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Supporters send donations, prayers for victim of Northampton crash
An 18-year-old Eastport man was seriously injured when he lost control of his car on icy roads and crashed into a utility pole in Northampton Friday morning. But while the teen remains in critical...
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Boys Basketball: Blue Waves return to their winning ways
The Riverhead Blue Waves had started the high school boys basketball season so promisingly, with four wins from as many games. Then they hit some road bumps. Five of them. Five straight losses...
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Police called to Town Hall following dispute over Atlantis tax abatements
The Riverhead Industrial Development Agency voted unanimously at a special meeting Tuesday to grant tax incentives for a proposed restaurant and boutique hotel on East Main Street and for an...
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District investigating school shooting threat at Riverhead High School
Riverhead school officials are investigating the threat of a school shooting plan that was allegedly posted on social media Monday afternoon. Ultimately deemed “not a threat” by town police, according...
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Column: I’ll never win the Powerball, but my dad nearly did
I saw my dad for the first time after he narrowly missed winning a $200 million Powerball lottery on the day before my sister’s wedding. Most of my family had already arrived in Montauk to kick off...
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Riverhead school board may wait until election to fill vacancy
It appears the Riverhead Board of Education is sticking with six members for now. The school board accepted Lori Hulse’s resignation at Tuesday’s meeting and discussed its options to fill the vacancy,...
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SWR to build more classrooms despite SED recommendation
The Shoreham-Wading River school has decided to install eight new classrooms in its elementary schools as initially planned even though the state Department of Education is recommending the district...
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Riverhead Building Supply expanding to three North Shore locations
Riverhead Building Supply will be expanding to Long Island’s North Shore this year, having struck deals to acquire the assets of two existing lumber companies, and will establish new locations in...
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Barth’s Pharmacy coming to Jamesport this spring
A Barth’s Pharmacy, complete with a drive-up window, is headed for the former Capital One property in Jamesport. The Main Road site was recently purchased by Louis Cassara, owner of the Barth’s...
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Jamesport Center expansion will proceed with or without ZBA
The Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals will likely reach a decision later this month on the controversial proposal to expand the Jamesport Center by nearly three times its current size, according to...
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Girls Basketball: Mattituck hits Mercy like a hurricane
It was sudden, overpowering and, like a force of nature, devastating. Mattituck overwhelmed Bishop McGann-Mercy, scoring the first 15 points of the high school girls basketball game and busting out to...
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Police investigating after black employee allegedly finds noose at workplace
Riverhead Town police are investigating an alleged harassment incident involving a black employee at the Riverhead oil terminal who claims to have found a noose hanging in a break room. According to a...
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Town Board votes to demolish Court House restaurant
The Riverhead Town Board voted to order the demolition of the former Court House restaurant on Griffing Avenue Thursday, following a lengthy public hearing in which property owner Lyle Pike argued...
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Girls Basketball: After momentum shifts, things fall SWR’s way
The shifts and momentum changes in a high school girls basketball game can be sudden and unexpected. Without warning, a game can turn on the drop of a basket or a pass. It’s a fickle sport that way....
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Should the old Shoreham nuclear plant become a deep water port?
The old nuclear plant in Shoreham sits largely idle today, a metallic giant rising up above the surrounding marshland where little sound is audible beyond the wind howling off the Long Island Sound....
View ArticleEditorial: Stories to watch in 2016
We saw hints of it at the Town Board’s first meeting of this year and, based on the pushback witnessed in Town Hall at the end of 2015, commercial development proposals will certainly be something to...
View ArticleSouthampton botter: Riverside man arrested for stalking
Southampton Town police arrested a 22-year-old man last Tuesday for stalking in Riverside. Selvin Carrera-Cabrera of Riverside was arrested at around 2:10 p.m. at Marta’s Deli after he continuously...
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Jamesport Center expansion will proceed with or without ZBA
The Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals will likely reach a decision later this month on the controversial proposal to expand the Jamesport Center by nearly three times its current size, according to...
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Jamesport Fire Department extinguishes chimney fire
For the second time in a little over a week, the Jamesport Fire Department extinguished a chimney fire Thursday evening, according to a department press release. Firefighters received a call shortly...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead woman charged with shoplifting
A Riverhead woman who walked out of Renee’s Clothing Store in Mattituck without paying for items was arrested shortly afterward, Southold Town police said. Rona Simmons, 45, was charged with...
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