Steve Amaral of North Fork Chocolate Company. (Credit: Tara Smith/file)
At North Fork Chocolate Company in Aquebogue, holiday madness is already setting in as chef Steve Amaral begins crafting thousands of gourmet chocolate reindeer, snowmen and Santa Clauses. READ
The Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals voted to allow retail uses at the Vinland Commons complex in Aquebogue on the condition that no “formula retail” or chain stores can be located at the Main Road property. READ
Aquebogue Elementary School assistant principal Vanessa Williams resigned from the district to begin a new administrative post in West Islip this week. READ
Residents who live in the development across the street from The All-Star bowling alley are hoping New York State will install a traffic signal at the intersection of Main Road and Forest Drive. READ
Vinland Commons wants to add retail stores and offices to its Aquebogue shopping center — but those plans no longer include a 7-Eleven.
The application was before the Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals last Thursday. READ
Representatives of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays returned to the Greater Jamesport Civic Association Saturday to pitch an updated plan to expand to property in Aquebogue. (more…)
Thirty-three years ago, Lenny Dykstra helped turn around the New York Mets’ championship season when he led off Game 3 of the 1986 World Series with a momentum-changing home run.
Now, due to his affiliation with New York City attorney and part-time Riverhead resident Ronald Hariri, he may pump new life into another Queens relic. READ
A proposal to build a two-story, 15,000-square-foot medical office on a vacant and wooded 3.45-acre property at the northeast corner of Union Avenue and Main Road in Aquebogue is too intense a use for that area and should be redesigned, according to a majority of Riverhead Town Board members.
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