Auto Racing: Charrier retains his Grand Enduro title
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY ROUNDUP The curtain came down on the Riverhead Raceway season Saturday evening with Brendon Bock of Franklin Square taking first place in a 40-lap Legend Race Car race and James...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: A rescued kitten, Assembly debate and more
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Boys Soccer: It’s goals galore as a game turns
Bishop McGann-Mercy’s Bereket Watts, left, and Mattituck’s Paul Hayes cross paths during Tuesday’s game, which saw 11 goals scored. (Credit: Garret Meade) TUCKERS 7, MONARCHS 4 This high school boys...
View ArticleFeatured Letter: Clean water takes priority
I am increasingly concerned about the Suffolk County legislators “borrowing” funds from drinking water protection funds that are supposed to be used to make sure our drinking water is safe from...
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Raynor Avenue neighbors wary of Apple Honda plans
Apple Honda Automotive Discount Center on Raynor Avenue. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) Editor’s note: This story was edited for clarify and updated at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Some residents of Raynor...
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Roundup: Palumbo and Schiliro debate for state Assembly seat
Tom Schiliro (left) and Anthony Palumbo, who are running for the second district state Assembly seat, debated Monday night in Riverhead. (Credit: Tim Gannon) The Women’s Equality Act, and specifically,...
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New Birchwood owner updating interior, aims for Nov. opening
Birchwood is expected to re-open by November. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) When it opens later this fall, it will have a new menu, catering room and name — technically. But the new owner of the...
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Tick committee suggests 4 new positions to monitor population
The county’s tick committee said more resources are needed to combat tick-borne illness. (Cyndi Murray photo) Suffolk County’s newly formed tick advisory committee wants the county to hire new...
View ArticleNorth Fork Roundup: Fire hydrants, Edgar Allan Poe Festival
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Update: SWR football player dies from injury during game
Tom Cutinella, left, in his Twitter profile picture. (Credit: Twitter) A Shoreham-Wading River football player died Wednesday from an injury sustained during a game, superintendent Steven Cohen...
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Your guide to North Fork pumpkin picking
Peter Lynch of Rockville Centre carries pumpkins to the cash register at Stakey’s Pumpkin Farm as his family watches. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) If you don’t want to be the only family on the block...
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Tebbens Steel celebrates 70th anniversary
Tebbens Steel at EPCAL celebrated its 70th anniversary Sept. 19. Elsie Tebbens, Councilman John Dunleavy, Tom Tebbens Sr, Tom Tebbens II, and Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter celebrated the milestone....
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Caring for animals on the North Fork and beyond
Gillian Wood Pultz (right) and another African Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) volunteer prep a satellite clinic to administer rabies vaccines to dogs in the city of Voi, located in southern Kenya....
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Football: Defense slips in second half as Blue Waves lose 1st game
Riverhead junior William Mitchell eludes a final tackler on an 81-yard kickoff return for a touchdown Wednesday against Hills West. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) COLTS 42, BLUE WAVES 28 Ray Lyte made his...
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SWR plans vigil for football player who died after injury
Shoreham-Wading River sporting events have been cancelled for today as the district mourns the loss of Tom Cutinella. (Credit: Grant Parpan) A Thursday evening vigil has been planned in memory of a...
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Fellow students remember Tom Cutinella at school vigil
Members of the Shoreham-Wading River football team walk out onto the field during Thursday’s vigil. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) The scoreboard at Shoreham-Wading River High School reflected a 0-0 game with 54...
View ArticleCops: Riverhead man arrested on bench warrant
A 52-year-old Riverhead man was arrested Tuesday by Southampton Town police on a bench warrant for failure to pay a fine, according to a press release. Benjamin Velasquez was arrested at around 5:30...
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You’ll know ’em by their smell: stink bugs are here
One local expert says stink bugs may become more of an annoyance in years to come. (Dan Gilrein courtesy) For one thing, they are aptly named. Residents who casually squash a halyomorpha halys...
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Vols get added protections under new state law
Northampton Flanders Volunteer Ambulance Corps first responder Ronnie Hintze (left), driver Matt Deerkoski (center) and paramedic Marco Guecha handle an accident ‘victim’ to an ambulance during a...
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Highway supe: Town won’t plow private roads anymore
East Street in Jamesport, a private road. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) To plow or not to plow? That was the question this morning, as Supervisor Sean Walter and Highway Superintendent George Woodson...
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