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Girls Basketball Preview: 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
Eastern Suffolk BOCES to expand offerings, launch STEM school
December 4, 2013
SWR proceeds with Princeton Plan for elementary schools
December 4, 2013
Upcoming concerts, events at Riverhead schools
December 3, 2013
Business
Leaders throw weight behind Woolworth project
December 4, 2013
AFTEE concert raises $70,000 in proceeds
December 4, 2013
Free view of Riverhead Raceway won't last for long
December 3, 2013
Community
Riverhead gives warm welcome home to Afghan war veteran
December 4, 2013
Upcoming concerts, events at Riverhead schools
December 3, 2013
Gift card for campers who book a stay on Cyber Monday
December 2, 2013
Obituaries
Vincent J. Bonta
December 3, 2013
Eleanor Waldheim
December 3, 2013
Jennie Lee Pierce
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
Letter: Concerned over addiction research, rehab facility
November 30, 2013
A Paw Print Thanksgiving
November 28, 2013
Editorial: County's good intentions just not enough
November 27, 2013
DWI
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Six arrests for drugs, drunken driving
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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Speonk man trying to avoid police charged with DWI
A Speonk man who was driving drunk Saturday evening tried to avoid a Southampton Town patrol car at the Riverside traffic circle by driving into a nearby parking lot, according to a New York State police report. But the parking lot he drove into was the restricted back lot of the...
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Aquebogue man with suspended license arrested for DWI
A 48-year-old Aquebogue man was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Main Road late Sunday, police said. Robert Block was operating a GMC pickup truck eastbound in Aquebogue when he was pulled over near Broad Avenue about 11:50 p.m., town police said. He was charged with DWI and aggravated unlicensed operation of...
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Cops: Memorial Day weekend checkpoints lead to seven arrests
Riverhead Police sent out a warning on Friday that the Suffolk County District Attorney's "DWI task Force" would be setting up checkpoints in town over the Memorial Day weekend, but seven people were still arrested at those checkpoints Saturday night. Arrested Saturday night at checkpoints in Riverhead Town were the following:...
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Cops: Two locals arrested in Southampton Friday
A Jamesport man and a Flanders woman were charged in Southampton Town Friday night following a pair of unrelated traffic incidents, according to a police press release. Joshua Georges, 31, of Jamesport was handed over to Southold Town police after Riverhead police pulled him over shortly after 9:30 p.m. and learned...
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Flanders man charged with DWI
A Flanders man was arrested for driving drunk along Flanders Road early Sunday morning, Southampton Town Police said in a press release. Byron Hernandez-Tocay, 28, was stopped for a traffic infraction just after midnight near the County Road 105 intersection, police said. He was charged with DWI and held overnight for a...
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Cops: Two arrested for DWI in Riverhead over weekend
Two people were arrested after they were caught driving while intoxicated in separate incidents this weekend, Riverhead Town police said. An upstate woman was the first to be arrested after she was pulled over on East Main Street for having no headlights on at 12:39 a.m. Saturday. Dayna Delillo, 26, of...
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Southampton police report four local arrests this week
• A Flanders man was arrested on drugs and littering charges late Saturday after he dropped a plastic baggie filled with a PCP-laced cigarette on the ground when he spotted a police officer nearby, Southampton police said. Jason Scott, 24, was headed northbound along Flanders Road in the southbound lane about...
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Cops: Riverhead woman arrested for DWI
A Riverhead woman was arrested in Mattituck for driving while intoxicated late Friday night, police said. Southold Town police said they stopped Mynor Avalos, 39, about midnight on County Road 48 for failing to stay in her lane. Ms. Avalos was given field sobriety tests, which she failed, police said. Ms. Avalos...
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Riverhead officer honored again as top DWI cop
Riverhead Town Police Officer Timothy Murphy was honored once more as one of Suffolk County’s top cops in DWI arrests. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone honored Mr. Murphy along with 23 others officers in a ceremony Tuesday morning for making the most driving while intoxicated arrests throughout Suffolk County. He made 104...
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Cops: Four charged with DWI this weekend
Riverhead police arrested four people for driving while intoxicated over the weekend, including one man who had a prior DWI conviction. Jorge Castillo, 30, of Riverhead was pulled over around 1 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Northville Turnpike and Ostrander Avenue after failing to maintain his lane, police said. Mr. Castillo...
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Cops: Unlicensed Riverside man charged with DWI
A Riverside man is facing DWI charges after police spotted him "failing to maintain his lane of travel" on County Road 104 early Saturday morning, Southampton Town Police said. Mario Soyos, 30, of Riverside was pulled over near Pine Street shortly after 4 a.m., when police say they found him to be...
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Cops: Two DWI arrests overnight in Riverhead
Two men were arrested for driving while intoxicated in Riverhead early Saturday morning, Riverhead Town police said. Jeremias Velasquez, 31, of Riverhead was arrested at about 2 a.m. on Sweezy Avenue. Mr. Velasquez was driving with a suspended license and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a felony. He...
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DWI charge for motorist stuck in blizzard
A Wading River man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after getting his car stuck in snow during the big blizzard, New York State police said Tuesday. Joseph Bunch Jr., 58, was arrested about 8 p.m. Friday for aggravated DWI after getting his car stuck along Route 25 in Riverhead, police...
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DWI patrols planned for Super Bowl Sunday
Police will be stepping up drunk driving patrols on the East End Super Bowl Sunday, but they're not saying where. Officers from the East End DWI Task Force will be out and about somewhere on the East End, mirroring the efforts of the Suffolk County PD, Suffolk's Parks Police and the...
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Cops: Flanders man caught driving drunk on Shelter Island
A Flanders man was arrested for drunken driving on Shelter Island Saturday night and was held until he could be picked up by immigration officials, Shelter Island police said. Carlos Dominguez, 34, was arrested on Summerfield Place in Shelter Island Heights about 9 p.m., according to a police report. After an...
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Cops: Riverhead man charged with DWI in Laurel
A Riverhead man was arrested Sunday evening after he was caught driving drunk along Route 25 in Laurel, Southold Town Police said. Belizario Gonzalez, 44, was headed westbound shortly before 6 p.m. when he was pulled over by police. He was charged with DWI and held overnight for a Monday morning arraignment....
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Flanders man arrested on DWI charges in Riverside
A Flanders man was arrested early Saturday for DWI in Riverside, police said. Southampton Town police said they observed Juan Martinez's car failing to maintain its lane just after midnight on Flanders Road when he was stopped near Old Quogue Road and found to be drunk. He was charged with misdemeanor driving...
