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Jessica Ann Hunter
May 15, 2012
Edward Fedun
May 15, 2012
Justyna C. Breitenbach
May 11, 2012
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Girls Basketball: Brown honored as one of top players in N.Y.
Riverhead senior Jalyn Brown was selected to a list of the top 50 players in New York from the 2011-12 season by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. Brown was one of six players from Section XI selected to the list, which includes athletes from New York City, Catholic, private...
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Cops: Airborne Camaro crashes near house in Riverhead
A red Chevy Camaro went airborne over Dennis Court in Riverhead Wednesday and crashed into a bush on the side of a house on Nadel Drive, sending both the car's occupants to the hospital, according to Riverhead Town Police. Police said the driver will face charges, but the charges weren't specified. At...
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LIVE: Riverhead Town Board discusses regulating filming on town property tonight
The Riverhead Town Board will hold a public hearing tonight at Town Hall to discuss regulating filming on town property. Also on the agenda are public hearings to discuss criminal background checks of taxi cab drivers, as well as dog park permits and dogs on town beaches. News-Review reporter Tim Gannon is...
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Photos: North Fork theater presents ‘The King and I’
North Fork Community Theatre will present “The King and I,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s fifth musical collaboration, which premiered on Broadway March 29, 1951. The NFCT production opens Thursday, directed by Laura Jones and produced by Marion Stark, with musical direction by Nancy Deegan. “The King and I” is based on Margaret...
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State bill aims to decrease hazing, drinking and drug use at colleges
The state Senate passed legislation Wednesday aimed to decrease hazing, underage drinking and drug use at colleges and universities. Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), the bill’s sponsor, said in a press release that colleges would be required to adopt rules prohibiting those activities and to establish penalties that strengthen existing laws....
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Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch to try for charter school again?
The proposed Timothy Hill Community Charter School was not selected for further evaluation in the State Education Department’s first round of charter school applications. But the school’s application will be resubmitted by June 25, in time for the department’s second round, said Thaddaeus “Thud” Hill, executive director of the nonprofit...
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SCHOOL VOTE: Riverhead, SWR budgets pass amid low voter turnout
Voters approved school budget proposals in both local districts Tuesday. In Riverhead, 61 percent of the 2,790 people who cast a ballot voted in favor of the proposed 2012-13 school budget. Sue Koukounas edged out Tom Carson for the top number of votes for school board, though it was an uncontested race...
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This week in Riverhead history: Home Depot opens, Rockefeller visits, rat attacks baby
10 years ago Home Depot era begins in Riverhead Six years after it was first proposed, Home Depot opened its Riverhead store May 16, 2002, Tim Gannon reported in that day's Riverhead News-Review. The store opened while legal battles over the Riverhead Centre shopping center continued to play out in court, we wrote. The...
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Election Officials: Low turnout so far in school budget votes
Turnout is low for this year's school budget votes, and rain showers in the afternoon are not helping to bring out voters, said election officials from both Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River school districts Tuesday. "It seems a little less than last year," said Carole Galinsky, a clerk at the Shoreham-Wading River...
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Splits in Wading River, Calverton under county redistricting plan
Shelter Island and the Brookhaven Town side of Calverton and Wading River will no longer be in Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine’s district in 2014 if a new redistricting plan announced this week is approved. Mr. Romaine (R-Center Moriches), who represents the 1st Legislative District, said county Democrats have proposed new...
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Downtown, Polish Town shooter headed to prison
An 18-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who shot two people in separate incidents in Riverhead last year pleaded guilty Friday to all eight weapons and assault charges he was facing, court records show. Juan Soyos-Pixtun pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree attempted assault, four counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon...
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POLL: How did you vote on your local school budget?
The proposed budgets in the Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River school districts are being voted on until 9 p.m. We want to know how you voted, how you plan to vote or if you voted at all, today. RIVERHEAD: How did you vote on the school budget today? SWR: How did you vote...
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Riverhead’s $112M budget, two board seats up for vote today
Riverhead School District taxpayers will vote on a nearly $111.8 million budget for the 2012-13 school year that keeps the district’s spending plan under the state-mandated tax cap by cutting $3.2 million from what would otherwise be a rollover budget from this school year. Check back on riverheadnewsreview.com for live coverage...
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SWR voters to decide board race, vote on $62M budget
Shoreham-Wading River district residents will vote today on a $62.35 million budget for the 2012-13 school year that leaves district programs fully intact while keeping the district under the state-mandated tax cap. This would be made possible by using reserve funds. Check back on riverheadnewsreview.com for live coverage once the polls close...
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Softball: Riverhead eliminated from playoff contention
The Riverhead High School softball team was eliminated from contention for the playoffs after a 12-0 League IV loss at Hauppauge Monday afternoon. The Blue Waves (9-10, 8-10) never had an opportunity to get up in the seventh inning as the game was called due to the mercy rule with one...
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Tuesday is property tax Grievance Day for homeowners
Tuesday is Grievance Day throughout New York State, the day where property owners can formally challenge their tax assessments. Grievances are aired before a board of assessment review, which is independent from the town assessors, who made the assessments in the first place. In Riverhead, the board of assessment review is comprised...
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Auto Racing: Rogers, driving back-up car, roars from 21st to first
RIVERHEAD RACEWAY Tom Rogers Jr. of Patchogue barnstormed his way from a 21st starting spot to sweep the Twin 30 NASCAR Modified features at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday night. Rogers was forced to a back-up car when his Chevy suffered an broken axle, forcing him to drive his family-owned car and having...
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Three SWR teams enter playoffs as No. 1 seed
After closing out the regular season by winning 10 of its final 11 games, the Shoreham-Wading River baseball team will enter the postseason as the No. 1 seed in Class A. The defending county champions await the winner of No. 4 Rocky Point and No. 5 Sayville. Shoreham will host the...
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