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Cops: Man threatened with knife in Walmart parking lot

By Paul Squire | 06/19/2013 6:00 PM | Police News, Top News

A man was reportedly threatened with a knife in a Walmart parking lot Monday afternoon, Riverhead Town police said. The man, an employee at Walmart, was collecting shopping carts at the Walmart on Route 58 about 3:45 p.m. when another man approached him and threatened him with a knife, according to...

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Driver hits telephone pole, crash closes Northville Turnpike

By Paul Squire | 06/19/2013 4:08 PM | Featured Story, Police News, Top News

Riverhead police and fire crews closed Northville Turnpike Wednesday afternoon after a driver swerved off the road and smashed into a utility pole, injuring herself and leaving downed wires in the street. The woman — whose identity was not released by police — was driving north in a Toyota Camry on...

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Board games store set to open downtown

By Rachel Young | 06/19/2013 2:00 PM | Business, Main Story, News, Top News

A new shop in downtown Riverhead is about to get its game on. TheWarStore.com, a retail games website run by Southold man Neil Catapano, will open a brick-and-mortar shop on East Main Street Saturday, store manager Steve Megas confirmed Wednesday. A grand opening for the store is slated for July 13. The store...

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Enviros protest farmland preservation bill

By Carrie Miller | 06/19/2013 11:33 AM | Main Story, News, Top News

Environmental advocates lined up Tuesday to speak out against a bill proposed in the Suffolk County Legislature that’s designed to revise the county’s land preservation program. The bill, proposed by Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue), would ensure that half of Drinking Water Protection Program funds, which must be used for land preservation,...

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Recap: Town Board to take lead on EPCAL plans

By Tim Gannon | 06/18/2013 6:50 PM | Main Story, News, Top News

The Riverhead Town Board approved two resolutions Tuesday night giving it "lead agency" status in the review of subdivision plans for town-owned land at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, as well as other zoning and reuse plans for the property. The lead agency designation means that the town, and not the...

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Coates accuses GOP leadership of threatening members

By Tim Gannon | 06/18/2013 6:06 PM | News, Top News

Anthony Coates, who’s running a primary for a Riverhead council seat, is accusing town Republican committee leadership of threatening members who carry nominating petitions for him. Candidates in Riverhead Town need signatures from 380 registered Republicans in order to get on the primary ballot. A letter from recently appointed Riverhead Republican vice...

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Ambulance barn to honor Heidi Behr and Bill Stone

By Tim Gannon | 06/18/2013 4:13 PM | News, Top News

Earlier this year, the Riverhead Town Board voted to name a section of road in downtown’s riverfront parking lot after Heidi Behr, a Riverhead ambulance volunteer who died in an ambulance crash in May 2005 while responding to a call. Board members also agreed to name the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance headquarters...

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Assemblyman Thiele joins Riverhead-based law firm

By Tim Gannon | 06/18/2013 10:10 AM | News, Top News

Who needs Albany? Riverhead will soon have its own mini-State Legislature right on Second Street. State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) has joined as a partner in the Riverhead-based law firm of Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin and Quartararo. State Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) joined the same law firm as counsel...

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Update: Sentencing adjourned for child abuser

By Paul Squire | 06/18/2013 8:00 AM | Police News, Top News

Update: The sentencing for 53-year-old Flanders resident Albert Carini, who pleaded guilty to charges that he sexually abused two children, was adjourned Tuesday morning. Mr. Carini's next sentencing date was set for July 19, court officials said. Original: A Flanders man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two young children will be sentenced...

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Six arrests for drugs, drunken driving

By Riverhead News-Review | 06/17/2013 5:25 PM | Police News, Top News

Southampton Town police blotter, June 18 • A Riverhead man was arrested on a drunken driving charge in Riverside Sunday after a traffic stop, Southampton Town police said. Police noticed the man driving erratically and swerving off the road about 5 p.m. at the intersection of Pine Street and Old Quogue Road...

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DEC officers shoot and kill alligator in Peconic River

By Tim Gannon | 06/17/2013 1:27 PM | News, Top News

The alligator that's been living in the Peconic River and eluded capture for more than a week was located and euthanized Sunday in Calverton. The gator was killed about 25 yards down river from the state Department of Environmental Conservation kayak and canoe launch site off Connecticut Avenue. The gator was killed...

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Grand opening of Joe’s Crab Shack Thursday

By Cyndi Murray | 06/17/2013 12:47 PM | Business, News, Top News

Gulf Coast seafood lovers rejoice! Joe’s Crab Shack is opening its Riverhead location Thursday. The eatery’s “100% Shore” menu offers Southern-inspired seafood entrees and a variety of crab dishes featuring Dungeness, snow and king crab. Just in time for summer, the Riverhead store will also offer a new promotional menu that includes the...

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County plans to shuffle courtrooms next year

By Tim Gannon | 06/17/2013 8:00 AM | News, Top News

Some changes will be coming soon to local courts thanks to the anticipated completion of the Griffing Avenue court renovations, which started in 2007. Suffolk County now is aiming to start reoccupying the Griffing Avenue courts at the beginning of 2014, according to Marian Tineri, a spokesperson for the Suffolk Courts. By...

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Police find overturned boat, no one reported missing

By Rachel Young | 06/16/2013 6:30 PM | Police News, Top News

Local law enforcement responded to a report of an overturned boat floating in Long Island Sound near Wildwood State Park in Wading River Sunday afternoon. Riverhead Town Police said a civilian aircraft called authorities after sighting a boat drifting about five miles from the beach at Wildwood State Park. The U.S....

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Week in Review: Stories you may have missed

By Riverhead News-Review | 06/16/2013 5:00 PM | News, Top News

Celebrating the accomplishments of Riverhead's 'saint' They called her a saint, the “fairy godmother of Riverhead,” and more. So when Theresa Drozd — Riverhead High School’s crisis prevention specialist and an active leader in the school’s Council for Unity, student government, and other programs — announced she would be retiring at...

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Local Head Starts scaled back under federal budget cuts

By Cyndi Murray | 06/16/2013 8:00 AM | Education, News, Top News

In a one-bedroom apartment in Riverhead, 18-year-old mother Jennifer Reyes often lies awake at night wondering how she’ll care for her family. She’s already cut back hours at her retail job to tend to her 3-year-old daughter, Ashley, and she has another baby on the way. Balancing finances and childcare is...

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Photos: Juneteenth Day celebration in Riverside

By Barbaraellen Koch | 06/15/2013 4:52 PM | News, Riverhead School District, Slideshows, Top News

The theme of the annual essay writing contest for Pulaski Street School fifth graders is remembering our nation's struggle with slavery and the reason why it took two and a half years for the slaves of Texas to learn of the Emancipation Proclamation to gain their freedom. The Juneteenth Day celebration...

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Suffolk lawmaker unveils vision for Riverside

By Tim Gannon | 06/15/2013 2:10 PM | Business, News, Top News

County Legislator Jay Schneiderman has a dream. In the dream, the hamlet of Riverside has a small restaurant and grocery store near the traffic circle and a small three-story business district across from McDonald’s with stores on the ground floor and apartments or offices on the upper floors. The South Fork lawmaker...

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