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Man airlifted to Stony Brook after falling off Calverton roof
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | A man was airlifted to Stony Brook Medical Center Tuesday afternoon. Note: An earlier version of this report incorrectly indicated the accident happened Tuesday. A man was...
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Baseball: Riverhead pitcher wins prestigious Yastrzemski Award
BILL LANDON PHOTO | Riverhead senior Matt Crohan with the Yastrzemski Award, which he received Wednesday night at the Suffolk Baseball Coaches Assocciation’s all-county dinner. For two months this...
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Obituary: Robert Lanieri, aquarium food director & former Chamber of Commerce...
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Bob Lanieri last month at the Hyatt Plase East End’s Seaside Grill. Robert Lanieri, the longtime director of food services at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center...
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Plans to develop EPCAL move forward here, in Albany
MICHAEL WHITE FILE PHOTO | One of two signs marking the EPCAL entrance along Route 25. Riverhead Town’s plans for developing the Enterprise Park at Calverton took a few steps forward this week, and are...
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Riverhead woman in critical condition after hit and run in Fla.
FACEBOOK PHOTO | Ashley Johnson in a 2011 photo. A Riverhead native is in critical condition after a hit and run accident in Tampa, Fla. last week, Florida Highway Patrol said. Ashley Johnson, 23, a...
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DEC continues search for the Calverton gator
TIM GANNON PHOTO | DEC officer Don Damrath shows some DEC employees where he thinks the gator may be. An elusive alligator remained on the loose Friday in Calverton as State Environmental Conservation...
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Suffolk lawmaker unveils vision for Riverside, in 3D
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Jay Schneiderman presented his vision for Riverside at a civic meeting. County Legislator Jay Schneiderman has a dream. In the dream, the hamlet of Riverside has a small restaurant...
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Ethiopian misses record, but wins Shelter Island 10K Run
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Runners hit the course at the start of the 34th annual Shelter Island 10K Run. SHELTER ISLAND 10K RUN The Boston Marathon. At least for the foreseeable future, those words bring to...
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Local Head Starts scaled back under federal budget cuts
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Pre-k teacher Claudia Cipolla of Wading River reads a story to her students Friday in Riverhead about getting ready for kindergarten. Sitting with the children is Carol...
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Track & Field: Locals compete at Outdoor Nationals
ROBERT O’ROURK FILE PHOTO | Riverhead senior Dan Normoyle. It’s been a record-setting year for Riverhead senior Dan Normoyle in the pole vault. From the winter track season straight through the spring...
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More photos from the Shelter Island 10K
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Ayele Megersa Feyisa of Ethiopia crosses the finish line first in the Shelter Island 10K Saturday. Ayele Megersa Feyisa ran at a 4:40 mile place to win Saturday’s Shelter Island...
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Answers offered on SWR principal switch
PAUL SQUIRE FILE PHOTO | Miller Avenue parents and teachers rallying for popular principal Louis Parrinello One week after the Shoreham-Wading River school board’s controversial vote to switch the...
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Week in Review: Stories you may have missed
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Theresa Drozd (left) tears up as Robert DeSena makes a speech about her success with Council for Unity Sunday evening. Celebrating the accomplishments of Riverhead’s ‘saint’ They...
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Police find overturned boat, no one reported missing
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | Police searched for an overturned boat near Wildwood State Park Sunday. Local law enforcement responded to a report of an overturned boat floating in Long Island Sound near...
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County plans to shuffle courtrooms next year
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | The Supreme Court building on Griffing Avenue in October 2012. Some changes will be coming soon to local courts thanks to the anticipated completion of the Griffing...
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Six arrests for drugs, drunken driving in Southampton
Southampton Town police blotter, June 18 • A Riverhead man was arrested on a drunken driving charge in Riverside Sunday after a traffic stop, Southampton Town police said. Police noticed the man...
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Baseball: Ospreys’ first road win is Tomcats’ first home loss
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | North Fork shortstop Eric Solberg tagging out Riverhead’s Josh Mason, who tried to steal second base in the second inning. OSPREYS 6, TOMCATS 5 Baseball is a quirky game. One can...
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Flanders man to be sentenced for sexually abusing children
COURTESY PHOTO | A mug shot of Albert Carini from his arrest in July. A Flanders man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two young children will be sentenced in Suffolk County criminal court...
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Assemblyman Thiele joins Riverhead-based law firm
BETH YOUNG FILE PHOTO | Assemblyman Fred Thiele (left) alongside Congrssman Tim Bishop in October 2012. Who needs Albany? Riverhead will soon have its own mini-State Legislature right on Second Street....
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Coates accuses GOP leadership of threatening members
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Riverhead Republican nominees, from left, Mike Panchak, Laverne Tennenberg, John Dunleavy, Sean Walter, Anthony Palumbo and Jodi Giglio. Anthony Coates, who’s running a...
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