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Football: Wildcats open season with resounding victory over Mercy
DANIEL DE MATO PHOTO | Shoreham-Wading River senior Tyler Anderson scored two touchdowns Thursday against McGann-Mercy. WILDCATS 46, MONARCHS 0 As the two-a-day practices of late August give way to...
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ZBA rejects other ‘dark skies’ variance request for Costco
FILE PHOTO | The fence that runs along Foxwood Village and the Costco property line. After much public opposition, the other half of The Shops at Riverhead developer’s request for variances to...
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Locals reflect on dying industry as L.I. Sound closes to fall lobster harvesting
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Matt DeMaula is one of only a handful of North Fork lobstermen who still fish in Long Island Sound. Last week’s closure marked the first time Sound waters have been closed to...
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Tagging program shows butterfly traveled a long way to North Fork
EILEEN KAPELL COURTESY PHOTO | If you see a monarch butterfly with this tag, you’re expected to call the number to help track its migration. Eileen Kapell rushed to get a camera after she spotted a...
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Concussion advice for coaches and parents of young athletes
GARRET MEADE FILE PHOTO | Bishop McGann-Mercy’s Reggie Archer, right, runs into Babylon’s Andrew Watson in a 2012 game. In March, the American Academy of Neurology updated its “return-to-play”...
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Cops: Man shot in face with air rifle in Laurel
A Laurel man was arrested Sunday for shooting an air rifle at another man, striking him in the face and causing a “large laceration,” Southold Town Police said. Brayan Cahueque, 23, fired the shot at...
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Photos: ‘Human bowling ball’ skydive event in Calverton
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Skydive Long Island and All-Star bowling sponsored Sunday’s human bowling ball event to benefit Brendan House. Sound Beach resident Pawel Bistram really is Superman. Wearing...
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Board rejects family’s bid to remove sand from farmland
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Steve Mezynieski and his wife, Gretchen, are joined by their son Cole, then 16, at the family’s 42.5 acre property in Calverton last August. The Riverhead Town Board on...
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Haas named Republican chairman, Prusinowski vice chair
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Mason Haas in his office in Town Hall. Mason Haas was elected chairman of the Riverhead Republican Committee Tuesday night at Polish Hall, succeeding John Galla, who has...
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Clerks charged in underage alcohol sting
New York State Police arrested a Jamesport pizza parlor employee, as well as a Mattituck shop clerk, in an underage alcohol sting on Tuesday after authorities said they both sold beer illegally to...
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Garden Club seeks help to protect boxwoods from thieves
BARBARELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Volunteers down on East Main Street in 2011. The Riverhead Garden Club is looking for help from Riverhead Town in the way of better security, better lighting and irrigation for...
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Pols pen letter to protest Plum Island sale
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | A bird’s eye view of Plum Island. Lawmakers from New York, and one more from Connecticut, pitched a plea to the federal government yesterday, asking the head of the entity in...
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Proposal to limit rental homes faces some opposition
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | A view of the Peconic Bay waterfront in Jamesport. A proposal to limit home rentals in Riverhead Town for less than 30 days ran into some opposition at a public hearing...
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Featured Letter: Time for Democrats to seize momentum
TIM GANNON FILE PHOTO | Riverhead Town Democratic nominees, from left, Icilio ‘Bill’ Bianchi, Millie Thomas, Angela DeVito and Greg Fischer in May. To the editor: Grant Parpan’s column last week walked...
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Editorial: Submit your nominations for 2013 People of the Year
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The Riverhead News-Review’s 2012 People of the Year (clockwise from top): Civic person Georgete Keller, Educator Jeff Doroski, Overall POY Denise Lucas, Business person Rich...
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Cops: Ex-con arrested following Riverside traffic stop
An ex-convict was arrested yesterday morning after Southampton Police said he was driving his car in Riverside without an interlock device following a previous drunk driving conviction. According to...
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LIVE: Town board to discuss grants, dredging, snow
The Riverhead Town Board is expected to discuss the hazard mitigation grant program with police chief David Hegermiller, and bay dredging with county Public Works Commissioner Gil Anderson at its work...
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Agenda: SWR board to vote on standardized testing cutback
The Shoreham-Wading River school board will vote on a resolution calling on state and federal officials to end the over-reliance on standardized testing at tonight’s Board of Education meeting. The...
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Proposed teachers’ union deal forgoes 2012-13 salary raises
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | The Riverhead school board is expected to vote on a memorandum of agreement with the district’s teachers union tonight. Riverhead Central School District teachers are...
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‘Senior pride weekend’ to feature three night games at SWR
BILL LANDON FILE PHOTO | Shoreham-Wading River receiver Isreal Squires makes a leaping grab in the Wildcats’ home night game last year against Port Jefferson. The lights will be shining on...
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