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Football: Three SWR players receive all-state honors following undefeated season
In the years leading up to Shoreham-Wading River’s 2014 Long Island Championship, coach Matt Millheiser often mentioned all the “firsts” the team had barreled through, from a win at Mount Sinai, to a...
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Here’s where to spot the North Fork’s winter waterfowl
Those who follow me through my social media accounts know me as the Fish Guy. In recent months however, my posts have focused more on wildlife that lives above the surface rather than below it. This...
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Featured Letter: Disingenuous advocacy toward immigration serves no purpose
What was the point of Diana Gordon’s article about embracing immigrants? Few people are unwelcoming to immigrants and fewer still oppose immigration. But then I realized what she was really saying...
View ArticleRiverhead Blotter: Teenager beaten, robbed on Union Avenue
An 18-year-old Riverhead man reported being beaten and robbed on Union Avenue in Riverhead Saturday night at about 9 p.m., police said. The victim said he was walking on Union Avenue when an unknown...
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Update: Sound Avenue car crash victims identified
One person was airlifted following a two-car accident on Sound Avenue in Wading River Saturday that closed the road in both directions between Hulse Landing Road and Fresh Pond Avenue, Riverhead Town...
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Lyme disease can’t hold this artist back
There was a time when Lyme disease made artist Eva Haughie so sick she could no longer recognize her own work. “In 1998 I was teaching [art workshops] and by 1999 I was like an Alzheimer’s patient,”...
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A look inside the new Hampton Coffee Co. in Aquebogue
A small cup at Hampton Coffee Co. in Aquebogue. (Credit: Vera Chinese, photos) Hampton Coffee Co. unveiled a fourth store on Sunday morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new Aquebogue location....
View ArticleOverdose victim found in roadway, saved by police officer
A Southampton Town police officer used Narcan to save the life of an overdose victim who was found lying in the street near the County Center bus stop in Riverside Friday evening, police said in a...
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Big N.Y. State projects won’t reach East End
As part of the buildup to his State of the State address and budget presentation Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed a variety of initiatives last week designed to aid Long Island in a variety of...
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Riverhead grad is one of first females to serve on Navy submarine
Amanda Gallo was just 2 years old when she decided she wanted to become a soldier. As a second-grader, she further solidified her decision to serve her country following the Sept. 11 terrorist...
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One week after fire, Blue Masques back on stage for final show
The atmosphere at Riverhead High School’s Charles Cardona Auditorium was dramatic for all the wrong reasons last Sunday afternoon. There were just five minutes to go before the Blue Masques’ final...
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Cops: Woman tried to dump out PCP during traffic stop
A Riverside driver was charged with a felony Sunday after she was caught trying to pour PCP out of its container after being stopped for a traffic infraction, Southampton Town police said. Shavon...
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State police blotter: Woman arrested on multiple drug charges
New York State Police arrested a Hampton Bays woman on drug charges in Riverhead Tuesday. Katherine Moncana, 25, was driving on Route 58 when she was stopped for having a cracked windshield and an...
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Featured letter: It’s more than a holiday and a dream
Once again we celebrate the life of an extraordinary freedom fighter Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Once again the radio waves are filled with his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. There have been symbolic...
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Winter Track: Record runs for Coulter, Tuthill, Butterfield
Riverhead coach Sal Loverde doesn’t hold back on superlatives to describe Luke Coulter. “Right now he’s poised to develop into potentially the best mid-distance, distance runner we’ve ever had in...
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MLK had been invited to Riverhead weeks before his death
On Jan. 30, 1968, about two months before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the Riverhead chapter of the NAACP invited him to be a guest speaker at its “annual observance of Freedom.” Today,...
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Friend of civil rights leader speaks at Riverhead MLK Day event
There are certain things most everyone knows about Martin Luther King Jr. They know he led the Montgomery bus boycott, marched on Washington and from Selma to Montgomery, and that he “had a dream.”...
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Cops: Homeless man caught inside Starbucks after burglary alarm goes off
Riverhead police arrested a 56-year-old homeless man early Monday when they discovered him inside a Riverhead Starbucks after the burglar alarm had activated, according to a police report. Police...
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Cops: Burglar stole $5,800 from Wading River smoke shop
Riverhead police are looking for a man they say broke into a Wading River tobacco store Monday night and stole cigarettes, a cash register and cash worth nearly $6,000 in total. Police said responded...
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Cases Creek dredged for first time in more than a decade
It took about 11 years, but Cases Creek in Aquebogue has finally been dredged. “I’ve waited a long time for this,” said Aquebogue resident Jack Hansen. He keeps his boat docked in the creek, and said...
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