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Sports
Girls Basketball: Youth movement in Riverhead
December 4, 2013
Blue Waves placed ball, and trust, in Moore’s hands
December 3, 2013
Education
Common Core math homework causes frustration in Riverhead
December 10, 2013
Early dismissal at SWR; Riverhead after school activities cancelled
December 10, 2013
School board considering direct deposit mandate
December 10, 2013
Business
Fire on the water? Town seeking grants to make it happen
December 9, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
7-Eleven could be coming to Flanders
December 6, 2013
Community
BOCES students raise funds for Kent Animal Shelter
December 10, 2013
Town to dedicate gazebo to former finance administrator
December 10, 2013
Lions donate $4K to Brendan House, pledge $2K more each year
December 9, 2013
Obituaries
William DeWitt Titterton
December 10, 2013
Janet Pelosi
December 10, 2013
Arthur T. Schoedel
December 10, 2013
Real Estate
Real Estate Transfers
December 10, 2013
Real Estate: Preparing your yard for the deep freeze
December 1, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
November 24, 2013
Opinion
Letter: Why shop anywhere but local this year?
December 8, 2013
Column: Riverhead’s rich tradition of silly news
December 8, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
Community
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Rendezvous re-opens two months after grease fire
A little more than two months after a small kitchen fire forced Cliff’s Rendezvous to close its doors, the downtown Riverhead restaurant reopened for business today with little fanfare but heaps of happy customers. Christina Saunders, whose husband, Cliff Saunders, owns the casual bar and eatery, said Saturday afternoon she and...
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Harvest East End raises nearly $50,000 for its beneficiaries
The fourth annual celebration of Long Island Wine Country, known as Harvest East End, raised close to $50,000 for its beneficiaries: East End Hospice, Group for the East End and the Peconic Land Trust, as well as the Long Island Farm Bureau Promotion & Education Foundation, according to a press...
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‘Arts Means Business’ forum coming to downtown
East End Arts will present ‘Art Means Business,’ a seminar and networking party, from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead. Business owners, artists, government officials, arts and nonprofit organizations and the public are invited to attend. The keynote speaker is Michelle Isabelle-Stark, director of film and...
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Photos: Walking in Riverhead to end Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center hosted the second annual Riverhead Walk for Alzheimer’s & Clambake Saturday morning, bringing participants together to walk for a cause. Eighteen teams of walkers enjoyed breakfast and a show by New York's USO Liberty Bells before hitting the path at Milton L. Burns Park. The walk concluded...
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Photos: Rubber Duck Race fundraiser makes a splash
More than 100 people attended Flanders' first ever Rubber Duck Race Saturday afternoon to help benefit the iconic Big Duck property. Organized by Friends of the Big Duck, 427 bright rubber ducks were sold for $5 each with all proceeds going toward restoring a barn on the Flanders property. It will...
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Aquebogue sample tests positive for West Nile
Suffolk County health officials announced Friday that 17 more mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus, including one in Aquebogue. Positive samples, collected between July 30, also came from mosquito traps in Nesconset, Port Jefferson Station and elsewhere in western Suffolk County. Health officials do not disclose exactly where the traps...
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Riverhead Foundation raising funds to #FreeRoxanne
A campaign to raise funds for the release of the Riverhead Foundation’s newest patient is making waves. Roxanne, an adult Risso’s dolphin was rescued just south of Oak Beach on Jones Beach Island in Babylon June 6. The U.S. Coast Guard found her struggling from dehydration and gastric bleeding on a sand...
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Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch opens girls home
More than 30 years after launching a program to house abused, neglected or otherwise troubled boys, Riverhead’s Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch opened its first home for girls Monday. “From the very beginning we had hoped to have girls, but when we opened it was boys that we had and it didn’t...
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Eight North Fork vineyards make grade for sustainable wine growing
Eight North Fork wineries can now add a L.I. Sustainable Wine logo to their 2012 vintages. On Friday, environmental advocacy organization Group for the East End officially endorsed the work of Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing (LISW), a not-for-profit organization that provides education and certification for Long Island vineyards. “We applaud the efforts...
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Miss Congeniality title for Heather Riley at Pageant
Heather Riley took home the title of Miss Congeniality at this year’s Miss Long Island Pageant held at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Sunday. A 2008 Riverhead graduate, Ms. Riley, 22, said the win – voted on by contestants in the pageant – came as a complete surprise,...
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Last chance to enter northforker.com’s Harvest East End ticket giveaway
We're raffling off two tickets to Harvest East End and you have less than two days to enter the contest on northforker.com. The event features 42 wineries and 34 restaurants helping to celebrate 40 years of Long Island winemaking. The event benefits East End Hospice, Group for the East End, The...
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North Fork Community Theatre could get big boost
A couple has given $100,000 to help fund renovations at the North Fork Community Theatre building in Mattituck. On top of that, Emilie and Michael Corey have pledged to match all other donations to the theater, up to $300,000, through December 2015. That means as much as $700,000 could go toward...
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Aquebogue native stars in popular commercial
You may only know him from the time you saw him get into a fistfight with himself in Mitsubishi Electric’s popular “Shadow Boxer” commercial, but Matthew William Chizever isn’t a violent guy. The Aquebogue native is just doing his job. The 30-year-old got his first taste of acting when he starred...
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Blues Festival headed to Southampton Town?
The Riverhead Blues Festival may be headed to a new home. Bob Barta, president of the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in downtown Riverhead, said theater officials are looking into moving the once-annual festival into Southampton Town for 2014. "We're working in sort of a rough proposal stage," Mr. Barta said. "My goal is...
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Photos: Bikers roar into Riverhead for rally
Hundreds of motorcycle riders from across Long Island and beyond descended on the Elks Lodge in Riverhead Sunday for a day of music and activities. The "Rally in Riverhead" was organized by local members of the Road Reapers Motorcycle Club, which also has charters in Virginia and Minnesota. Members of the local...
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A day of prayer, sermons on the North Fork
Members from several North Fork congregations will gather in Mattituck’s Strawberry Fields August 3 for a day of music, prayer and sermons at the Great North Fork Awakening. The free event, which starts at noon and ends at 8 p.m., is being hosted by volunteers and will consist of short sermons...
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Photos: NFCT to present ‘Legally Blonde’
“Legally Blonde,” the musical based on a novel by Amanda Brown and a 2001 movie, is this summer’s Youth on Stage presentation at North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck. The story takes sorority sister Elle Woods (Sydney Campbell of Southold) from UCLA to the halls of Harvard in pursuit of love...
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Unique items and services at North Fork libraries
In recent years, libraries have become much more than just places to borrow books. Patrons have also become accustomed to checking out music and movies and attending classes at their local library. Still, there are a few things you might not even know your library offers. For example, all Suffolk County...
