A peek inside this week’s News-Review
Check out all these stories and more in this week’s issue of the Riverhead News-Review, on newsstands now.
NEWS
Navy to start treating Calverton plume
The U.S. Navy has completed its long-anticipated Corrective Measures Study, the document that — once approved by the state — will allow the federal government to move forward with plans to clean up a massive groundwater contamination plume flowing from the former Grumman F-14 assembly plant in Calverton.
Page 1, posted online May 27
Brookhaven Town is one step closer to restoring the Wading River duck ponds now that an access agreement was reached last week between the town and Wading River Congregational Church.
Page 2, posted online May28
Wrong-way driver injures East End cop
A Riverhead man was the latest in a string of Long Island wrong-way drunk driving arrests Saturday after police said he collided with a car driven by an off-duty police officer in Ridge.
Page 2, posted online May 31
14-year-old badly burned in candle fire
The 14-year-old boy who was severely burned Saturday while lighting a gel candle at his aunt’s Riverhead home is still recovering in the pediatric intensive care unit at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Page 3, posted online June 1
Vacated vessel leads police to dead boater
Authorities are still investigating the death of a 63-year-old Connecticut boater whose body was found in Long Island Sound near Connecticut Friday afternoon, hours after his abandoned sailboat was discovered washed up along the Northville shoreline, officials said.
Page 3, posted online May 31, updated June 1
Five questions on school upgrades
Riverhead School District officials are once again considering putting a multi-million dollar bond proposal for infrastructure upgrades before the public for a vote. The latest plan discussed comes in at $78.4 million, down about $45 million from the $123 million proposal voters overwhelmingly rejected in February 2010.
Page 4, Posted online June 2
OPINION
The parades are over, the flags furled and the bunting back in the box. Memorial Day 2011 has come and gone and for many the short-term memory of the day will be how heavily it rained in the morning and how wonderful the weather was the rest of the day …
Column: When in doubt, just throw it out
One can never have too many walking sticks and canes. At least that was my thinking as I collected scores of walking sticks and canes over the years …
SPORTS
Monarchs nab second straight county crown
After toiling hard to win a vital baseball game on a hot, sunny day, there’s nothing better than jumping into a bath or show to cool off.
Schroeher goes deep twice in win
The scary thing about the Bishop McGann-Mercy Monarchs is that they have so many ways in which they can beat their foes.
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