Brendan Carpenter, Author at Riverhead News Review

08.14.2026 News

Deadly LIRR train wreck at Calverton pickle factory remembered 100 years later

A century after one of the worst wrecks in the history of the LIRR, the Railroad Museum of Long Island unveiled a historic marker Thursday at the Calverton site...

08.13.2026 News

How a 1974 trip to Poland inspired Riverhead’s Polish Town Fair

In 1974, 19 Riverhead residents traveled to Poland and came home determined to give Polish Town some of the character they saw in the country’s small towns and villages....

08.12.2026 Environment

North Fork panel to explore threats to Long Island’s drinking water

East End residents can learn Thursday how their everyday choices affect the groundwater they drink and the surrounding creeks, bays and estuaries. The North Fork Environmental Council will close its Summer...

08.11.2026 News

Six cold-stunned turtles to return to ocean following Riverhead rehab stint

Six rehabilitated sea turtles will make the sandy trek from Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays to the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday evening after months of specialized care and rehabilitation...

08.11.2026 News

North Fork Community Theatre to raise curtain on teen-focused show ’13 the Musical’

Friendships, crushes and the chaos of middle school will take center stage at the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck this weekend in the first-ever production of “13 the...

08.05.2026 Health

Riverhead woman becomes latest local ‘rabbit fever’ case after cat bite

A Riverhead woman has contracted the rare disease tularemia, commonly known as “rabbit fever,” after being bitten by her pet cat, the Riverhead News-Review has learned — adding another...

08.04.2026 Health

Riverhead boy, 9, slowly recovers from rare tick-borne ‘rabbit fever’

A 9-year-old Riverhead boy is among three probable Suffolk County cases of a rare tick-borne illness known as “rabbit fever” — amid a surge in bites experts say may...

08.04.2026 News

Riverhead receives nearly $300K to protect sewer system from cyberattacks

Riverhead received nearly $300,000 in state funding to protect its sewer system from cyberattacks as part of a broader $9 million doled out statewide, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine...

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