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Parpan Column: Riverside jail reality show isn’t all bad
(Credit: MSNBC) There was a moment during Saturday’s premiere of MSNBC’s “Lockup Extended Stay: Long Island,” the new reality series filmed at the Suffolk County Jail in Riverside, that offered a truly...
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Suffolk GOP picks Remy Bell to challenge Krupski for Legislature
The Suffolk County Republican Committee has nominated Riverhead resident Remy Bell to run against Legislator Al Krupski. (Credit: Tim Gannon) The Suffolk County Republican Committee has selected...
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June ushers in rain after driest May on record
Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday came as a welcome change of pace for local crops. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro) It might seem like a distant memory now, but last month proved to be the driest May on record,...
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Third Street drive-by shooter pleads guilty to felony charges
Jeffrey Despeines at his Feb. 14, 2013 arraignment. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) The suspect police say was the gunman in the 2013 drive-by shooting of a Third Street home has pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man leads police on car chase
A Riverhead man was arrested Friday on reckless driving and drug charges after being spotted by police driving without a seatbelt around 9:50 p.m. on Flanders Road, Southampton Town police said. When...
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Riverhead jazz guitarist inspires furniture line
Riverhead jazz guitarist Matt Marshak with some of the pieces he helped inspire for Rhythm & Home, a new furniture line. (Courtesy photo) How does a musician become a collaborator on a furniture...
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Baseball: Opening day is a day unlike any other
Cub Scout Pack 242 of Riverhead presents the colors before the season-opening game between North Fork and Riverhead on Sunday. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) Opening day is a special day in baseball. The...
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Pharrell, Beck and Nile Rodgers to perform at Martha Clara Vineyards festival
The crowd dances along to the 2013 concert at Martha Clara Vineyards. This year’s event will be even bigger. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) Two years after Adam Lambert and Avicci headlined a music...
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Krupski meets with East End town reps to discuss deer population
Representatives from the East End’s five towns met Wednesday in Riverhead. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski has created a committee to come up with solutions for wildlife issues...
View ArticleCops: Pair busted with crack cocaine in Flanders
Cathy Liggon, 46, of Riverhead and Charles Roach, 50, of Flanders were seen driving from what police described as a known drug location last Monday on Flanders Road around 10 a.m., Southampton Town...
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RECAP: Decision on private road plowing due next week
The Riverhead Town Board said at its work session Thursday that they will decide next week what private roads will be plowed by the town highway department next winter. The issue came to a head last...
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Guardian Angels patrol Riverhead, look to recruit
Guardian Angels members spent their patrol introducing themselves to the public and handing out informational pamphlets. (Credit: Guardian Angels) The Angels stood their ground, and the panhandlers...
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Longtime East End journalist Robert Wacker dies at 92
A former editor of the Riverhead News-Review and a “lifelong newspaper man,” Robert Wacker died Tuesday night. He was 92. Mr. Wacker, who helmed Riverhead’s weekly newspaper in the 1970s, also worked...
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Photos of McGann-Mercy’s Class of 2015
The McGann-Mercy Class of 2015 at Wednesday’s graduation ceremony. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) The Class of 2015 at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School celebrated and said goodbye Wednesday evening during...
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Editorial: They’re the right farmers to grow medical marijuana
Jack Van de Wetering and his son Kurt in a climate controlled greenhouse area that they would modify to grow medical marijuana. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) The East End would be hard-pressed to find a...
View ArticleSouthampton Blotter: Man on PCP nearly hit by cars
• Jameula Carter of Flanders, 33, was arrested Sunday on Evergreen Road after he was seen attempting to cross Flanders Road around 6:40 p.m. and nearly being struck by multiple vehicles. He was seen...
View ArticleCops: East End Drugs Task force busts 7 in Northampton
Seven people on Pine Court in Northampton were arrested on drug charges last week as part of an East End Drugs Task Force investigation, authorities said. The arrests occurred between 11:30 p.m. last...
View ArticleWatch an osprey couple wait for its babies to hatch live
An osprey couple is preparing for the birth of its three babies in a nest on the North Fork. Best of all, you can be there to watch it. The hatchlings’ arrival — expected any day now — is being filmed...
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Riverhead teachers ‘scooping for scholarships’ at Ralph’s
Riverhead School District teachers will be serving frozen treats next week at Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices in Riverhead to raise money for elementary school enrichment programs. This is the second time...
View ArticleGuest Column: People are to blame, not bluefish
Over the past several weeks, the East End’s waterways have been inundated with toxic red and mahogany tides resulting in die-offs of diamondback terrapin (turtles), bunker and alewives. Our local media...
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