02.20.2021 News Jacqueline Sessa, 70, remembered as face of Birchwood, family’s driving force Well before they both finally said yes, there were a whole lot of nos. Frank Sessa Jr. recounted the first time he met his future wife, Jacqueline, at a...
02.12.2021 Featured Story Ryan Oliver, 16, remembered as caring friend and talented athlete A familiar theme began to emerge in the stories students shared as they remembered their friend, classmate and teammate. Ryan Oliver, who stood about 6-foot-2 and carried himself as...
12.31.2020 News In Memoriam: Remembering those we lost in 2020 There are a couple of old sayings that sum up our feelings when important people in our lives pass away. The “ranks are thinning,” you will hear, as well...
07.25.2020 News Town Justice Allen Smith, a lifelong public servant, dies at 77 Judge Allen Smith, a sitting Riverhead Town Justice and longtime public servant, was remembered this week as a tireless advocate for his community who gave back for decades through...
06.02.2020 COVID-19 DeWitt Warner, 96, was potato farmer and more DeWitt Warner was an impressive man in many ways: his devotion to his wife and church, his involvement in a potato chip factory, his passion for music, his love...
05.13.2020 News Former court officer in Riverhead who responded to ground zero after 9/11 dies at 64 William D’Ambrosia spent nearly all of his 34 years as a court officer in the big courthouse on Griffing Avenue in Riverhead. His work with dozens of judges defined...
05.07.2020 COVID-19 Richard Diem, 73, a longtime firefighter whose quest for knowledge never wavered Richard Diem approached each day with a sense of purpose, always eager to expand his knowledge on myriad topics or tackle a new hobby. He had never been a...
04.03.2020 COVID-19 Pastor Alvin Charles McElroy, 79, a pillar of Flanders community, dies of coronavirus When they met for early morning Bible study on Sundays, Bonnie Cannon would joke with Pastor Alvin Charles McElroy: Couldn’t he change the 8 a.m. class to a weeknight?...
