05.18.2020 News One day, two rescues for veteran Riverhead police officer It was quite the day at work Sunday for Riverhead police officer Michael Lombardo. The veteran officer was involved in a pair of separate rescues, one involving a man...
08.04.2019 Community Sharing his story of a daring rescue at sea 64 years later Sherman Anderson was just 21 years old when he saved the life of a burly man 14 years his senior whose barge was taking on water near the Plum...
12.26.2018 Police Police guide lost hikers in Pine Barrens back to safety on Christmas Southampton Town police helped navigate two hikers back to safety after they became lost in the Pine Barrens on Christmas Day.
09.19.2018 Police Officers pull man out of water, revive him with CPR Two police officers pulled a man from the Peconic River to safety Wednesday afternoon after the 44-year-old was found floating face down and unresponsive, according to Riverhead Town police.
12.18.2017 Shoreham-Wading River School District SWR senior, friends honored for saving boy from water after he is injured It started as a regular workday for Jillian Dinowitz and Ryan Magill, her childhood friend and fellow sailing instructor.
01.07.2016 Police 2015 People of the Year: Steve Beal, Kevin Burgess, Anthony Chiaramonte and J.R. Renten For hours upon hours every year, local volunteer firefighters train for worst-case scenarios. They prepare for smoke-filled houses and out of control fires. They drill again and again how...
01.06.2016 Police Riverhead cops share how they saved a baby girl’s life When a distraught couple handed their 18-month-old daughter to Riverhead police officer Dan Hogan on the side of the road in Wading River Sunday night, he immediately knew something...
12.10.2014 Environment Endangered sea turtles left stranded after nor’easter, biologists warn After rescuing two endangered sea turtles in just 24 hours, biologists with the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation are asking residents to keep an eye out for...
