07.03.2025 News County law enforcement educates community on hate crimes What is the difference between a hate crime and a hate incident, and how does one report it? These were the questions answered at Butterfly Effect Project‘s recent public...
06.17.2025 News Butterfly Effect Project to host hate crime seminar on June 26 After overcoming their own experiences with hateful social media attacks, The Butterfly Effect Project is hosting a public seminar this month to educate community members on the differences between...
12.09.2024 Environment Whistleblowers expose illegal dumping in the Pine Barrens Two Long Island men were arrested this week for allegedly violating Suffolk County’s new Evergreen Initiative Law by dumping a pile of construction materials and household debris in a...
09.10.2024 Police Riverhead man faces 15 years in prison for firing shots into a Hampton Bays home Lawrence Brown Jr., 26, of Riverhead was indicted Monday for criminal possession of a weapon and related felony charges following a joint investigation by the Southampton Town Police Detective...
03.04.2024 News Riverhead’s antidote to bias: film, facts and conversation The first installment in what Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force chair Mark McLaughlin calls “Black History on Screen” unfolded last Wednesday before a full house at The Suffolk with a...
07.06.2023 News Wading River man indicted in fatal car crash A Wading River man was indicted last Wednesday for allegedly speeding, driving drunk and causing a fatal two-car crash, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. George Hackett,...
06.04.2023 Featured Story Wading River woman pleads guilty to impersonating an NYPD officer A Wading River woman and ex-volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty on Thursday to falsely posing as an NYPD officer during her work with the Wading River Fire Department. Mary Ortega,...
04.06.2023 Police Riverhead man sentenced to 23 years for child sex abuse A Riverhead man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree criminal sexual assault in a horrific case in which he admits to having...
Riverhead News Review
