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Nile Rodgers planning 3-day music festival this August
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | The crowd dances along to last August’s concert at Martha Clara Vineyards. Nile Rodgers, the Grammy Award-winning producer and recording artist who participated in last year’s...
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6 school board seats up for grabs in Riverhead, SWR
Six local school board incumbents are up for re-election this year. So far, one has said she’ll step down after her term, two are on the fence about appearing on the May 20 ballot and another two are...
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Former teachers, friends return to Riverhead roots
Former Riverhead teachers Nancy Yakobiszyn-Auletti and George Moravek, co-founders of Riverhead Faculty and Community Theatre, in recent years found themselves far away from Eastern Long Island, in...
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Sample ice rink coming to downtown Riverhead next week
The sample rink will be set up at 117 East Main Street. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) A synthetic ice rink is coming to downtown Riverhead next week. But don’t head to Dick’s Sporting Goods to pick up...
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News-Review honors 2013 People of the Year
Michael Hubbard of Riverhead was honored Thursday as the 2013 Riverhead News-Review Person of the Year. His mother Nancy Reyer accepted the award along with Michael at Peconic Bay Medical Center....
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New Riverhead concert plans took AFTEE members by surprise
Nile Rodgers and Adam Lambert at last year’s AFTEE concert. (Credit: Carrie Miller) All for the East End officials were surprised to learn Thursday of an August music festival similar — yet unrelated —...
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Golf Gazette: Another failed attempt at retirement
Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, where the U.S. Women’s Open was played last summer. (Credit: Jay Dempsey) Back in December, as I was roaming around the house looking for something to do, my better...
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A March Madness bracket made for the North Fork
Similar to the NCAA tournament and countless other March Madness brackets, northforker.com is hosting a month-long tournament to decide once and for all which hamlet in Riverhead, Southold and Shelter...
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Guest: The Hampton Hustle, a power struggle on the Jitney
Occupying a space can be both a sign of power and a threat to power. This has been the case, it seems, since the beginning of recorded time. Think of the folks who camped out for months near Wall...
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In case you missed it, Bellone’s ‘State of the County’
Steve Bellone delivering his State of the County speech on March 5. (Credit: Courtesy) Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone delivered his annual State of the County address last W in the...
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Tennis Preview: Weather makes for a challenging start to season
Riverhead captain Steve Velasquez and his teammates enjoyed a break in the weather during Tuesday’s practice. (Credit: Garret Meade) Early preseason practices can be stressful enough for high school...
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Future site of synthetic ice rink still to be determined
Joe Murphy Jr. tries out the synthetic ice at a demonstration Wednesday morning for town officials. (Credit: Tim Gannon) While officials were impressed with the demonstration of a synthetic ice skating...
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Cops: Wading River man vandalized Tommy’s Place in Port Jeff
Brian Colantropo. (Credit: Suffolk County police, mug shot) A Wading River man was arrested Wednesday night on arson charges for allegedly vandalizing a Port Jefferson restaurant earlier this month,...
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Featured letter: Suffolk County, the next Detroit
Credit: Flickr/Cave Canem I am writing as a ‘Regular Joe’ taxpayer. I am just a middle class Suffolk County resident and taxpayer who is very troubled by the state of Suffolk County’s finances. Our...
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Preview: Guadagnino has a lot to smile about these days
Ryan Hubbard returns as Riverhead’s all-time scoring leader. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) If you see Vic Guadagnino smiling and whistling a happy tune these days, he has good reason. The Riverhead High...
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LIVE: ‘Public Education at a Crossroads’ forum in Stony Brook
Panelists at Thursday night’s ‘Public Education at a Crossroads’ forum at Stony Brook University. (Credit: Michael White) A forum entitled “Public Education at a Crossroads,” organized by three East...
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ZBA green lights addiction research center
After months of putting off a vote on the project, the town Zoning Board of Appeals paved the way for a 97,000-square foot drug addiction research facility at Enterprise Park at Calverton on Thursday...
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Cops: Riverhead man nabbed for Greenport bus stop fight
A Riverhead man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted another man at a bus stop in Greenport on Wednesday, Southold Town police said. Patrick Sims, 59, was waiting at the Front Street bus stop at...
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Sign of the times in Flanders as Little League folds
A dugout at the Flanders Little League baseball field at Iron Point Park. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch photo) In 1971, just south of the Peconic River and the turf of the long-established Riverhead...
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Three East End school districts partnering to improve education
School district administrators and teachers gathered Thursday at Stony Brook University for a panel discussion about”Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School.” Book co-author and...
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