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Farm Country Kitchen’s site plan needs ZBA variance
A proposed off-site parking lot on Swezey Avenue for Farm Country Kitchen will first require a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals. (Barbaraellen Koch photo) Farm Country Kitchen’s proposed site...
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Boys Winter Track: Top Riverhead pole vaulter injures ankle
Riverhead junior Jacob Robinson clocked a personal-record time of 37.10 seconds to finish seventh in the 300-meter dash at the Long Island Elite Track Invitational. (Robert O’Rourk photo) LONG ISLAND...
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Girls Winter Track: Facing L.I.’s best, Blom takes fourth in shot put
Riverhead shot putter Maddie Blom made a throw of 36 feet 6 inches to finish fourth in the Long Island Elite Track Invitational. (Robert O’Rourk photo) LONG ISLAND ELITE TRACK INVITATIONAL If Maddie...
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Featured Letter: Another irresponsible giveaway
Employees of the Dinosaur Walk set up shop in Riverhead in 2004. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) To the editor: Riverhead’s town boards have been notorious for irresponsible giveaways of town assets at...
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Planning Board schedules public hearing for Gershow Recycling
Neighbors have complained about noise and ground shaking near Gershow Recycling on Hubbard Avenue. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) Neighbors concerned about noise from Gershow Recycling’s Hubbard Avenue...
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Health: Local responses to Obamacare changes
Just as local health care officials speculated, the rollout of the federal health insurance marketplace has made for a lot of moving targets — with the rules changing for both providers, patients and...
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Free business courses coming up at North Shore Library
North Shore Public Library is hosting four small business courses. The library might not be the first place that comes to mind for small business owners when they think about expanding their market...
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What’s happening in our schools this week
A calendar of events for this week at each of the local schools, as listed on school calendars. RIVERHEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, Feb. 24 • 7 p.m. — Pulaski Street School PTO meeting Tuesday, Feb. 25...
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Week in Review: McGann-Mercy athletics, education and Working Shoe
Jeff Doroski was informed he would no longer be the head coach of the Mercy football team. (Garret Meade file photo) Here are some of the Riverhead stories you may have missed this week. To make sure...
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Cops: Homeless man beaten with hammer near Riverhead church
An assault occurred Thursday near the Grace Episcopal Church, police said. (Google Map screenshot captured by Jennifer Gustavson) A 22-year-old Riverhead man has been arrested on a felony assault...
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NJROTC company chief off to Merchant Marine Academy
Nicholas Deschamps will be attending the Merchant Marine Academy next year. Courtesy photo. Nicholas Deschamps, company senior chief with the Riverhead Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and...
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Cops: Home health aide arrested on felony theft charges
A home health aide was arrested on felony charges Monday after police found the woman had removed a credit card from a patient’s family member while working — using it to make purchases in Riverhead...
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High profile work being done at Cutchogue engineering company
Ultra Motion owner Sean Rodger prepares an actuator for a test rig last week at the company’s headquarters in Cutchogue. (Photo by Rachel Young) In a modestly sized office at the intersection of Route...
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Riverhead BOE to discuss budget, Common Core and change orders
The Riverhead school board is expected to vote on change order for construction work at Aquebogue Elementary School (pictured above) and the high school. (File photo by Joe Werkmeister) The Riverhead...
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Riverhead hires Doroski to coach varsity softball
Former McGann-Mercy football coach Jeff Doroski will coach Riverhead’s varsity softball team this spring. (Garret Meade file photo) Former McGann-Mercy football coach Jeff Doroski has been hired to...
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New lesson plans have students exploring global issues
Riverhead Middle School principal Andrea Pekar at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. (Jennifer Gustavson photo) Riverhead Middle School teachers are continuing to intertwine the state’s recommended...
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Walter hints at big downtown project in State of Town
Supervisor Sean Walter at Tuesday night’s State of the Town address. Supervisor Sean Walter again hinted at big things to come in downtown Riverhead in his annual State of the Town speech on Monday....
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Featured Letter: Stop DEC’s Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program
Pheasant chicks. (Credit: DEC, courtesy file) The Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program promoted by the N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation is incredibly sick and a true government travesty. The...
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Editorial: A matter of priorities
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Melissa Barrington, 33, of Riverhead broke down into tears as she told her story of becoming homeless in 2012. Some of the area’s most vulnerable people have been hit...
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Amid frigid winter, homeless seek more help from shelters
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Former taxi driver Charlie, homeless since September, sits outside the Riverhead Free Library one recent afternoon. On a recent weeknight, one Aquebogue church is barely...
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