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10.13.2025 Community

Phillips Avenue students flying high after helicopter visit on Police Day

Around 600 students at Phillips Avenue Elementary erupted in cheers Thursday as a Suffolk County Police helicopter came in for a landing on the school’s back field for the...

10.03.2024 News

Area first responders push to supply air ambulances with whole blood

First responders on the East End may soon have another potentially life-saving measure in their arsenal. The North Fork Volunteer Firefighter’s Association has been working to make whole blood available...

09.14.2023 Breaking News

Seven North Fork residents indicted on drug charges in broad probe of area illicit operations

Seven North Fork residents were among 30 people indicted Wednesday in a series of sweeping narcotics investigations that stretched from one end of Suffolk County to the other. The...

06.05.2023 News

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Home Depot and surrounding stores

A bomb threat phoned into Home Depot on Route 58 in Riverhead Monday morning prompted an evacuation and a police search with a bomb-sniffing dog. After receiving the threat...

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,...

04.28.2023 News

At mass shooter survival training at Riverhead theater, expert urges ‘Run, hide, defend’ strategy

A former Suffolk County police sergeant who has given trainings at hundreds of schools, businesses and houses of worship nationwide since 2012 in how to respond to an active...

04.14.2023 Community

Hundreds gather to remember 15-year-old Preston Gamble at vigil in Calverton

Fifteen. That was the age of Riverhead High School student Preston Gamble, who was shot and killed during a dispute in Calverton Wednesday. It was also the number participants...

11.18.2022 Featured Story

Police seek information on theft at Riverhead Target

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a man who stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month. A...

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