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Tag: Top Stories 2016

01.01.2017 Health

Top Stories 2016: Medical marijuana facility opens on Main Street

Suffolk County’s only marijuana dispensary opened in Riverhead this year, more than 18 months after New York State legislators approved the use of medical marijuana.

12.30.2016 Health

Top Stories 2016: PBMC trauma center, expansion news

In April, Peconic Bay Medical Center announced one of its most ambitious projects ever: plans to build a three-story critical care tower, double the size of its emergency room...

12.29.2016 Police

Top Stories 2016: Plea, sentencing in prescription drug scheme

One of the biggest stories of 2015 carried into this year, as a former Southampton Town councilman went to prison and a Riverhead physician assistant pleaded guilty in an...

12.28.2016 Community

Top Stories 2016: SWR community mourns tragic loss of teen

Hundreds of Shoreham-Wading River students and community members gathered in early October for a pair of candlelight vigils to mourn the death of 14-year-old student Nick Donnelly. He was...

12.27.2016 Community

Top Stories 2016: Black Lives Matter-inspired protest takes place downtown

More than 100 demonstrators held signs and chanted phrases like “Hands up, don’t shoot,” “No justice, no peace” and “Black lives matter” during a July 10 protest on Peconic...

12.26.2016 Community

Top Stories 2016: Festivals get canceled, but first Alive on 25 thrives

For the most part, 2016 wasn’t a good year to be a festival in Riverhead Town. The Riverhead Country Fair was canceled for the first time in its 41-year...

12.25.2016 Police

Top Stories 2016: Positive stories about Riverhead police

Highlights of the good work conducted this year by the Riverhead Town Police Department include rescuing a sleeping man from a burning mobile home, helping a group of stranded...

12.24.2016 Government

Top Stories 2016: Limitations set on Town Board terms

Riverhead residents have been pretty adamant on the question of whether town supervisors should serve for four years instead of two. They say no. For the third time in...

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