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Riverhead man charged with attempted murder in Nassau County stabbing
MANUEL PELAEZ A Riverhead man has been charged with attempted murder and a slew of weapons and assault charges for his alleged role in the stabbing of a 23-year-old man in Nassau County in February,...
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Grease fire damages roof at Cliff’s Rendezvous in Riverhead
STEVE ROSSIN PHOTO | Riverhead firefighters put out a fire on the roof of Cliff’s Rendezvous in Riverhead. The roof of a popular downtown restaurant was damaged Tuesday afternoon when a grease fire...
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Resolution encourages cut back of standardized testing
TIM GANNON PHOTO | Riverhead School Board president Ann Cotten-DeGrasse hands a plaque to assistant superintendent Joe Ogeka at Tuesday night’s meeting. Ogeka is retiring after 30 years in the...
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Fire destroys downtown’s Athens Grill; no injuries reported
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Emergency crews responded to a fire at Athens Grill on East Main Street in Riverhead Friday night. Flames engulfed the Athens Grill restaurant on East Main Street during dinner rush...
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Update: Missing Miller Place woman found in Middle Island
FAMILY COURTESY PHOTO | Patricia Kos Woods has been missing since Wednesday. UPDATE: The missing Miller Place woman who was thought to possibly be on the North Fork was located Friday evening at a...
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Sandy cars all gone from town, private properties at EPCAL
TIM GANNON PHOTO | EPCAL’s western runway no longer covered with storm-damaged cars. The runways at the Enterprise Park at Calverton are now car-free for the first time since mid-November, when...
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VIDEO: First-person view of the Cardboard Boat Race
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | News-Review reporters Cyndi Murray (left) and Carrie Miller compete in the fourth annual Cardboard Boat Race Saturday. Long Islanders gathered Saturday in downtown Riverhead...
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Police searching for black SUV involved in hit-and-run
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Police are searching for a black SUV involved in a crash in Calverton Sunday morning. Riverhead Town police are searching for a black SUV involved in a hit-and-run crash on...
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Fourth annual cardboard boat race winners announced
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | Goin’ Bananas paddled by Brett and Ross Dobert won first place in the first youth regatta competition Saturday at the Riverhead Cardboard Race on the Peconic Riverfront....
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State’s mobile center offering additional help for Flanders-area Sandy victims
TIM GANNON FILE PHOTO | Several houses on Bay Avenue and other areas in Flanders suffered major damage during superstorm Sandy. State department representatives will be available in Flanders on Monday...
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Electrical fire sparks at house on Delmar Drive in Laurel
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | A LIPA worker cuts the line at a house fire on Delmar Drive in laurel Monday morning. One day after moving into a house they were renting on Delmar Drive in Laurel, a family was...
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Cops: Men battle with extension cord, meat clever in Flanders
A dispute over women lead to a feud between two Flanders men last week, as one man beat the other with an extension cord only to have the victim come after him with a meat cleaver four days later,...
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Coast Guard, Bay Constables pull two men from Flanders Bay
GOOGLE MAPS | Authorities say two men were pulled from Flanders Bay Monday afternoon An unconscious man was pulled from Flanders Bay Monday afternoon after a boat sailing from the Long Island Aquarium...
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Copper thieves targeted properties in Flanders, Riverside
Copper pipe was stolen from two properties in Flanders and Riverside sometime last week, police said. The owner of one of the properties, on East Street, said the house has been on sale for a year and...
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Cliff’s Rendezvous could reopen in next two weeks
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Riverhead firefighters outside Cliff’s Rendezvous after last Tuesday’s grease fire. Cliff’s Rendezvous is slowly recovering and rebuilding from a fire at the popular downtown eatery...
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Recap: Charter boat heading for downtown Riverhead
At its meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Riverhead Town Board agreed to authorize a contract with Captain John Capuano to dock a charter fishing boat at the downtown docks for $7,000 per season, which...
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Heidi Behr Way now an official road in Riverhead
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | HIghway department workers Ed Reeve (center) and Chris Bugee install a street sign Tuesday morning along the Peconic River in memory of fallen ambulance volunteer Heidi Behr,...
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Southampton police say man pulled from Flanders Bay had died
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A man died Monday afternoon after he tried to retrieve a boat that had drifted away from him in this area of Flanders Bay, police said. A man found unconscious and not breathing in...
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Equal Time: We’ve got to keep our farms
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Farmer Phil Schmitt (left) and his sons Matt (center) and Phil Jr. loading boxes of cabbage onto a flatbed at the family’s Riverhead farm in 2011. Phil Schmitt says most...
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Guide to fireworks, parades and carnivals this Fourth of July
KATHARINE SCHROEDER FILE PHOTO | This Fourth of July provides several opportunities for fireworks displays on the North Fork. The North Fork is preparing for another star-spangled Fourth of July...
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