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East End Arts student with Asperger’s hits the red carpet
Brandon Boardman (at piano) and his teacher, Billy Johnson, perform at the Long Island Music Hall of Fame Gala on Oct. 23. Mr. Boardman, a Riverhead resident who has Asperger’s syndrome, received a...
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Recap: Riverhead Town Board talks flyboarding law
The Riverhead Town Board discussed barring flyboarding from Riverhead’s waters during a work session meeting Thursday. The rules would push flyboarders — a sport in which people thrust into the air...
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UPDATE: Mother, daughter escape from fire unharmed
Update, 4:10 p.m.: A mother and her adult daughter escaped from their burning condo unharmed, according to Riverhead Police. The fire is believed to have started in the chimney shortly before 3 p.m....
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Police: Man tries pushing Nissan into Peconic River after carjacking
A Riverhead man led police on a chase along the Peconic riverfront early Thursday after he allegedly carjacked a woman’s vehicle at a nearby gas station and then tried to push the car into the river,...
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Winemakers say this year’s harvest going down in the books
“Before the harvest, when you walked the vineyard and saw the cluster count, you realized, ‘oh man, we’re going to be having a good year,” said Miguel Martin, Palmer Vineyards winemaker. Mr. Martin...
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Calverton man accused of stealing millions from family company
Well over $100,000 was stolen from the FW Sims company by Joseph Simonelli and directed to Serendipity Farm on Mill Road, federal prosecutors allege. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A Calverton man...
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The story behind the viral Riverhead Snowflake Regatta video
It was meant to be a private video shared among parents of local rowers. Two days later, video footage of last weekend’s Riverhead Snowflake Regatta became a viral YouTube sensation. The now infamous...
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Calling all Riverhead basketball players: alumni game Dec. 13
The Riverhead Boys Basketball Booster Club is hosting an alumni game Dec. 13. Brandon Tolliver graduated last year. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk, file) The Riverhead Boys Basketball Booster Club is hosting...
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Football: SWR set to face Babylon in semifinals
SWR running back Chris Rosati scores a touchdown in a Week 8 win over Port Jefferson. (Credit: Daniel De Mato) It was back in Week 2, on a Friday night in mid-September, that the Shoreham-Wading River...
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Editorial: LIPA’s change of plans is cause for concern in town
Supervisor Sean Walter and councilman George Gabrielsen at a recent town board work session. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) News that LIPA is likely to delay plans to build more peaker plants on Long...
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Talk stirs up again over a Riverhead movie theater
Councilwoman Jodi Giglio said the owner of the former Walmart building on Route 58 may be interested in bringing in a movie theater. (Credit: Carrie Miller, file) Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi Giglio’s...
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Supe: Riverhead ‘not the place’ for flyboarding
Lawmakers are trying to grapple with the legal issues surrounding flyboarding and other similar water sports. (Credit: Paul Squire) One thing was made clear as Riverhead Town Board members again...
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Health Column: A conference that’s for and about girls
There’s a lot facing the young women of today: peer pressure, relationship troubles and unrealistic body expectations broadcast on television screens and social media sites. With so much to keep up...
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Football: In a stunner, SWR blanks Babylon 56-0
Shoreham-Wading River quarterback Danny Hughes carries the ball in Saturday’s win over Babylon. (Credit: Bill Landon) DIVISION IV SEMIFINALS | WILDCATS 56, PANTHERS 0 Shoreham Wading River has...
View ArticleCops: Riverside man arrested on bench warrants
A 45-year-old Riverside man was arrested Wednesday on two bench warrants for failing to pay a fine out of Southampton Town Justice Court, Southampton Town police said. Darris Reddick was turned over to...
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Cops: Manorville man air-lifted after crash; Cutchogue woman charged with DWI
Two accidents were reported on County Road 51 early Saturday morning. (Credit: Google Maps) A Cutchogue woman crashed into an unoccupied Southampton Town police car early Saturday morning on a closed...
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Decision on Northville farm’s solar array coming next month
GREENLOGIC COURTESY FILE PHOTO | A ground-mounted solar array similar to one that was installed on Gabrielsen Farms’ Aquebogue greenhouse. The owners of a Northville farm will have to wait until next...
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Emergency workers, students participate in school shooting drill
A shooting ‘victim’ is escorted from Riley Avenue Elementary School during Saturday morning’s active shooter drill. (Credit: Michael White) David Wicks said he couldn’t help but get a bit emotional...
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Football: With Moore sidelined, offense struggles in Riverhead’s...
Riverhead’s Edward Wills pursues Hills West running back Ray Lyte in Saturday’s loss in Dix Hills. (Credit: Garret Meade) DIVISION II SEMIFINALS | COLTS 28, BLUE WAVES 13 A season that felt like a...
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Guest Column: EPCAL can help our veterans — and our region
Gray shuts out the sun as another winter begins to descend upon the Enterprise Park at Calverton, known as EPCAL. For 20 years now, the former Grumman property — once a fertile crescent of ideas and...
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