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Mural man unveils his latest work, a three-part painting
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | Terrence Joyce works on the mural in his Greenport studio last week. Greenport’s mural man, Terrence Joyce, likes to listen to Indian music in his home studio and use...
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Town to dedicate gazebo to former finance administrator
COURTESY PHOTO | Jack Hansen, with daughter Lisa and wife Denise The Riverhead Town Labor Management Committee has donated a new gazebo outside Town Hall in the memory of the late Jack Hansen, the...
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BOCES students raise funds for Kent Animal Shelter
BOCES COURTESY PHOTO | Animal Science Program students present $600 and assorted sundries to Kent Animal Shelter Office Manager Linda MacDonald. Animals at the Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton will be...
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Common Core math homework causes frustration in Riverhead
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Phillips Avenue Elementary School principal Debra Rodgers giving a presentation Tuesday night about Common Core practices within fourth-grade English Language Arts and math....
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Riverhead blotter: Woman swiped, pawned off $6K in jewelry
A 44-year-old Riverhead woman was arrested on felony grand larceny charges last Tuesday after stealing jewelry from her ex-boyfriend’s house sometime this past year and pawning it at area jewelry...
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STAR tax exemption deadline looming; 1,400 homes can still apply
While many are turning their attention to completing Christmas shopping in time, there’s another December deadline that looms that has the potential to affect many Riverhead homeowners. A new law...
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Cops: Riverhead woman was the driver in fatal LIE pedestrian accident
FILE PHOTO An unidentified Riverhead woman was the driver involved in a fatal pedestrian accident in Holtsville on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday night, Suffolk County police said in a press...
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Wading River fire commish race separated by one vote
PAUL SQUIRE FILE PHOTO A write-in candidate has come up one vote short of unseating the incumbent chairman of the Wading River Fire District, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s fire...
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Teen accused of armed robbery being held on $150K bail
COURTESY PHOTO | Julian Williams is charged with first-degree robbery following an incident Wednesday on Delores Avenue A Riverhead teen is being held on $150,000 cash bail after allegedly robbing a...
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RECAP: Board likely to back bill allowing deer hunting closer to homes
Riverhead Town Board members informally agreed to support a bill in the state legislature that would allow the East End towns to temporarily permit longbow hunting for deer to take place no closer...
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Track & Field: Riverhead pole vaulter enters season as favorite in county
ROBERT O’ROURK FILE PHOTO | Riverhead junior Charles Villa enters this season as the favorite in the county for the pole vault. The three Amigos are down to one. Last year, the Riverhead boys track...
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One airlifted following crash on Edwards Avenue
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | One person was airlifted to an area hospital following an accident on Edwards Avenue, fire officials said. One person was airlifted to an area hospital following after striking a...
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Town considers legal action against new Jamesport farm market
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | The Glass Greenhouse opened its newly built farmers’ market without site plan approval from the Town, Supervisor Sean Walter said. Riverhead Town officials are considering taking...
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$88K to build a pedestrian bridge? Not exactly
JAY SCHNEIDERMAN COURTESY RENDERING | The footbridge that would cross the Peconic River and connect Riverside to downtown Riverhead. When Vince Taldone saw the state had given an $88,875 Economic...
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No cost for Riverside master developer?
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | A boarded-up house on Flanders Road in Riverside, just east of the traffic circle. The developers selected to be the “master developer” for Riverside says it won’t cost...
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Health: FDA study helps explain the re-emergence of whooping cough
A new FDA study could help explain the re-emergence of whooping cough, a contagious disease that has claimed the lives of more children than scarlet fever, diphtheria or measles during its height,...
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Cartoon: Deer culling efforts to make things difficult for Santa
See Peter Waldner’s Paw Print cartoons each week in the Riverhead News-Review.
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Happy holidays, Riverhead! Now pay your taxes!
Riverhead Town residents should receive their 2013-14 tax bills in the mail soon. The overall amount of property taxes to be collected — including school, town, county, fire and other special...
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Meet Wendy’s High School Heisman Award finalist Carolyn Carrera
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Riverhead senior Carolyn Carrera inside the school’s gymnasium. Riverhead High School athlete Carolyn Carrera understands her success on the field and in the classroom are...
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Neighbor rescues infirmed man from burning Flanders house
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Firefighters at the scene of Monday’s house fire on Priscilla Avenue. An elderly Flanders man was rescued from his burning home by a neighbor Monday morning. Joe Marshall said he was...
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