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Remembering Walker ‘Sonny’ Turner, longtime volunteer and photographer
Sonny Turner and his wife of 61 years, Hattie Walker “Sonny” Turner, longtime ambulance volunteer, photographer, retired postman and chaplain — among numerous other roles — died April 3 at the age of...
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Baseball: SWR freshman throws no-hitter in 1st start
Shoreham-Wading River freshman Brian Morrell embraces coach Sal Mignano after throwing a no-hitter Friday against Mount Sinai. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) WILDCATS 3, MUSTANGS 0 Coming into the season,...
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Guest Column: Water treatment history is a poor one
A sandbar at the end of Pine Neck Road in Southold. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Alternative on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) for nitrogen reduction are being investigated for use in Suffolk...
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Riverhead parents can soon prepay for kids’ school meals
Parents will soon be able to prepay cards for their kids’ school meals online — and keep tabs on what they’re eating — now that the school board has unanimously approved a new program called Harris...
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Want to adopt a road? Town hopes to curb dumping
Garbage dumped in the woods. (Tim Gannon file photo) Town Board members want local businesses to participate in an Adopt-a-Road program to clean up litter along town roads. Osborn Avenue resident...
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Perfect day for some horseradish on the North Fork
Horseradish served on a nacho chip. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Click here to read more about the North Fork Horseradish Festival on northforker.com.
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Seton Hall gives SWR all it can handle, and more
Ryan Bray of Shoreham-Wading River circling around the Seton Hall Prep goal, looking for room to shoot. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) PIRATES 14, WILDCATS 10 The Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats may have...
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Health Column: Dark chocolate does the body good
Dark chocolate can be good for the heart. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Everyone knows a taste of chocolate is good for the soul. But not everyone knows that it’s also good for the heart. Depending on...
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Featured Letter: Volunteers needed at Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall on Peconic Avenue in Riverhead is modeled after the Ford Theater in Washington D.C. (Credit: Barbarellen Koch, file) For over a decade, Vail-Leavitt Music Hall has been...
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Week in Review: Duck feed silos, opting out and arrests
Lloyd Corwin, 80, watches as his grandson Blake gingerly tears down the old Purina feeds storage tower which was built from clay tiles and has deteriorated over the years since it was constructed after...
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Cops: Homeless man beaten, robbed on railroad tracks in Riverhead
A homeless man was beaten and robbed on the railroad tracks just west of Marcy Avenue in Riverhead, police said. (Credit: Google Maps) A 33-year-old Hispanic homeless man suffered serious injuries...
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New ride coming to Splish Splash this summer
Splish Splash recently broke ground on Battle for Mutiny Bay, which is expected to debut when the park reopens in late May. For the second year in a row, Splish Splash will have a new ride when it...
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Pols concoct plan to combat ‘scourge of heroin’
Bags of Hollywood-branded heroin seized in February by the East End Drugs Task Force during an investigation into a Riverhead drug ring. (Credit: Paul Squire) A new program intended to help stem an...
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Baseball: Mattituck bats come through against McGann-Mercy
Bishop McGann-Mercy’s Paul Annunziata stealing second base while Mattituck shortstop Marcos Perivolaris covers the bag during the second inning. (Credit: Garret Meade) TUCKERS 14, MONARCHS 4 This high...
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Bellone signs law raising age to 21 for tobacco sales
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signed a new law Monday raising the age limit to 21 for tobacco purchases. (Credit: Courtesy) Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone signed into law Monday a...
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Artificial turf field coming to EPCAL?
Youth lacrosse players scramble for a ground ball in Riverhead. Parents are proposing an artificial turf field be built at EPCAL. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A group of about 15 parents asked...
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L.I. Farm Bureau executive director stepping down after 26 years
Joe Gergela at a L.I. Farm Bureau press conference last month in Melville. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The longtime executive director of the Long Island Farm Bureau has announced he’s retiring from his...
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No alcohol for proposed Barbecue Championship
John Barci discusses his proposal for a Barbecue Championship at Thursday’s Riverhead Town Board work session. (Credit: Barbarallen Koch) A proposed Long Island Barbecue Championship and music festival...
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Calverton go-kart application inches one step closer toward approval
F1 Long Island is proposing to build a go-cart track in Calverton. (Credit: F1 Long Island) The Riverhead Town Planning Board has signed off on the next step in the building-approval process for a...
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Q&A: Riverhead police officer, Navy vet returns home
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Tim McAllister, his partner, Deanna Ziegler, and his 8-year-old daughter, Hollie, at his homecoming at MacArthur Airport Saturday night. (Credit: Courtesy photo) Riverhead police...
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