06.30.2011 Education New SWR supe to get $8,750 to start two weeks early The Shoreham-Wading River school board on Thursday approved a measure that would allow new superintendent Steven Cohen to begin work on a per diem basis before his contract kicks...
06.30.2011 News Riverhead Town urged to act — with new cesspool regs With brown tide and now red tide showing up in East End waters with more frequency, Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister is urging that upgraded septic systems be required in...
06.30.2011 News Hyatt gets set for Friday grand opening in Riverhead The Hyatt Place East End at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center (formerly Atlantis Marine World) will be opening Friday. It will also mark the first day the...
06.30.2011 News Congressman facilitates feds’ approval of wine labels The great wine label crisis of the 2010 vintage year has been resolved. Congressman Tim Bishop announced Thursday that he has successfully intervened on the behalf of three North...
06.30.2011 News Riverhead Town preps to sell $24 mil in bonds as audits wrap up Riverhead Town’s 2009 audit is now complete. Auditor Jeff Davoli of Albrecht, Viggiano, Zubreck and Company delivered that news to the Town Board at Thursday’s work session, where he...
06.30.2011 News POLICE BLOTTER Riverhead Town A reputed drug cartel member who was wanted by Riverhead Police was arrested in town Sunday after fleeing on foot from the scene of a car crash in the...
06.30.2011 Letters Letters to the Editor PECONIC A very good start Recently Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper introduced a local law that would ban the retail sale of puppies by pet stores in Suffolk County,...
06.30.2011 News Town Hall Notes: Group seeks smaller roads, wider shoulders “Right now, you could never get me to ride a bike on Sound Avenue,” said Riverhead Highway Superintendent George Woodson. He said the speed of the drivers on that...