multimedia
Sports
Girls Basketball: Youth movement in Riverhead
December 4, 2013
Blue Waves placed ball, and trust, in Moore’s hands
December 3, 2013
Education
Riverhead NJROTC earns top awards, schedules public events
December 7, 2013
Culinary school hosts Chopped-like competition in Riverhead
December 6, 2013
Column: Parents are the key in Common Core fight
December 5, 2013
Business
Fire on the water? Town seeking grants to make it happen
December 9, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
7-Eleven could be coming to Flanders
December 6, 2013
Community
Lions donate $4K to Brendan House, pledge $2K more each year
December 9, 2013
Check out this ice sculptor's finished product in Jamesport
December 8, 2013
Mural man unveils his latest work, a three-part painting
December 8, 2013
Obituaries
Kathy L. Moodie
December 9, 2013
Stephanie P. Biviano
December 9, 2013
Rita T McMahon
December 6, 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: Why shop anywhere but local this year?
December 8, 2013
Column: Riverhead’s rich tradition of silly news
December 8, 2013
Editorial: Shop locally this holiday season
December 6, 2013
Town Board
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Town mulling lefthand turn ban onto Riverside Drive
Making a left turn onto Riverside Drive while heading west on East Main Street may soon be a thing of the past. The Town Board will consider asking Nelson, Pope and Voorhis, the consulting firm undertaking the downtown Brownfields Opportunity Area study, to looking into the feasibility of a left turn...
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Board OKs budget, RFP coming for cameras
The Riverhead Town Board unanimously adopted its 2014 town budget Tuesday with no changes from the tentative budget Supervisor Sean Walter presented at the end of September. The adopted budget called for a tax rate increase of 2.17 percent in the townwide budget, which includes the three town taxing districts —...
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Town adds $162k to EPCAL study
The Riverhead Town Board voted 4-1 Tuesday to pay an additional $162,390 to Hauppauge-based planning firm Vanasse, Hangen, Brustlin for work on the environmental study and subdivision at the Enterprise Park at Calverton. Councilwoman Jodi Giglio cast the lone vote against the measure. The board hired VHB in February of 2011 for...
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Board to vote on upping VHB contract by $163k, approving budget
Riverhead town board members are set to vote on spending up to $162,390 to complete its study at EPCAL, which is being done by Hauppauge-based planning firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin. According to the terms of the resolution the board will consider, "VHB was required to undertake negotiations the New York State Department...
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Guest column: Time to get to work, Town Board
The road signs are gone (mostly), the ballots have been scanned, the results have been counted and it’s time for the new/old Town Board to make plans to govern. What should its priorities be? What’s the agenda? Everyone has their own take; here’s my crack at what I think would represent...
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Democrats take to Route 58 to criticize incumbents
A week after the Democratic candidates for Riverhead Town Board held a press conference criticizing the incumbent Republican board members on downtown issues, they held a press conference criticizing the Republicans over Route 58 issues. Democrats Angela DeVito, Millie Thomas and Bill Bianchi called development on Route 58 “an economic, environmental...
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Riverhead primary debates Monday night
The first of two town political debates being sponsored by local media and held at the historic Suffolk Theater will see two Democratic primary supervisor candidates square off, followed by three Republican primary hopefuls for town council. The debate, sponsored by Riverhead News-Review and RiverheadLOCAL.com, will start at 7 p.m. this...
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Town not backing plan to acquire Sound Avenue land
A proposal to contribute $75,000 in Riverhead Town funding toward Suffolk County’s proposed acquisition of a 14-acre property on Park Road in the Reeves Park area does not have the support of at least three Town Board members, potentially jeopardizing the land deal. The property in question is owned by Boom...
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Riverhead Town mulls ‘Muscle Wall’ to protect from floods
Can a Muscle Wall hold off the river? The Utah company that makes the product says it can, and they gave a presentation to Riverhead Town officials on Wednesday afternoon. Downtown Riverhead was flooded with about five feet of water during Hurricane Sandy last year, and many downtown businesses sustained damage to...
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FAA tours Calverton acreage for complex
The Federal Aviation Administration toured a 50-acre section of the Enterprise Park at Calverton Thursday afternoon to consider whether it could become a site of a Next-Gen Integrated Air Traffic Control Complex, which would consolidate the function of two existing FAA regional facilities on Long Island and would employ more...
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Plan in the works to repeal Riverhead’s ‘boo ban’
After eliciting Bronx cheers from across the region and the country, Riverhead's now-famous ban on booing at Town Board meetings may end up having a very short shelf life. A majority of Town Board members now say they want to amend the rules and procedures they adopted last Tuesday to remove the...
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Riverhead Town probes ownership of Michelle’s Cafe
The Riverhead Town Board has requested the corporate papers of a proposed "tavern" in downtown Riverhead after questions were raised about the true owner of the business during a public hearing Wednesday in Town Hall. The new business, called Michelle's Cafe, is seeking a special permit to operate at 155 Griffing...
