North Fork Roundup: LIRClothing, grad rates and Foodie Tour
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 The Suffolk Times. Post by...
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Riverhead unveils new program to increase graduation rates
David Wicks, Riverhead’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, speaks at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) Riverhead School District officials say they’re...
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Football: Archer geared up for final season at Mercy
Reggie Archer, a fourth-year varsity player for McGann-Mercy who lives in Riverhead, will be the featured back for the Monarchs this season. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) Reggie Archer grew up playing...
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Riverhead BOE approves $41K repair reserve fund proposal
Riverhead School District Superintendent Nancy Carney, left, and school board members listening to a construction update Tuesday from facilities manager Mark Finnerty. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) The Riverhead...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: ‘Rediscover Riverside,’ Town Board news
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 The Suffolk Times. Post by...
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Featured Letter: Placing blame on the wrong person
Supervisor Sean Walter and Councilwoman Jodi Giglio at Tuesday night’s Town Board meeting. (Credit: Paul Squire) To the editor: There’s more to add to Marge Acevedo’s excellent column last week that...
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Q&A: She wants YOUR feedback to help ‘Rediscover Riverside’
Siris Barrios, community liaison with Renaissance Downtowns, outside the company’s office on Peconic Avenue. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Growing up in the 1980s and’90s in a racially divided part of...
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East End residents pack East Hampton meeting on helicopter noise
Residents from East End communities packed a Wainscott TV studio for a special meeting on aircraft noise Wednesday evening. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy) Too low, too loud, too many. That was the consensus...
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RECAP: Town plans new rules for ‘flyboarding’
The Riverhead Town Board is planning to hold a public hearing on a proposal to regulate “flyboarding” and other types of water propulsion devices that are not specifically addressed in the Town Code....
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Real Estate: Show them (you can pay back) the money!
Perhaps a 2005 flashback scene from Season 4 of the Netflix comedy “Arrested Development” depicted the lending market best. In it, actor Ed Helms, playing a realtor, tells two of the show’s main — and...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: An international correspondent, apples and more
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Extend commercial zoning district downtown, group advises
The Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association is recommending the town rezone property around Second Street for more commercial uses. (Credit: Tim Gannon) The Riverhead Business...
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Help Wanted: Carpenter, horse handler, farm stand
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 60 positions are available from a...
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Developers increase lot sizes for Roanoke subdivision
A 46-lot subdivision is proposed on this farmland north of Sound Avenue in Riverhead. (Credit: Tim Gannon) After neighbors came out in early August to oppose the plan, the Riverhead Town Planning Board...
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Fishing report: Get the scoop on the scup
A surf fisherman at Iron Pier Beach on the Sound. (Credit: Barbarallen Koch file photo) Summer fishing in the area keeps living up to high expectations, according to recent reports. Capt. Dave Brennan...
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DEC slates Mattituck Airport for removal from Superfund program
The airbase was established in 1946 and is currently used by a few area pilots. (Credit: Carrie Miller) The state Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed removing Mattituck Airbase from...
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Column: Are copters really that bad?
A seaplane flies over Mattituck Aug. 22, one of several aircraft observed over a three-hour period that night. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) Three hours into an exhaustive stakeout to document the greatest...
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Town making pitch to NYS to reclassify Peconic River parcels
Canada geese in the Peconic River just south of Riverhead’s West Main Street. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch file) In an effort to spur forward movement on lots along the Peconic River, Riverhead Town is...
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Health Column: Powdered caffeine and alcohol a concern
The palcohol.com homepage. An expanding selection of powdered products is opening up some dangerous doors, according to federal officials who are warning consumers not to get caught up in the novelty....
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Week in Review: Maysonet cut, graduation rates and more
Riverhead graduate Miguel Maysonet was vying for a spot on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ roster. (Credit: AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Here are 10 News-Review stories you may have missed over the past week. To...
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