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Cops release images from September robbery, seek info
COURTESY SCPD Suffolk County and Riverhead Police released visual images from an armed robbery which occurred on Route 58 in mid-September, asking the public’s help in finding the two men they say held...
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Bellone signs budget; green groups decry use of drinking water funds
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Steve Bellone has signed the 2014 county budget. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has signed a 2014 budget previously amended by county legislators earlier this...
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Board to vote on upping VHB contract by $163k, approving budget
MICHAEL WHITE PHOTO | Riverhead Town Hall on Howell Avenue. Riverhead town board members are set to vote on spending up to $162,390 to add to its study at EPCAL, which is being completed by...
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Cops: Ex-con, local woman caught in car swiped from Southampton
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTOS | (L-R) Louise Reeves and Roshawn Childress were arraigned in Riverhead Town court Tuesday morning. A two-time felon and a Flanders woman were caught driving in a stolen car in...
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Elementary students determined to stop bullying
COURTESY PHOTO | Riverhead School District elementary school students sign their names to an anti-bullying promise poster. A group of students from Roanoke Avenue and Phillips Avenue elementary schools...
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Christmas Tree Shops now open on Route 58
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Christmas Tree Shops opened today on Route 58 in Riverhead. Christmas Tree Shops opened its doors to the public today, making it the third retailer in the new Route 58 shopping...
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The Riverhead Plungers set for Saturday’s polar plunge charity event
COURTESY PHOTO | The Riverhead Plungers team captain Gary Karlson has organized a group of 20 district staffers to participate in Saturday’s polar plunge charity event. Riverhead Central Faculty...
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Football: Hubbard’s punt return for TD brings Riverhead county crown
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Ryan Hubbard, shown returning the game’s opening kickoff, scored all three Riverhead touchdowns, including the game-winner, an 84-yard punt return with six seconds to go. SUFFOLK...
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Real Estate: Invasive vine may have met its match
AMBROSE CLANCY FILE PHOTO | This East End backyard, which once had views of wetlands and berry bushes, is now overun by mile-a-minute vine. No one is declaring victory just yet, but the...
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Aquebogue woman opening ‘The Beauty Bar’ in Southold
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Allison Rappa works at her home studio in Aquebogue. During a recent evening in the makeshift beauty studio located on the second floor of her Aquebogue home, Allison Rappa was...
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Southampton Hospital program to educate doctors, public about tick-borne illness
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Amber Abolafia of Orient plays with her daughter Dakota, 2, at Old Schoolhouse Park in East Marion, where she believes she was bit by a tick. Between daily naps and popping...
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King Kullen cuts $100,000 check to Little Flower
KING KULLEN COURTESY PHOTO | Little Flower director of development Maureen Fox, James Cullen Memorial Fund director Thomas Cullen, Little Flower executive director Grace LoGrande, King Kullen executive...
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Girls Basketball: Offseason work paying off for Riverhead
ROBERT O’ROURK PHOTO | Riverhead sophomore Sam Dunn is one of the returning players to this year’s team. One night a few years ago, Dave Spinella ran into former Riverhead principal John Merone at the...
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Wind, rain storm coming just in time for holiday
CREDIT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE A storm bringing fierce wind and rain is expected to touch down in the area on Tuesday into Wednesday, just in time for Thanksgiving weekend. The rainfall and winds –...
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Nassau Hub group chosen to lead development efforts in Riverside
TIM GANNON FILE PHOTO | Route 24 in Riverside, an area plagued by blight and crime. The “master developer” of Riverside has been chosen. The Southampton Town Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to...
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Educators, parents bring Common Core rage to NYS officials
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Education commissioner John King and state Board of Regents Meryl Tisch listening to a parade of speakers at Tuesday night’s forum. Long Islanders outraged over New York’s...
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Court case over county budget looming; green group could file this week
ROBERT O’ROURK FILE PHOTO | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. Suffolk County could find itself being called to court as early as this week, as environmental groups consider if and when to take...
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Photos: Students prepare massive Thanksgiving feast for seniors
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Culinary students Kristina Caschetta (left) Anastasia DeRosa (center) and Alexa Cimino with the carved up roasted turkeys that were prepared for the Dominican Sisters...
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Buffalo Wild Wings to open Dec. 9
COURTESY PHOTO | Buffalo Wild Wings is scheduled to open in Riverhead Dec. 9. Work up your appetite, wings fans: the general manager of the new Buffalo Wild Wings on Route 58 in Riverhead said the...
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Cops: Riverhead woman arrested for failing to appear following DWI
A Riverhead woman was arrested by Nassau County police Wednesday on an active bench warrant from Southold Town police, according to a press release. Raquel Mahon, 44, failed to appear in court to face...
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