves Park helps dedicate 9/11 Memorial Park
TIM GANNON PHOTO | The procession walks along Park Road in Reeves Park toward the new 9/11 Memorial at the corner of Park and Sound Avenue Wednesday night. Hundreds marched down Park Road in Reeves...
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Football Preview: Defending champions turn to a sophomore in backfield
ROBERT O’ROURK FILE PHOTO | Riverhead senior Jaron Greenidge will be a key player on both sides of the field for the Blue Waves. When the Riverhead Blue Waves take the field Thursday afternoon in their...
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Featured Letter: Next time stick to the issues
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Anthony Coates delivers a concession speech Tuesday night. To the editor: I believe the voting public is always open to support a challenger who places ideas and principles above...
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Editorial: Why Sept. 11 should be a national holiday
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Hundreds marched down Park Road in Reeves Park Monday night, joined by uniformed members of the Riverhead Fire Department, the Wading River Boy Scouts troop and other groups, to pay...
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LIVE: Riverhead Town Board reviewing resolutions
Perhaps needing a break after the primary campaigns, the Riverhead Town Board will have a relatively light agenda at its work session Thursday morning, with only a review of the draft resolutions that...
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Two acres in Riverside being cleared to prevent illegal activity
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Southampton Town Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor stands amongst piles of construction debris illegally dumped on town land in Riverside. The Southampton Town Highway Department...
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Football: New faces step up in Blue Waves victory
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Riverhead sophomore Ryun Moore had an impressive varsity debut in the Blue Waves’ win over North Babylon Thursday. RIVERHEAD 35, NORTH BABYLON 6 Coming off a county championship...
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