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Eagles release Riverhead's Miguel Maysonet
May 20, 2013
Education
Voters' Guide: Riverhead Central School District
May 20, 2013
Voters' Guide: Shoreham-Wading River schools
May 20, 2013
Business
Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
May 13, 2013
New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck
May 13, 2013
Community
Laurel woman's novel published posthumously
May 19, 2013
Photos: Hallockville's Fleece and Fiber Fair
May 19, 2013
Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
May 13, 2013
Obituaries
Christine Vega
May 15, 2013
Oleta Marie Melissari
May 14, 2013
Charles H. Bartlett Jr.
May 14, 2013
Real Estate
North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight
May 20, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 10, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 2, 2013
Community
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Laurel woman’s novel published posthumously
Suspense, intrigue, a dreadful decision that turns a small town upside down; a first novel by local author Alix Ehlers, “A Power in the Blood,” has all the makings of a best seller, but it almost never saw the light of day. Now, thanks to her family, the book is finally...
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Photos: Hallockville’s Fleece and Fiber Fair
Day one of the fourth annual Fleece and Fiber Fair was held Saturday at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead. Local artisans demonstrated various skills associated with fiber production and art including spinning, felting, shearing and knitting. Dozens of vendors sold supplies and one-of-a-kind art pieces at stalls set up inside...
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Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
Hyatt Place East End & Resort employees were on hand Monday to pick up litter in downtown Riverhead for the Main Street hotel’s first “Main Street Clean-Up Day.” “'Hospitality at its best' is the hotel’s mission statement,” said Rachel Dakin, a corporate sales manager. “We wanted to apply it to Main...
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New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck
Atsby. Among those with literary leanings, the name, lacking just one key letter, is explicably linked to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragic hero, Jay Gatsby. Atsby Vermouth, however, is far from a lamentable case. The Mattituck distillery, which opened last fall and makes its eponymous product with locally sourced chardonnay, Finger Lakes...
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Riverhead Japanese eatery expands into Greenport
Greenport has a new sushi and hibachi restaurant. Jimmy Lin, owner of Sakura Japanese Restaurant on Route 58 in Riverhead, has opened a second location on Front Street, across from the post office. Sakura, which opened April 28, took over the space formerly occupied by Andy’s Unbelievable Burgers and Seafood. “I’ve lived...
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Local ballerina selected for competitive NYC program
Her auburn hair pulled back into a tight bun, 9-year-old Ellie Schultz practices jetés on the hardwood floors. Ellie, who is small for her age, leaps swiftly from one foot to the other across the small studio in Mattituck, her freckled face a canvas of concentration. “You missed a step,” instructor Cheryl...
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18th Annual Garden Festival under way
Flower lovers take note — the 18th Annual Garden Festival hosted by Peconic Bay Medical Center kicked off Thursday and will continue all weekend in Riverhead. Forty East End growers will be selling everything from trees and bushes to flowers and bedding plants, which will be available at three different locations....
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‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ trailer features Riverhead
A new trailer for "Inside Llewyn Davis," the latest film by the Coen Brothers that filmed in Riverhead last year, features two shots of the sets in town. The red-band trailer, which was released yesterday, includes two quick scenes filmed at a Riverhead potato barn and a town water district property...
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PBMC Health celebrates National Nurses Week
Peconic Bay Medical Center is celebrating National Nurses Week, taking time to thank the nurses who make up much of their healthcare services staff. In honor of Nurses Week, PBMC Health is holding a Community Health Fair, free to all. It is being held in the hospital’s front lobby. Staff nurses...
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$1,400 raised for guide dogs for veterans
A motorcycle rally by the Suffolk County Probation Officers Association raised $1,400 last month for a national guide dog foundation that serves disabled veterans and active duty service members. The rally started outside the association's building in Patchogue on April 20 and ended at The Maples restaurant in Manorville. The event...
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Photos: Students seek a winning recipe
The kitchen was heating up at Suffolk County Community College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead Tuesday afternoon, where four high school student chefs were competing for a $1,500 scholarship to the culinary program. Hampton Bays High School senior Luke Gustafson, 18, cooked the prize-winning dish: sliced chicken breast in...
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Nominees announced for Teeny Awards
The 11th Annual Teeny Awards nominees were announced Wednesday morning, earning North Fork high schools dozens of nominations. The awards, presented by East End Arts and sponsored by Suffolk County National Bank and Riverhead Toyota, showcase the best in local high school theater. The awards ceremony will be held June 9...
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The Riverhead Project gets new chef, menu
The Riverhead Project has a new executive chef and will debut its revamped, seafood-centric menu later this week. Roy Wohlars, the former executive chef at Montauk’s South Edison, signed on as head chef of the downtown Riverhead restaurant just days ago, owner Dennis McDermott said. Mr. Wohlars said the new menu, set...
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Photos: McGann-Mercy to perform “Into the Woods”
The McGann-Mercy Theatre Company presents "Into the Woods," based on the stories of the Brothers Grimm beginning tonight at 7:30 p.m. There will be another performance Friday at the same time and a matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday followed by and an evening performance at 8 p.m. The show is performed at...
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Bishop McGann-Mercy chamber choir performs at Lincoln Center
The Chamber Choir at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead was one of 10 East Coast groups that performed at the National Festival Chorus at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center Sunday. "I couldn't be prouder of the kids,” said Jamie Calandro, the director of fine arts at Mercy and the...
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Prescription drug disposal event being held today
The Peconic Independent Pharmacy Association is hosting its annual prescription drug disposal program today, accepting pharmaceuticals for disposal at several North Fork pharmacies. PIPA has been hosting the event, known as The Great Peconic Takeback, annually since 2010 to promote pharmaceutical safety in the home and proper disposal, keeping pharmaceuticals out...
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Local music students perform at Disney
Riverhead students in the high school's chamber choir, jazz band and chamber orchestra performed at Walt Disney World last Friday as part of a music celebrations with high school bands from around the country. The 70 young musicians from Riverhead High School were invited to the music festival after submitting audition...
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Photos: A night of fine food and dance at Candlelight Ball
Several hundred supporters of Peconic Bay Medical Center Health braved the wet and foggy weather to attend the annual Candlelight Ball fundraiser held at the Inn & Spa at East Wind in Wading River Friday night. Hosted by columnist and television commentator Ellis Henican, the ball featured an evening of fine...
