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Riverhead faculty raise $15K for scholarship fund at Harlem Wizards game
It didn’t matter what the scoreboard said when Riverhead teachers, staff and administrators took on the Harlem Wizards basketball team Friday night: it was the Riverhead Central Faculty Association’s...
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Suffolk Theater wins design award from architectural organization
Two-and-a-half years after it reopened its doors in downtown Riverhead, the Suffolk Theater was honored by the Peconic chapter of the American Institute of Architects for its design. The theater and...
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Artist unveils ‘pixel art’ aquatic mural at Riverhead’s community garden
A Smithtown artist working through East End Arts’ JumpstART project installed a mixed-media mural at the playground near the River & Roots community garden Monday morning. Artist and illustrator...
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PSEG work crews begin projects across Riverhead Town this month
PSEG Long Island workers will be trimming trees, installing new utility poles, setting up more weather-resistant wiring and upgrading its systems to have less customers affected by outages across...
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Riverhead cop catches drag racers on former Grumman runway
Riverhead Police cracked down on members of an auto racing club that was using the western runway at the Riverhead Town-owned Enterprise Park at Calverton as a racetrack at about 11:30 Sunday morning....
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Girls Swimming: Anderson has state meet, UMass in her future
Emily Anderson doesn’t come from what one would call a swimming family. Her mother, Marret, doesn’t swim. As for her father, Richard, Emily said, “He’s not a good swimmer.” That leaves Emily. “I just...
View ArticleTown Board pierces tax cap, East Lawn sale on hold
The Riverhead Town Board voted 4-1 to adopt its 2016 town budget and to pierce the state’s two-percent tax levy cap at its meeting Tuesday night. The board added $80,000 in new anticipated rental...
View ArticleCounty backs pesticide use despite protest, again
It’s an effort that hasn’t succeeded in the past, but Kevin McAllister is once again lobbying Suffolk County to take methoprene out of its mosquito spraying plan as the county considers its course of...
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Update: Riverhead man with history of arrests ID’d as victim in fatal shooting
A 27-year-old Riverhead man was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle outside a Riverside home Tuesday night, Suffolk County police said. Thomas Lacolla of Northville Turnpike was killed at 9:37...
View ArticleTwo men arrested, face felony charges in last week’s Flanders home invasion
Two men are facing a slew of charges — including felony robbery, burglary, and conspiracy — in connection with a home invasion in Flanders last week after they were arrested Monday, according to a...
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Downtown shop burglarized for second time this month
A downtown store that was the scene of an armed robbery on Nov. 1 fell victim to crime again early Wednesday morning, according to Riverhead Police. Officers responded to an alarm at Damaris Multi...
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SWR notes: Turf field not expected to be completed until February
The turf field at Shoreham-Wading River High School won’t be finished until February. The Board of Education voted 5 to 1 Tuesday night to purchase new components of the field, but the new parts will...
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Three years after 25A study, commercial projects in the works in Wading River
It’s been just over three years since the Riverhead Town Board adopted a Wading River Corridor Study aimed at curbing the amount of commercial development along Route 25A in the northwest part of...
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They’re heading to town hall to demand more safety
In the wake of a rash of car break-ins in Flanders and a fatal shooting that occurred two nights ago in neighboring Riverside, local civic groups are planning to head to next week’s Town Board meeting...
View ArticleTown to discuss restaurants in Rt. 58 parking lots
The Riverhead Town Board will discuss the recent trend of developers proposing restaurants or small stores in the parking lots of larger shopping centers on Route 58 at its work session on Thursday....
View ArticleEditorial: Don’t collect taxes you never asked for in the first place
In July, the Suffolk County Comptroller’s office released an audit showing that, due to low staffing levels, the county treasurer did not adequately monitor the county’s hotel-motel tax program in...
View ArticleCounty starts collecting ‘hotel tax’ from short-term rental landlords
Suffolk County has begun to crack down on short-term rental owners who list their properties online and are now requiring them to collect and remit a hotel-motel tax from their guests. In some cases,...
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New grocery store planned for downtown Riverhead
Riverhead Town officials have been trying to attract a supermarket or grocery store to the downtown area for many years. And now it looks as if though one may open there soon. The former Riverhead...
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Blog Recap: Shoreham-Wading River football wins county championship
DIVISION IV COUNTY FINALS SWR 24, John Glenn 14 The Shoreham-Wading River football team won its second straight county championship with a 24-14 win over John Glenn High School Thursday night. Read a...
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PHOTOS: A weekend of gospel music at area churches
East End Arts began its 29th annual Harvest Gospel Concert Series at Mattituck Presbyterian Church Thursday night. A choir of over 70, some of whom have been with the group for nearly 30 years, sang to...
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