Authentic Mexican eatery opens in former Blue Agave space
Anel Barreto opened up her restaurant with business partner Maria Veliz last Friday. (Credit: Carrie Miller) A year and a half after her Main Street business was ruined in a fire that also destroyed...
View ArticlePhotos: 26th annual Lighting of the Big Duck in Flanders
Lisa Dabrowski, co-curator of the Long Island Duck Farming Exhibit, with Roxy at Wednesday night’s event. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo photos) A couple hundred people attended the 26th annual Big Duck lighting...
View ArticleFive apartments proposed at closed Bayview Inn & Restaurant
Angela DeVito, president of the South Jamesport Civic Association, outside the Bayview Inn & Restaurant. The group has yet to take an official on a plan to convert the building to apartments, and...
View ArticleRECAP: Poe Fest returning; ambulance billing may be coming
Expect the Edgar Allan Poe Festival to return to downtown Riverhead next Halloween. Town Board members welcomed the idea of bringing it back during a discussion with festival creator Sal St. George...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Preview: The season of big men for Riverhead
Riverhead senior Ethan Greenidge will help anchor the Blue Waves down low this season. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) As a towering presence on the court, Ethan Greenidge is every bit the intimidator a kid...
View ArticleSuffolk Theater honored with historic preservation award
The historic Suffolk Theater in downtown Riverhead. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) The Suffolk Theater in downtown Riverhead was one of seven historic preservation projects to receive a 2014 New...
View ArticleOwner raising cash for required upgrades on Peconic River houseboats
Houseboat owner Michael Evers with his puppy Tallulah. (Credit: Carrie Miller) While homeowners across the East End await word of potentially costly water quality regulations, houseboat owners within...
View ArticleCalverton man charged with stealing millions released on house arrest
Serendipity Farm’s horse barn was built in 2012 in Riverhead on Mill Road. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A Calverton man who has been accused of stealing more than $10 million from his family-run...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Clauberg’s alma mater thumps his Mercy team
Ed Kneski of Bishop McGann-Mercy putting up a successful jump shot against William Floyd in the first round of the Colonial Classic. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) COLONIAL CLASSIC | COLONIALS 72, MONARCHS...
View ArticleExtra Point: From humble beginnings, a program was born
Shoreham-Wading River coach Matt Millheiser played for the Wildcats in the program’s first three years from 1997-99. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch/Robert O’Rourk) The players came charging out of the...
View ArticleRiverhead sewer discharge exceeded fecal limits 3X in November
When the Riverhead Sewer District finishes its plant upgrade its facility off Riverside Drive, the water being currently treated at the plant would then be pumped through a new, high-tech filtration...
View ArticleColumn: If we had $1,000,000,000 (or part of it)
A surplus. A windfall. A pot of gold. Call it what you want, but have you heard there’s an extra $5 billion available in next year’s New York State budget? Seriously. The state has cashed in on...
View ArticleDogTown Daycare owners propose new facility in Riverhead
The site of a proposed doggie daycare facility on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Doggie daycare is coming to Raynor Avenue. The Riverhead couple that owns DogTown Daycare on Route 48...
View ArticleHealth Column: Removing the sting from vaccinations
Imagine your child going in for immunizations but being able to skip the painful sting of a needle and go straight to the Band-Aid and lollipop. It’s a biomedical technology in the making: a...
View ArticleNorth Fork Outdoors: Nothing quite like thrill of a surface strike
Whenever we fish Long Island beaches in the fall and look at anglers fishing the suds, we always see one or more individuals slinging surface lures. In most cases, especially when there’s no “blitz” of...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Painters, dock builder, medical assistant
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 about 25 positions are available from a child...
View ArticleWeek in Review: Wildcats football, snow plowing and tacos
Here are 10 News-Review stories you might have missed over the past week. To make sure you stay on top of breaking news out of the Riverhead area, follow @riverheadnews1 on Twitter. Football: For...
View ArticleWhat’s happening in our schools this week
A list of events for this week at each of the local schools, as listed on school calendars. RIVERHEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT Dec. 8-12 • Phillips/Riley/Roanoke holiday shopping Monday, Dec. 8 • 7 p.m. — Riley...
View ArticleDogTown Daycare owners propose new facility in Riverhead
The site of a proposed doggie daycare facility on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Doggie daycare is coming to Raynor Avenue. The Riverhead couple that owns DogTown Daycare on Route 48...
View ArticleGuest Spot: North Fork School District: Why not?
Students work with iPads in 2012 at Southold High School. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) There is no doubt that the largest portion of any local property tax bill is the amount funding the public...
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