Health Column: Living with diabetes is a 24/7 challenge
A woman self-administering insulin. (Credit: Corbis stock image) Studies have shown that diabetes, which causes blood sugar to reach dangerous levels, significantly increases the risk of heart attack...
View ArticleWatch: Riverhead Idol’s award-winning performances
Aria Saltini (center) won first place in Saturday’s Riverhead Idol competition. Lia Schellinger (right) won second place and Megan Schlichting won third place. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Riverhead, we have...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Counselor, tasting room work, dock builder
Looking for work, or know someone who is? Times/Review classifieds offers local companies a place to advertise their job openings each week, and this week close to 65 positions are available from...
View ArticleWeek in Review: 7-Eleven, Beagle Club property and solar
The new Flanders 7-Eleven takes shape at Flanders Road and Cypress Avenue. (Credit: Tim Gannon, file) Here are 10 Riverhead News-Review stories you may have missed this week. To make sure you stay on...
View ArticleWhat’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, June 16 • 6:30 p.m. — Aquebogue PTO meeting • 7 p.m. — Pulaski PTO...
View ArticlePhotos from Juneteenth Day celebration in Riverside
Amber Williams, 2, of Riverhead, demonstrating the importance of sharing at Juneteenth Day. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder photos) The 12th annual Juneteenth Day celebration and picnic was held at Ludlum...
View ArticleVideo: Motorcyclist airlifted following crash in Manorville
A man was airlifted Sunday afternoon at the DeLalio Sod Farm. (Credit: Carrie Miller) A motorcyclist was airlifted to Stony Brook University Medical Center after being injured in an accident in...
View ArticlePublic hearing this afternoon on drinking water agreement
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Pine Barrens Society head Richard Amper reads from the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, which states the law “may only be amended, modified, repealed or...
View ArticleRiverhead teenager arrested on felony rape charge
A Riverhead teenager was arrested last week after he was accused of raping a woman in a downtown apartment, authorities said. Curley Tutt, 18, was arrested by Riverhead police Friday after the incident...
View ArticleGet a discounted rate at county parks this Saturday
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The view from Route 105 bridge at Indian Island golf course as the Peconic River leads into the Bay. After last year’s inaugural ‘Discover Suffolk County Parks Day,’ county...
View ArticleDA: DWI Task Force adding checkpoints this summer
Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller (left) joined SCDA Thomas Spota at Tuesday’s press conference to unveil a plan to combat drunken drivers. (Credit: Carrie Miller) East End law enforcement...
View ArticleCuomo announces new regs to help boost craft beer industry
Long Ireland Brewery co-owner Greg Martin (center) harvests hop cones with assistant brewers Liam Hudcock (left) and Fred Keller at Condzella Farm in Wading River in 2012. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch,...
View ArticleCould the state be required to ‘Buy Local?’
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 (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A law aimed at ensuring...
View ArticleGershow court case bounced back to Planning Board
A state judge said a lawsuit filed by Riverhead Town will be put on hold until the Planning Board rules on Gershow Recycling’s site plan. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch photo) Riverhead Town’s lawsuit in...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: WRIV, ‘Buy from Backyard,’ law, and beer
Here are some of today’s top stories across the North Fork. To stay on top of local news, follow the Riverhead News-Review on Facebook. Post by Riverhead News-Review. Post by Riverhead News-Review....
View ArticleEditorial: We cannot reward drivers for fleeing accidents
Police at the scene of the fatal hit and run on Route 58 near Woodcrest Avenue in July 2013. (Credit: Paul Squire, file) For the second time in two years, proposed increases in the penalties for...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: Hit-and-runs, waterskiing, and BID vote
Here are some of today’s top stories across the North Fork. To stay on top of local news, follow the Riverhead News-Review on Facebook. Post by The Suffolk Times. Post by Riverhead News-Review. Post by...
View ArticleBaseball: First-place Tomcats sweep doubleheader
Riverhead Tomcats shortstop Danny Mendick fields a grounder in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Southampton Thursday. Mendick drove in six runs in the two games. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) As the...
View ArticleSuffolk County looking at ways to get ‘ag-ed’ in schools
In the Southold Elementary School garden, students not only learn about science; they put their math skills into practice by measuring and planning the garden’s layout. Since they also harvest and sell...
View ArticleBlue Duck in Riverhead to host open poetry mic Sunday
Robert ‘Bubbie’ Brown will lead a poetry session with a Juneteenth theme at Blue Duck Bakery in Riverhead this Sunday. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Poets, storytellers and comedians — lend them your...
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