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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
Minus two starters, Blue Waves can’t match Carey
November 29, 2013
Education
SCCC culinary school hosts Chopped-like competition in Riverhead
December 6, 2013
Column: Parents are the key in Common Core fight
December 5, 2013
Letter: A school district preserving history
December 5, 2013
Business
The Riverhead Chamber's 2013 People of the Year
December 5, 2013
Leaders throw weight behind Woolworth project
December 4, 2013
AFTEE concert raises $70,000 in proceeds
December 4, 2013
Community
SCCC culinary school hosts Chopped-like competition in Riverhead
December 6, 2013
Photos: Big Duck in Flanders shines bright for holidays
December 6, 2013
Riverhead gives warm welcome home to Afghan war veteran
December 4, 2013
Obituaries
Rita T McMahon
December 6, 2013
Vincent J. Bonta
December 3, 2013
Eleanor Waldheim
December 3, 2013
Real Estate
Real Estate: Preparing your yard for the deep freeze
December 1, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
November 24, 2013
Real Estate: Invasive vine may have met its match
November 24, 2013
Opinion
Column: Parents are the key in Common Core fight
December 5, 2013
Letter: A school district preserving history
December 5, 2013
Letter: Concerned over addiction research, rehab facility
November 30, 2013
Police News
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Cops release images from September robbery
Suffolk County and Riverhead Police released visual images from an armed robbery which occurred on Route 58 in mid-September, asking the public's help in finding the two men they say held up the store. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers are also offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest in...
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ID theft victim reports fraudulent credit line
A Northampton man reported to police last week that someone illegally opened a line of credit in his name and charged more than $500 to it — despite his attempts to alert the company. The man said he received a letter from a company called Bill Me Later, a service of...
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Southampton Police Department gets live-saving donation
A Southampton-based nonprofit organization called the Hamptons Health Society has donated more than $18,000 worth of emergency life support equipment to the Southampton Town Police. The group on Monday presented the department with seven defibrillators, six resuscitators and two trauma kits at police headquarters. The defibrillators alone cost about $2,000 apiece,...
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Two sent to PBMC following Route 58 crash
Two men sustained minor injuries following a four-vehicle collision which included a school bus on Route 58 in Riverhead Sunday afternoon, police said. A green Volvo unable to stop because of slippery road conditions rear-ended a red Mustang, pushing it into a school bus operated by Towne Bus Corp., near the...
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Driver who killed cyclist in Calverton last year back in jail following latest arrest
The attorney for the man arrested last year for fatally striking a bicyclist along Route 25 in Calverton as he allegedly drove under the influence of drugs with a suspended license and his four young children in the car expects the charges against his client will soon be dropped. But now William Slatton is...
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Fire volunteers extinguish compost pile for third time
Riverhead Fire Department volunteers extinguished a mulch fire on Sound Avenue for the third time in just over a week, officials said. A 20-by-20 foot mulch pile that was more than 10 feet high at Wells Farm combusted into flames Saturday afternoon, the third time the compost has ignited “in a...
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Man airlifted after crash on Flanders Road
A man was airlifted to an area hospital after a one-car accident on Flanders Road Saturday afternoon, officials said. A green sedan traveling westbound crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into a utility pole near Whitebrook Drive just after 2:30 p.m., said Riverhead Volunteer Fire Department chief Joseph Raynor. Flanders-Northampton Ambulance...
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Nancy Carney: District weighing ‘options’ on Joe Johnson
A day after gun charges were dropped against Riverhead teacher Joe Johnson, Riverhead School District superintendent Nancy Carney said the district is weighing its options on what to do with its employee. In the meantime, Mr. Johnson — who has pleaded guilty to DWI — will remain on leave, Ms. Carney...
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Feds investigate box of weed shipped from Cali to Riverhead
A box of weed shipped from California was intercepted at the Riverhead Post Office last week, postal service officials confirmed Wednesday. The package was pulled out of the mail at the post office on West Main Street in the early afternoon last Wednesday after the parcel "exhibited characteristics that lead us to believe...
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Riverhead teacher Joe Johnson avoids gun charges; guilty of DWI
The Riverhead elementary school teacher arrested last year on weapons and other charges after a traffic stop in Southampton has side-stepped the gun charges, pleading guilty only to driving while intoxicated — an outcome prosecutors blamed on an illegal police search. Joe Johnson, 40, a fourth-grade teacher at Phillips Avenue Elementary...
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DEC: Instagram pics with captured deer gets locals in trouble
After posting pictures of themselves on Instagram with a pair of live deer they caught, four local young men who were later caught by Department of Environmental Conservation officers in Calverton face citations for illegally taking and pursuing wildlife. DEC officials said they were tipped off on Halloween when someone sent...
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Alleged serial armed robber held on $100k bail
A Manorville man who police say is responsible for a string of robberies across Suffolk County – including one at a Hess gas station in Calverton – remains held on $100,000 cash bail and is due back in court on Friday. Paul Tromblee, 35, was arrested on Saturday and was seen in...
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Cops: Manorville man charged in recent armed robbery spree
A Manorville man was arrested Saturday in connection with the armed robbery of the Hess gas station on Edwards Avenue in Calverton and at least eight other incidents, Suffolk County police said. Paul Tromblee, 35, may still face charges in relation to other armed robberies in the county, police said. Southold...
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Cops: Mattituck woman arrested on outstanding warrant
A 24-year-old Mattituck woman was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant for failing to appear in Southampton Town Justice Court, Southampton Town police said. Sibel Pumillo was arrested at Riverhead Police Headquarters about 5 p.m. Saturday. Ms. Pumillo, who arrested in July for petit larceny, was transported to Southampton Town Police...
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Blotter: Man attacked over prescription medication
A 28-year-old Riverhead man was arrested after allegedly attacking another man Friday for his prescription medication, Riverhead Town police said. Police received a 911 call about 4:40 p.m. about a fight involving three men near the intersection of Roanoke Avenue and Cranberry Street, according to a report. Authorities found the victim with...
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Southampton Blotter: Furnace, laptop, chain saw all stolen
• Someone stole a chain saw worth $200 from the back of a pickup truck in Riverside last week, according to a police report. The Husqvarna 580 chain saw was taken from the truck parked behind a church on Old Quogue Road about 2:30 p.m. last Wednesday, police said. Police said...
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Cranberry juice thief squeezes out of arrest
A woman who allegedly stole cigarettes and a bottle of cranberry juice from a Riverside gas station last Monday ignored responding officers, resisted arrest and managed to escape after a pair of dogs kept police at bay, according to a Southampton Town police report. The owner of the Flanders Road station...
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3 hospitalized following Route 58 crash in front of Dick’s
Three people were hospitalized – including one man who was airlifted – following a two-car crash on Route 58 early Wednesday afternoon. A man and a woman were driving in a sedan about 12:30 p.m. when they were involved in an accident with a Dodge Durango just in front of the...
