Chris Francescani, Author at Riverhead News Review

02.05.2025 News

Riverhead officer honored for defusing armed standoff

Last week, Riverhead police officer Joseph Trivelli was awarded the 2024 Police Officer of the Year Award by the Kiwanis Club of Southampton for his response to an incident...

01.30.2025 News

After a decade-long drought, ice boat racing returns to Long Island

It’s been so long since Long Island waters froze solid enough to race ice boats, that last weekend, Lake Ronkonkoma Ice Boat and Yacht Club vice commodore Peter Truesdell...

01.23.2025 News

Polish Hall gets its groove back with new ‘Ziggy’s Place’ lounge

This is not your parents’ Polish Hall. Last Saturday, members of Riverhead’s Polish-American community, musicians and local leaders gathered downstairs at Polish Hall for the official opening of “Ziggy’s...

01.20.2025 News

Update: Missing Wading River man found in good health, police report

A missing 25-year old Wading River resident who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome and other maladies has been located and is reported to be in good health, according to a...

01.16.2025 News

Wading River man admits to years of “heinous” sexual abuse of his granddaughter: D.A.

A Wading River man pleaded guilty in the middle of a jury trial on Tuesday to repeatedly sexually abusing his granddaughter over the course of years, beginning when she...

01.14.2025 Community

Remembering the Lexington steamboat tragedy in LI Sound

One hundred and eighty-five years ago this week, during one of the coldest winters on record, a man named David Crowley washed ashore at Baiting Hollow in Riverhead after...

01.14.2025 News

A closer look at eight weeks of unexplained drone sightings

For two months now, residents across the Northeast have reported thousands of mysterious nighttime drone sightings, and the Federal Aviation Administration — which has sole authority over U.S. airspace...

01.10.2025 News

Glen Cove man dies in single-vehicle crash in Riverhead parking lot

A Glen Cove man was killed Thursday afternoon after his car sped into a brick retaining wall in the rear parking lot at 1761 Old Country Rd. in Riverhead,...

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