05.02.2024 Education Longtime educator Kelly Freeborn announces run for Riverhead school board seat Kelly Freeborn of Baiting Hallow — currently an assistant principal and director of student services at East Quogue Elementary School — is running unopposed to serve on the seven-member...
05.01.2024 News Time is running out to tiptoe through tulips This year’s Long Island Tulip Festival is in full bloom and bursting with a riot of colors at Waterdrinker Family Farm and Garden’s two locations in Manorville and Riverhead...
04.30.2024 News State DOT invests in Riverhead road improvements Road improvements to both Southold and Riverhead towns are in the works as part of a $27-million transportation investment from the Department of Transportation in Suffolk and Nassau counties, according to...
04.30.2024 News Businesswomen honored at Pink Pearl Gala in Riverhead The North Fork Breast Health Coalition’s sold-out 26th annual Pink Pearl Gala honored three local businesswomen for their commitment to serving and supporting those dealing with breast cancer on the East...
04.29.2024 Community Wildcats boys lax squad surging as playoffs approach After two losses against East Islip and Manhasset earlier this season, Shoreham-Wading River’s boys lacrosse squad has learned from their mistakes and is picking up steam in preparation for...
04.29.2024 Business Colorful new pub on tap at Indian Island golf course A bunch of self-proclaimed “idiots” are set to breathe new life into Kenny’s on the Green, the popular tap room and restaurant that served as the “19th hole” at...
04.29.2024 Community BID ‘Alive on 25’ fireworks, laser show this summer The Riverhead Business Improvement District (BID) will have just two major “Alive on 25” events this summer, according to executive director Kristy Verity. One of them will be the...
04.27.2024 Police Blotters: Vehicle damaged by gunshots A Riverhead man was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment April 17 at about 11:37 a.m. According to Riverhead police, officers received a 911 call from someone reporting damage...
04.26.2024 Community Last call for good eggs: national volunteer month wraps soon Area nonprofits are looking to recruit — and salute — volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month — and April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week — a commemoration that has...
04.25.2024 Education Riverhead Board of Education president Colin Palmer not running for reelection As the May 21 budget vote approaches, Riverhead Central School District Board of Education president Colin Palmer announced late Monday that his name won’t be on the ballot. After...
04.24.2024 News Marathoner of Team Eva donates to Warrior Ranch, visits ‘points of honor’ On a gray, bitter cold, rainy Thursday — ideal conditions for a movie marathon perhaps — Eva Casale and a handful of runners on Team Eva ran a full...
04.24.2024 News Police search in Manorville potentially connected to Gilgo Beach murders Several officers of the Suffolk County and New York Police departments are currently searching a heavily wooded area in Manorville. It is undetermined how long the search will last,...
04.24.2024 News Rare songbird draws ‘bird paparazzi’ to Flanders home For several days now, hordes of birders have been flocking to a house on Royal Avenue in Flanders for an extremely rare sighting of a lazuli bunting, a tiny...
04.23.2024 Community Blue Waves softballers stay unbeaten with Monday shutout Riverhead’s softball team is on a historic run and they’re not about to let up. With a 7-0 victory over Walt Whitman on Monday afternoon at Riverhead High School,...
04.23.2024 News Study finds ‘forever chemicals’ in popular seafood A new study by Dartmouth researchers concludes that seafood could be a “potentially underestimated source of PFAS exposure,” and calls for new federal guidelines for safe seafood consumption. “Our...