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05.22.2025 Uncategorized

First Michelle Bonura 5K to be held June 7 at Tesla Science Center

The inaugural Michelle Bonura Memorial 5K run/walk is being held on Saturday, June 7, at the Tesla Science Center. The race is being organized by Frank Capone, Ms. Bonura’s training...

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05.21.2025 Featured Story

News-Review’s Angela Colangelo wins big at writers conference

Angela Colangelo, Times Review’s digital editor, won first and third places in the New York State Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft contest at their spring conference this past...

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05.21.2025 Featured Story

Voters approve Riverhead and Shoreham-Wading River 2025-26 school budgets

Both the Riverhead Central School District and Shoreham-Wading River Central School District 2025-26 budgets passed on Tuesday, May 20. Thousands showed up throughout the day to cast their ballots...

05.21.2025 News

‘Full steam ahead’ for East End Food thanks to $5M state grant

East End Food in Riverhead is about to embark on an ambitious new chapter in its 15-year history, thanks to $5 million from the New York State School Food...

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05.20.2025 Government

State budget gives local families a boost with tax breaks, rebates

The 2025-26 New York State budget passed earlier this month. It includes a plan to ensure that New York’s approximately 2.7 million students can receive breakfast and lunch for...

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05.19.2025 News

Long Island Science Center spared from eminent domain; moving forward with expansion

Riverhead Town officials announced Monday, May 19, they are no longer pursuing eminent domain proceedings to acquire the Long Island Science Center building as part of the long-running Town Square...

05.19.2025 Sports

Blue Waves clinch baseball playoffs with a must-win shutout in season finale

After losing the first two games in the season’s final series against Walt Whitman — the last of which ended on a walkoff hit in the bottom of the...

05.19.2025 News

Town officials moving ahead with long-running bid to bring YMCA to Riverhead

After decades of failed proposals, community pushback and resistance from previous Town Board officials, Riverhead may finally be on the way to getting its very own YMCA. Riverhead Town...

05.17.2025 Police

Blotter: Coram man arrested for alleged grand larceny

Riverhead police reported the following arrests during the week from May 4 through May 10: Those who are named in police reports have not been convicted of any crime...

05.16.2025 Sports

Blue Waves clinch second straight softball league title

For the first time since 1974, the Riverhead varsity softball team has won back-to-back league titles. With the 11–5 victory over Patchogue-Medford Thursday, May 15, at Martha Avenue Field...

05.16.2025 Featured Story

RCSD budget puts three administrator jobs on the chopping block

Three administrative jobs are not included in Riverhead Central School District’s 2025-26 budget — the executive director of elementary education, director of STEM and director of humanities. District and...

05.15.2025 Education

Riverhead 2025-26 school budget vote set for May 20

Riverhead Central School District’s Board of Education held its budget hearing and final presentation for the 2025–26 school year last week. The total proposed budget for next year is $211,434,500 —...

05.15.2025 Education

School budget: SWR calls for $1.1M spending hike

For the 2025–26 school year, the Shoreham-Wading Central School District has proposed a $89.3 million budget, a nearly $1.1 million increase from the current school year’s spending plan. It...

05.14.2025 Sports

Wildcats notch key win at SWR’s annual LaxOut Cancer fundraiser

The LaxOut Cancer fundraiser at Shoreham-Wading River High School has been a highlight on the Wildcats schedule since 2009, the year the lacrosse program decided to raise money for...

05.13.2025 News

PBMC begins construction of new Neurosciences Center

Peconic Bay Medical Center is breaking down barriers to neurological care on the East End of Long Island. They celebrated this achievement Monday, May 12, with a symbolic “wall-breaking”...

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