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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
Top News
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Confrontation over break-ins led to Polish Town shooting
Three hours after shotgun blasts sent shockwaves through Polish Town and a Riverhead woman to the hospital, Riverhead and New York State police used a K9 to capture the teenager they say pulled the trigger. Nathan Streit, 17, who police say is homeless, was found hiding inside a Osborn Avenue house...
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Polish Town store clerks wrestle armed robber to the ground
Less than 30 minutes after a shooting sent a Polish Town woman to a hospital Monday night, three employees at a store on nearby Osborn Avenue wrestled an armed robber to the ground in an unrelated incident. Nicholas Savino, 33, of Riverhead displayed a handgun as he entered International Connection and...
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Update: Man taken into custody after shooting, K9 search
Update, 11:45 p.m.: Police brought a man into custody shortly before 11:30 p.m. He was removed from a house on Osborn Avenue, following a K9 search performed by police officers from Riverhead and New York State. Police had been at the scene on Osborn for more than two hours, frequently shining...
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Softball: Riverhead’s bats erupt in first-round playoff victory
SUFFOLK CLASS AA FIRST ROUND | BLUE WAVES 11, BULLS 6 The ball came scorching off the bat of Smithtown West center fielder Teresa Staiano, a lined shot into left field. Two runs had already scored for the Bulls in the opening inning Monday and two more runners were steaming toward home. The...
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Off-duty cop helps save Wading River man’s life
An off-duty police officer from Mattituck on his way home from Advanced Life Support training, saved the life of an 86-year-old Wading River man on Friday, police said. Lance Prager, an Emergency Services section officer with the Suffolk County Police Department, witnessed the man suffering cardiac arrest at the Agway store...
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Voters’ Guide: Riverhead Central School District
The Riverhead School District budget vote will take place Tuesday, May 21, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at these local polling locations: Aquebogue Elementary School, Phillips Avenue Elementary School, Riley Avenue Elementary School and the high school for Roanoke Avenue Elementary School residents, due to construction. Residents vote at...
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Voters’ Guide: Shoreham-Wading River schools
The Shoreham-Wading River School District budget vote will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. RESERVES TO STAVE OFF PROGRAM CUTS Residents in the Shoreham-Wading River School District will vote Tuesday on a $66.1 million proposed school budget for 2013-14 that represents a spending increase of...
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Riverhead principal cleared in civil rights case
A federal jury has rejected a former Riverhead Middle School student's claims that he was illegally searched by the school's principal in 2007, saying the student and his mother failed to prove the search ever occurred. The jury deliberated for three hours in U.S. Eastern District Court Monday before reaching a...
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Pickersgill to zip liner: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
I read John Finnegan's column about his experience trying to site his zip line in downtown Riverhead. I thought the column was nasty and unnecessary. It reminded me of two truths learned while growing up. One, never be a cry baby. Two, as my father would say, don't let the door hit...
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Guest Spot: Zip line guy on what downtown looks like to him
I spent the weekend thinking about Urban Jungle Zip Lines, Riverhead, and how I misjudged a couple things. I thought that a clean and green, and temporary, attraction by the riverfront would be appreciated and welcome as a great way to build awareness of the Peconic River and its natural beauty. I...
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Eagles release Riverhead’s Miguel Maysonet
Miguel Maysonet's run with the Philadelphia Eagles is over. The Riverhead native was released by the team Monday morning, according to the Eagles' website. CSNPhilly.com had previously reported his imminent release. Maysonet's days in Philadelphia appeared numbered after the Eagles signed former Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones last week. That move all...
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North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight
Landscapers, nursery owners and plant scientists are on the lookout for a new fungus that attacks one of Long Island’s most popular plants: the boxwood. The boxwood blight has yet to have a significant impact on Long Island, and both the landscaping and research communities are working hard to keep it...
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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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Wading River scout camp getting new $1.9 million mess hall
More than 1,000 people attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Wading River Saturday for a new dining hall at the Schiff Scout Reservation on Wading River Manor Road. The new facility will replace a building lost during a 2011 fire at the Boy Scout camp. "Once completed, this beautiful, year-round facility will serve...
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‘Environmental Champions’ honor for fish passage
The late Bob Conklin of Flanders and Jim Miller of Southold were honored as "Environmental Champions" by the North Fork Environmental Council on Thursday for their work establishing a fish passage at Grangebel Park. The rock passage allows alewives and other fish to migrate from fresh to salt water, where they...
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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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Local farmers say they’re not the one with issues
North Fork farmers are facing new government regulations they say will lead to too much paperwork — only to fix a problem that exists elsewhere in the U.S. The new regulations, part of the federal government’s Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2011, aim to protect U.S. consumers from contaminated food...
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Sisters building a giant interactive music box
Like many young girls, Cutchogue sisters Kelly and Ashley Goeller had a music box in their younger days. Tiny and crafted from metal, it played the theme song from “The Pink Panther.” Little did the Goeller girls know that as adults they and a friend would build a music box that...
