L.I. Science Center sprucing up — as big move on hold
Michelle Pelletier, executive director of the Long Island Science Center, with program coordinator Judy Isbitiren, showing off handprints of volunteers and high school student interns featured on a...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: Boat rescue, Maritime Festival and more
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 The Suffolk Times. Post by...
View ArticleAnd then there was one Long Island duck farm: Crescent
Six week-old ducks in the holding pen on the farm near the processing plant. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) After Chester Massey & Sons duck farm in Eastport closes later this year, there will be just...
View ArticleFarmers with pending nuisance permits get OK
Deer in the backyard of a Southold home. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) Several farmers who were previously unable to receive deer damage permits to hunt on their property offseason now have the...
View ArticleWading River moms give bus 120 an ‘F’
Ten students board a school bus at Hulse Avenue and 17th Street Monday morning. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro) After two Wading River parents publicly complained about overcrowded buses last week,...
View ArticleCastaldi pictures a brewery in Second Street firehouse
The Second Street firehouse was obtained by Riverhead Town in 2011 in a land swap with the Riverhead Fire District. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch file) A brewery is one of the uses Suffolk Theater owner...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: Crescent Duck Farm, remembering Howard Meinke and more
Here are some of today’s top stories across the North Fork. To stay on top of local news, follow the The Riverhead News-Review on Facebook. Post by The Suffolk Times. Post by Riverhead News-Review....
View ArticleSupervisor: Money from EPCAL sale to offset budget deficit
Town Board members Jim Wooten and John Dunleavy, left, and Supervisor Sean Walter at a town board meeting earlier this month. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) Supervisor Sean Walter says his tentative...
View ArticleEditorial: STEM school a good sign of things to come
Andrew Hubner of Shoreham-Wading River High School, physics teacher Andrew Kolchin, Asia McElroy from Riverhead High School and former Riverhead High School student Phil Becker of Bay Shore do some...
View ArticleCalverton News: ‘Wines and Canines’ set for Sunday
Brrr! I actually wore shoes Sunday morning. That didn’t last long, but it was chilly! Get ready for lots of orange as the arrival of pumpkins is right around the corner. Good luck, everyone! Congrats...
View ArticleAnd then there was one Long Island duck farm: Crescent
Six week-old ducks in the holding pen on the farm near the processing plant. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) After Chester Massey & Sons duck farm in Eastport closes later this year, there will be just...
View ArticleGreg Fischer: The man who won’t stop running for office
Greg Fischer (left) once worked on a campaign with Rent is Too Damn High party candidate Jimmy McMillon. The two, seen here in an undated photo, now share the same party line as Mr. Fischer runs for...
View ArticleEnvironmental advocate Howard Meinke was ‘one of the giants’
Howard Meinke of Laurel, shown in a headshot that appeared with his occasional guest columns in The Suffolk Times and News-Review, died Thursday night. The North Fork is a better place today thanks to...
View ArticleKayaker saved 5 miles off Riverhead coast in L.I. Sound
A kayaker was rescued about five miles off the coast of Riverhead in the Long Island Sound this morning, saved quickly due to a radio beacon she had on hand in the event of an emergency. According to...
View ArticleFootball: Simco, Moore power Riverhead past Smithtown East
Troy Trent and Raheem Brown celebrate during the Blue Waves’ win over Smithtown East Saturday. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) BLUE WAVES 39, BULLS 27 Riverhead quarterback Kenny Simco threw for three...
View ArticleReal Estate: Take a tour of the Ann Currie-Bell House
Built in 1900 for Joseph and Ella Boldry Hallock, the Ann Currie-Bell House is Southold Historical Society’s centerpiece. At left is the museum complex’s Pine Neck Barn, a 1700s English-style structure...
View ArticleParpan Column: Is Riverhead a Cracker Barrel kind of town?
The Riverhead Project in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: File Photo) Some of the reaction to the news that The Riverhead Project has closed its doors has really bothered me these past couple of weeks. I...
View ArticleA decade of joint replacements celebrated at annual dance
Alfonso Triggiani of Westhampton Beach teaching the ‘Electric Slide’ to joint replacement patients. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Though one day they didn’t think it would be possible, they danced the...
View ArticleEleven Riverhead Town employees take retirement incentive
Verna Campbell, a longtime Town Hall receptionist, was one of 11 town employees to accept a retirement incentive. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) Eleven Riverhead Town employees have accepted an...
View ArticleSee more photos of the Blue Waves’ win over Smithtown East
Steven Reid motors down the sideline for a touchdown. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) The Riverhead Blue Waves improved to 2-0 Saturday with a 39-27 win over Smithtown East. The Blue Waves trailed three times...
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