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Boys Lacrosse: Wildcats bring Arini win in their season opener
Shoreham-Wading River’s Alex Makoske unleashing a shot in the face of defensive pressure from Mattituck/Greenport/Southold’s Tim Schmidt. (Credit: Garret Meade) WILDCATS 18, TUCKERS 3 The first true...
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Ukrainian church praying for peace in home country
Father Roman Malyarchuk talks with parishoners Irene Andreadis and George Rakowsky Tuesday morning at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church. As tension in the Crimean peninsula, a region of...
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Bellone, farmers look to bring agriculture studies programs to Suffolk
Steve Bellone speaking with area farmers last Wednesday in Calverton. (Credit: Carrie Miller) County Executive Steve Bellone is in the process of forming a working group that will be tasked with...
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Ospreys are on their way
COURTESY PHOTO | Cutch the osprey after he was captured at North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue. It’s about that time of year when all the part-timers make their way back to the North Fork — the...
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For Mercy, a loss not to feel too badly about
Bishop McGann-Mercy relief pitcher Mike Chalicki was brought in the game to get the last out of the top of the seventh inning. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk). WHALERS 8, MONARCHS 1 Judging by the postgame...
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Guest Column: SAT, Common Core don’t match up
We’ve heard a lot recently about the “new” SAT, the national standardized test created and marketed by the private, not-for-profit College Board and used by many colleges and universities as the most...
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Health: Keeping your body clear of colon cancer
(left to right) Town Councilman John Dunleavy; Maureen O’Connor, program director of the Cancer Services Program of Eastern Suffolk County at Peconic Bay Medical Center; Dr. Claire Bradley, board...
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The Riverhead Project introduces a healthy cocktail
The Riverhead Project owner Dennis McDermott serving samples on the bar’s new healthy cocktails. Drink alcohol for a healthier you? By using organic juices as mixer The Riverhead Project is introducing...
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Week in Review: Music festival, Peconic Baykeeper and cigarette sales
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Robert Ross of NYC prepares to take the stage Saturday at the 2012 Riverhead Blues & Music Festival in June. Here are some of the Riverhead stories you may have...
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Cops: Riverhead woman arrested on harassment, forgery charges
A 56-year-old Riverhead woman was nabbed Sunday on harassment and forgery charges after allegedly signing someone else’s name to an “inflammatory letter” and sending it to “a third party,” according...
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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 Tuesday, March 25 • 7 p.m. — Board of Education meeting, high school...
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Chance to win free ice or ice cream at Ralph’s
The owners of Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices, Ivan Albert (left) and Frank LoPresti in 2012. (Credit: Tim Gannon) It may not be summer yet, but it’s never too early for a sweet treat from Ralph’s Famous...
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Route 58 Starbucks opens; Vitamin Shoppe going next door
Tom Edler from Riverhead finishes up a chalkboard drawing at the Starbucks on Route 58. (Credit: Paul Squire) Good news for Riverheaders looking for their coffee fix: the Starbucks on Route 58 is now...
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Softball: Mercy wins opener by mercy rule in Port Jefferson
Bishop McGann-Mercy shortstop Micaela Zebrowski wore several layers of clothing to protect herself from the severe cold. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk). MONARCHS 17, ROYALS 5 (6 INNINGS) On a bitterly cold...
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North Fork Snapshot: The Ospreys have returned
JP Stanisic courtesy photo Local photographer JP Stanisic of Southold spotted a pair of ospreys at a nest at Mill Creek on Sunday. He shared his photos with The Suffolk Times for publication in this...
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Riverhead reaches Final Four in Game of Hamlets
Little New Suffolk made a historic run. But the tiny hamlet came up just short against No. 1 seed Greenport this week. The Final Four is now set in the Game of Hamlets and voting has already begun at...
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Baseball: One bad inning proves costly for Riverhead
Riverhead third baseman Kenny Simco fields a ground ball on a frigid afternoon Tuesday in the Blue Waves’ season opener. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) KINGSMEN 11, BLUE WAVES 4 By the middle of the fourth...
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Long Island farmers wary of state regulations on water quality
Long Island Farm Bureau president Joe Gergela speaking at Tuesday’s press conference in Melville. (Credit: Carrie Miller) Local farmers are concerned that potential legislation out of Albany aimed at...
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Crowd shows up to support school tax breaks for vets
Last year, the state Legislature approved an amendment to expand the veterans’ tax exemption program to school districts, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law in December.. (Credit: Jen Gustavson)...
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BOE OK’s $456k in capital costs; $4M bond referendum coming
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO The Riverhead school board voted to upgrade various parts of the school’s infrastructure Tuesday night, approving the use of $456,000 from the district’s capital reserve...
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