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Track & Field: Lee races to victory in 3,200 at Division Championship
The fast start didn't plan out exactly as Shoreham-Wading River senior John Lee hoped. But the ending was right where he expected to be. Lee raced ahead of the pack at the start of the 3,200 Monday afternoon hoping to bury the field early at Comsewogue High School. But as James...
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River & Roots seeks donations for fence at new downtown playground
There may be a new playground at downtown’s River and Roots Community Garden, but the work isn't done yet. The River and Roots group is now seeking donations to install a fence around the newly-built park. While the Riverhead Rotary Club has agreed to make a donation for the fence project,...
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Monday Briefing: Marines set to run from Orient to ground zero
There's a huge Memorial Day event set to kick off Saturday in Orient that will see servicemen and women from the 3rd Battalion of the 25th Marines Regiment running from the North Fork to ground zero. They're running in memory of 48 fellow soldiers from the unit who were killed in...
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Cops: Flanders man, wanted on a warrant, was drunk when he crashed car
A Flanders man wanted on a warrant was arrested after crashing his car while driving drunk in the hamlet Sunday, Southampton Town Police said. Victor Paredes, 22, was wanted on an active bench warrant for a failure to appear in court on a previous charge. Mr. Paredes had been arrested nearly three...
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Fashion shoot conducted on runway at EPCAL
Look out trendy Hamptons, big time fashion shoots are now happening in Calverton, too. Designer Diane von Furstenberg conducted a fashion shoot Sunday on the unused western runway at the Enterprise Park at Calverton. A large version of the company's "DVF" logo could be seen in the background, as a film crew...
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19-year-old arrested following Riverhead robbery
Detectives investigating a Riverhead robbery Saturday night in which a man was reportedly beaten and robbed and knifepoint arrested a 19-year-old Brookhaven man who had the victim's cell phone in his vehicle, according to Riverhead Town Police. The 25-year-old male victim said he was jumped on Union Avenue in Riverhead at...
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Middle Island teen dies in Mattituck boating accident
A 14-year-old Middle Island youth died Sunday afternoon in a boating accident in Peconic Bay off Mattituck, Southold police reported. Dominick Triofino was riding a Jet Ski in the bay near the end of Bay Avenue in Mattituck just before 2 p.m. when he struck the anchor chain of a boat...
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Wading River celebrates Duck Pond Day
Wading River held its annual Duck Pond Day Sunday afternoon at ponds off North Country Road and Zophar Mills Road. The day featured vendors, music, a parade and classic cars. Second-grader from the nearby Wading River Elementary have undertaken a class project to try and "breathe life back into a our...
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Riverhead ZBA spot opens after ethics issue
There’s a vacancy on the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, as seven-year member Charles Sclafani has resigned in light of a town ethics code dispute. Mr. Sclafani, a retired corrections officer appointed to the board in February 2005, resigned effective last Friday, the day after his last ZBA meeting. In his...
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Remembering the lost in trek from Orient to ground zero
It’s been seven years since 48 servicemen in the 3rd Battalion of the 25th Marines Regiment lost their lives in Iraq, but their fellow servicemen are dutifully keeping the memories of their fallen brothers alive. Staff Sgt. Oscar Aguilera of the battalion’s weapons company, who grew up in Greenport, is coordinating...
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Riverside residents urged to make the call on pursuing sewers
Whether a new sewer district is built to serve commercial development in Riverside will be up to the people who live there, officials stressed during a civic meeting on the subject Monday. “We want to make sure all of you have a say in this,” Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst told members...
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Picton Castle, built in the ’20s, has circled the globe 5 times
The barque Picton Castle is the most traveled of the tall ships that will drop anchor in Greenport Harbor this Memorial Day weekend. In addition to many other trips, the ship has completed five global circumnavigations in the past 15 years, according to a spokesman for the ship, visiting the Galapagos...
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Layoffs expected as airplane engine company leaves Mattituck
Teledyne Technologies is closing its airplane engine overhaul facility at Mattituck Airbase on June 15, a decision that will put about 20 people out of work. Facility director Michael Gifford said he delivered the news to employees last Thursday after three to four “very difficult” years in the general aviation business...
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Real Estate: She’s just not into designing ‘rich cribs’
Cutchogue designer and builder Eileen Santora is no rookie, and her work can’t be pigeonholed, except for this: She has absolutely no interest in being a designer to the rich and famous. And she needn’t worry. Whether the job is adding a deck, redesigning a bathroom or doing a complete home...
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Can a Riverhead schoolhouse become a brewery?
Does a microbrewery constitute "agricultural production?" That's the question the Riverhead Zoning Board of appeals will have to answer following an upcoming hearing on turning a nearly 100-year-old former Sound Avenue school house into a microbrewery. A company called McCarthy's on the Green is seeking to convert the old Northville School House...
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Antique cash registers still have a home in Laurel
A Laurel man will ring you up to add a little class to your entertainment room, or simply to make change for a dollar in style. Peter Warns, 65, is a third-generation cash register dealer with about 200 machines, some dating back as far as the late 1800s. He is one...
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Meet the Drivers: #17/#71 Kyle Ellwood
Meet the Drivers is a new feature from the Riverhead-News Review, where we’ll highlight one driver from Riverhead Raceway each week. The racing season kicked off May 5. Name: Kyle Ellwood Age: 17 Division: Legends and Modified Top 3 Sponsors: Riverhead Building Supply, Speed World FX and Buckleys Irish Pub. For most 17-year-olds, driving a...
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Baseball: O’Reilly’s walk-off blast in 8th sends SWR to semis
WILDCATS 9, EAGLES 7 (8 innings) For six innings Friday afternoon, Shoreham-Wading River senior Mike O'Reilly struggled on the mound in a way unlike any game in his varsity career. A lingering ankle injury made it difficult for him to plant his right leg as he released the ball. He couldn't locate...
