The sound bites on early morning news shows last Sunday seemed odd at first. The mayor of Dayton, Ohio, could be seen speaking, confirming the gruesome details of a deadly shooting that left multiple people dead. READ
Editorials
The recent disclosure from Riverhead school officials that the district will pitch a bond proposal to purchase the former Bishop McGann-Mercy High School comes as no great surprise. READ
From 2006 to 2012, manufacturers shipped 76 billion opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. More than 3.3 billion were shipped to New York State during that period. Of that total, 345 million pills were sent to Suffolk County. READ
Last week, on Friday and Saturday evening in Riverhead and in Greenport, people came together out of concern and fear over the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts against immigrants trying to enter America at our southern border. (more…)
Two cyclists were injured last Saturday in separate crashes in Mattituck. In one case, a 63-year-old man collided with the rear passenger side of a Jeep Cherokee, lost consciousness and had to be airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital. (more…)
The great American novelist Marilynne Robinson recently wrote: “We know … our treatment of immigrants threatens the ideal of a just nation. Why are we paralyzed in the face of these issues of freedom and humanity? Why are we alienated from a history that could help us find a deep root in liberality and shared mutual happiness?” READ
The question of exactly what Calverton Aviation & Technology intends to build at the Enterprise Park at Calverton took a troubling turn this week, when riverheadlocal.com published a summary of a 19-page document submitted by the company to state environmental officials. READ
More than three weeks after allegations surfaced of an inappropriate relationship between Riverhead High School principal Charles Regan and a senior student, many questions remain unanswered. READ