The National Transportation Safety Board recommended New York pass legislation to require mandatory seat belt use for passengers in limousines, according to a safety report released earlier this month. READ
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A Smokey Bear sign installed in Manorville in August was cut down and stolen during the week of Oct. 7 and DEC officials are seeking the public’s help to locate it. READ
James Richard Nowack, 40, of Riverhead was arrested last Tuesday around 1:51 a.m. near Riverleigh Avenue in Riverside for a first-offense robbery, using or threatening the use of a dangerous instrument and for obstructing governmental administration in the second degree. READ
Donald Flannery, 47, of Hampton Bays was arrested Friday evening in Riverhead for driving without a license, police reports said. (more…)
A multi-vehicle crash in Wading River closed a portion of Sound Avenue near Hulse Landing Road Friday afternoon. READ
A proposal to build a car wash, office, restaurant and retail uses at the southeast corner of Route 58 and Pulaski Street has been drastically reduced in size. It is now just car wash. READ
Attorneys, social workers, ex-cons and former addicts advocated at the Suffolk County Legislature last Wednesday for passage of the “Second Chance” law, which would eliminate a box on job applications that asks about criminal history. READ
A proposal to allow car dealers to store cars on vacant land zoned Industrial A in Riverhead Town was rejected by the Town Board majority last Wednesday in a 3-2 vote. READ