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Girls Basketball: Riverhead has a gold medalist in Dunn
Riverhead junior Sam Dunn, pictured in a game against Central Islip, recently won a gold medal playing on a Suffolk County team in a tournament. (Credit: Bill Landon) The members of the Riverhead girls...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: A hawk, potatoes and more
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View ArticleSouthampton blotter: Drunk driver caught leaving McDonald’s
• A Flanders man reported that his was stolen car stolen from his driveway July 28 on Riverside Avenue. The theft is believed to have occurred between 12:30 and 1:20 a.m. The car is described as a...
View ArticleCops: Speeding driver had 21 suspensions on license
A 44-year-old Riverhead woman was busted speeding in Riverside Monday night despite having 21 suspensions on her drivers license, Southampton Town police said. Police said Julia Shoffner was stopped...
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Traffic signals to be installed along Flanders Road
Two traffic signals will be installed on Flanders Road. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson, file) To deal with ongoing traffic safety concerns on Flanders Road, the state Department of Transportation will be...
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Girls Soccer: SWR wins summer league title in double OT
Shoreham-Wading River senior Courtney Clasen scored the game-winning goal Tuesday night against Miller Place. (Credit: Bill Landon) With a shortened roster of just 14 players Tuesday night, the...
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P.D. gets funding for 35 new bulletproof vests
(Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, FILE) Area police officers will soon benefit from the protection of new bulletproof vests, thanks to grant funding from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office....
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Cops: Man broke order of protection, choked woman
Howard Cannon mug shot (Credit: Riverhead Police Department) Town police say a 51-year-old Flanders man choked a woman during an argument at a Riverhead home early Wednesday, two days after he was...
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Former North Fork Bank headquarters sold
The former North Fork and Capital One bank building in Mattituck. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The former Capital One bank operations center on Main Road has been sold. But the buyer has not yet been...
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Girls Basketball: Clasen leads SWR to second straight summer title
Shoreham-Wading River’s Maria Smith moves toward the basket during the small schools final against Hampton Bays. (Credit: Garret Meade) The matchup was an intriguing one: Hampton Bays’ Alexis...
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UPDATE: Man held on $50K bail after assault on vet
Monwell Wright, in a mugshot taken in January. (Credit: Riverhead Town police) Update: Monwell Wright is being held on $50,000 bail, according to the justice court, after he was arraigned earlier this...
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RECAP: Town may seek ‘bridge loan’ to stave off tax hike
Riverhead Town can either seek a $6 million “bridge loan” or seek a waiver from the state’s two-percent tax cap law — two options the town is considering in light of a potential 12.5 percent tax hike...
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Lawsuit takes aim at parking lots proposed, approved by, DEC
An application by the Department of Environmental Conservation for a four-car parking lot at the end of Beach Way, a private road in Baiting Hollow, has prompted nearby homeowners to sue the state...
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Cross Sound Ferry cuts $10K check to ‘The Ranch’
Jerry and Fern Hill, left, founded Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch on Middle Road in Riverhead. (Courtesy photo) About a month after the Cross Sound Ferry’s 25th annual Fireworks Benefit Cruise, the...
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Budget options: 12% tax jump, mass layoffs, or bridge loan?
Councilman John Dunleavy (left) and Sean Walter at a previous work session. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) Riverhead Town is facing a $4 million deficit and a potential 12.5 percent tax increase,...
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Football: Maysonet to suit up against Giants tonight
Riverhead High School graduate Miguel Maysonet (30) is vying for a spot on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster. (Credit: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) When the New York Giants host the Pittsburgh Steelers...
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Repainting his old bedroom — now part of Hallockville Museum
(Credit: Barbarellen Koch) When Tony Trubisz Jr. was a little boy, a North Fork summer meant wandering the fields and woods surrounding his family’s Sound Avenue homestead, traveling all the way to the...
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Photos: Music, art and dance take over downtown Riverhead
Mixed media artist Charles Manfredi of East Islip (far left) is interviewed next to his diorama of his figures “Baldies Visit Riverhead” by the Suffolk Theater Friday evening. (Credit: Barbaraellen...
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Town planning department weighs in on Gershow problems
Neighbors have been complaining about noise and ground shaking near Gershow Recycling on Hubbard Avenue. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) In June, a state Supreme Court judge adjourned Riverhead...
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