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Unexploded WWII-era weapons, unearthed by Sandy, found near Gardiners Island
COURTESY PHOTO | Marine 41 will be available to all East End marine units. While residents celebrated Fourth of July weekend with fireworks, a team of law enforcement and explosives experts from across...
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Riverhead welcomes new board member, union president
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | Riverhead school district clerk Barbara O’Kulalef, left, swears in Christopher Dorr. Mr. Dorr was elected to the school board in May. Baiting Hollow resident Christopher Dorr...
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Cops: Mattituck man arrested after hiding from officers in attic
A Mattituck man wanted on two active bench warrants fled into an attic to hide from police when Southold Town officers attempted to arrest him last week, according to a report. Police found...
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Coates says Giglio should resign; she says ‘not a chance’
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTOS | Riverhead Town Councilwoman Jodi Giglio (left) is currently engaged in a bitter primary battle with Anthony Coates. Hours after her primary opponent called for her resignation...
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Maertz won’t force Democratic Assembly race primary
TIM KELLY PHOTO | Jennifer Maertz says she won’t run for Assembly this year, but plans to seek a state legislative seat in 2014. There will be no Democratic primary in the fall to determine who will...
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Horton Avenue plans on hold after price jumps $2 million
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A plan to prevent this former residential section of Horton Avenue from flooding has been put on hold, town officials said. A plan for Riverhead Town to use federal grant money to...
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Opening of Joe’s Garage & Grill pushed back to ‘late summer’
RACHEL YOUNG PHOTO | A construction crew works at Joe’s Garage & Grill in downtown Riverhead Friday. Delays in construction have pushed the opening date for Joe’s Garage & Grill to late summer,...
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Cops: Speonk woman charged with felony DWI after Flanders crash
A Speonk woman with a history of arrests faces a felony driving while intoxicated charge after she was found to be impaired after a Friday morning car accident in Flanders, Southampton Town Police...
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Woman killed on Route 58; police still hunting men who ditched car
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | Police at the scene of Tuesday night’s crash on Route 58. Wednesday update: The woman killed in Tuesday night’s hit-and-run crash has been identified as Kristina M. Tfelt, 26, of...
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Walter: Party leaders shouldn’t hold elected office in Riverhead
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTO | Supervisor Sean Walter (right) says elected officials should not serve on political parties’ executive committees. Riverhead Town has a law in place prohibiting appointed...
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Featured Letter: We need speed enforcement in Jamesport
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A car drives along Peconic Bay Boulevard in Jamesport Wednesday. To the Editor: I hope this letter to you is also read by Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller. I walk our dog...
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Editorial: No excuse for Giglio not getting house in order
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTO | Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi Giglio and the other Town Board members are often responsible for bringing enforcement actions against code violators. Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi...
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Recap: Town Board talks ban on elected officials leading political parties
The Riverhead Town Board on Thursday discussed Supervisor Sean Walter’s proposal to prohibit elected officials from being on the executive committees of political parties. Mr. Walter had asked the...
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The All Star floats new plans for sign outside Riverhead alley
TIM GANNON PHOTO | The All Star bowling alley on Route 25 Riverhead. Owners of The All Star bowling alley in Riverhead are no longer seeking to install an electronic sign in front of their Route 25...
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Trying to stay cool in the sweltering heat
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | With temperatures in the high 90s, even dogs needed to cool off Thursday at Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton. Around 15 puppies arrived this week from Grand Bahamas and are...
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Building supply company torn between two sites
Allied Building Products is caught in an industrial park tug-of-war. The New Jersey-based company has filed an application seeking Riverhead Industrial Development Agency tax abatements to lease...
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Suffolk Historical Society seeks expansion to improve 83-year-old building
SUFFOLK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY COURTESY PHOTO | The new wing at the Suffolk County Historical Society shown in this photo illustration will be handicap accessible and is expected to cost between...
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Pickersgill re-elected Riverhead BID president; Sendlewski challenges
NEWS-REVIEW FILE PHOTO | BID management association president Ray Pickersgill in downtown Riverhead. Robert James Salon owner Ray Pickersgill was re-elected to a fourth term as president of the...
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Cops: Couple arrested on assault charges after Northampton fight
A domestic dispute between a Northampton couple turned violent Sunday afternoon after the man choked the woman and the woman struck the man with a broken chair, police said. Both the man and woman were...
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Documentaries on murder case, raceway filmed in Riverhead
The cover of the News-Review the week Kalila Taylor was arrested in 1997. Two unrelated documentaries — one about a 1990s murder, the other about the Riverhead Raceway — are being filmed in Riverhead...
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