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Sex offender trailers in Riverside to close Memorial Day weekend

The Suffolk County trailers in Riverside and Westhampton that housed homeless sex offenders for the past six years will be shut down by the end of Memorial Day weekend, government officials and civic leaders from Suffolk County, Riverhead and Southampton announced Friday afternoon. "It may be... read more>
Former school board rivals to face off in Democratic primary

After being passed over by the Rivehead Democratic Committee in her bid for a supervisor nomination Thursday night, Riverhead school board president Ann Cotten-DeGrasse said she will be running a primary against nominee Angela DeVito. And she likes her chances. Ms. Cotten-DeGrasse, a former Riverhead School District... read more>
SBU women's lacrosse team to be keynote speakers at anti-drugs rally

The nationally ranked Stony Brook University women’s lacrosse team will be the keynote speakers at next month's annual anti-drugs march in Riverhead. The 28th annual Say No to Drugs March, sponsored by the Riverhead Community Awareness Program June 7, will begin at Pulaski Street School before looping... read more>
Sean Walter, Angela DeVito receive supervisor nominations; full slates announced

It's Sean Walter vs. Angela DeVito for Riverhead Town Supervisor. The incumbent Republican Mr. Walter and the Democrat and former school board president Ms. Devito received the nominations of their respective parties Thursday night. Despite having twice won elections for Town Supervisor, Mr. Walter wasn't a guaranteed... read more>

May 24, 2013

SWR finishes 2nd at division championship

By Joe Werkmeister

May 23, 2013

Riverhead pole vaulters clear record heights

By Joe Werkmeister

May 23, 2013

Education

Letter: Thank you, teachers

By Harry Katz

May 23, 2013

Breaking down the Riverhead school vote

By Paul Squire and Tim Gannon

May 22, 2013

Recap: Falisi ousted from Riverhead board as budgets pass

By Riverhead News-Review

May 21, 2013

Business

Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com

By Times Review

May 23, 2013

Local farmers say they're not the one with issues

By Carrie Miller

May 19, 2013

Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown

By Rachel Young

May 13, 2013

Community

Times/Review Newsgroup unveils Northforker.com

By Times Review

May 23, 2013

Laurel woman's novel published posthumously

By Cyndi Murray

May 19, 2013

Photos: Hallockville's Fleece and Fiber Fair

By Katharine Schroeder

May 19, 2013

Obituaries

Ferdinand Lucka

By Riverhead News-Review

May 24, 2013

Denis B. O’Donnell

By Riverhead News-Review

May 24, 2013

Helen M. Bergen

By Riverhead News-Review

May 24, 2013

Real Estate

North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight

By Paul Squire

May 20, 2013

Real Estate Transfers

By Riverhead News-Review

May 10, 2013

Real Estate Transfers

By Riverhead News-Review

May 2, 2013

Opinion

Editorial: Don't scapegoat Sandy to save a buck

By Riverhead News-Review

May 24, 2013

Editorial: Impressive police work during a busy night

By Riverhead News-Review

May 23, 2013

Letter: Thank you, teachers

By Harry Katz

May 23, 2013

Police: She tried to use someone else’s debit card

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/24/2013 8:37 AM | Police News, Top News

Riverhead Town police are asking for help in locating a woman who attempted to use someone else's debit card at a South Fork supermarket in October. The suspect, pictured above, was captured on surveillance video about 8 p.m. on Oct.15 trying to use the card at the Wild by Nature store...

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SWR finishes 2nd at division championship

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/23/2013 11:35 PM | Sports, Top News

DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP Shoreham-Wading River junior Jordan Wright sprinted to a pair of victories Thursday at the Division III Championship and nearly led a relay team to another win. Wright won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at Connetquot High School as the Wildcats finished second in team scoring behind Bayport-Blue Point. Wright...

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Riverhead pole vaulters clear record heights

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/23/2013 10:45 PM | Main Story, Sports, Top News

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS At 7:13 p.m. Thursday night — the majority of events at the track and field division championships already completed — Riverhead senior Dan Normoyle sprinted down the pole vault runway for his first run-through. For more than three hours, Normoyle, wearing sweats over his uniform, watched pole vaulter after pole...

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RECAP: Live reports from town nominating conventions

By Grant Parpan, Tim Gannon and Jennifer Gustavson | 05/23/2013 9:28 PM | News, Top News

Riverhead Town Republicans and Democrats both hosted their nominating conventions in Polish Thursday night. Read a recap of our live reports below: ...

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Boys Lacrosse: Wildcats blow past Glenn to advance to county finals

By Michael Lewis | 05/23/2013 9:27 PM | Sports, Top News

SUFFOLK CLASS C SEMIFINALS | WILDCATS 19, KNIGHTS 2 Shoreham-Wading River cruised in the the Suffolk County Class C boys lacrosse semifinals, registering a 19-2 home victory over No. 4 John Glenn on Thursday afternoon. All-American Tim Rotanz led the top-seeded Wildcats (16-1) with five goals and four assists. Hunter Hayes contributed...

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GOP taps New Suffolk attorney for Assembly race; controversy over Riverhead Dems’ choice

By Tim Kelly, Tim Gannon and Grant Parpan | 05/23/2013 9:15 PM | News, Top News

More than two months after Dan Losquadro left office to run the Brookhaven Town Highway Department, local Republicans have finally identified their choice to replace him in the New York State Assembly. Anthony Palumbo, 42, an attorney from New Suffolk, has secured the GOP nomination, according to Suffolk County Republican chairman...

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Plan would see trees cut for grass in Calverton

By Tim Gannon | 05/23/2013 10:00 AM | News, Top News

Trees or grass? That’s a question Riverhead Town officials will have to wrestle with at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, according to Supervisor Sean Walter. The state Department of Environmental Conservation “potentially wants us to take back some of the early succession forest at EPCAL to create grasslands,” Mr. Walter told the...

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