10.29.2013 Government One year after Sandy, FEMA money trickling in Nearly a year after superstorm Sandy swept across the North Fork, knocking down trees, taking out power lines and flooding downtown Riverhead under several feet of storm surge, Riverhead...
07.13.2013 News Horton Avenue plans on hold after price jumps $2 million A plan for Riverhead Town to use federal grant money to install flood-prevention measures on Horton Avenue has stalled after a new engineering report forced the price of the...
05.02.2013 News Rebuilding after Sandy, six months later Aquebogue resident Cecily Jaffe is finally regaining some sense of normalcy. She returned to her house three weeks ago, but is stilling trying to make it feel like home....
04.12.2013 Letters Letter: Background on ‘Muscle Wall’ proposal To the Editor: In response to concerns raised online in the News-Review’s coverage of Wednesday’s Muscle Wall demonstration, the Summerwind Square building was engineered, as per the current state Department...
03.19.2013 Business Deadline approaches for government Sandy loans North Fork business owners and others impacted by Hurricane Sandy have just one week left to secure a disaster loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The deadline to...
02.04.2013 News Walter: Dredging could help restore L.I. Sound beaches Riverhead Town officials are hoping to rebuild part of the Long Island Sound beach in Wading River using sand dredged from Wading River Creek. The Town Board on Tuesday...
12.23.2012 News FEMA pays full cost for removal of brush Just in time for Christmas, Riverhead and Southold towns have received a sizable gift from Uncle Sam.The many tons of tree limbs, tree trunks and other debris left behind...
11.27.2012 News FEMA meeting Thursday to help Flanders-area Sandy victims Officials from Southampton Town and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have scheduled a meeting for Thursday to hear from residents in the Flanders area who suffered serious damage...