12.27.2015 Business Top Stories 2015: Oil facility plans hit a red light — for now An oil company’s proposal to switch two of the tanks at its Northville location from oil to gasoline storage had a rocky ride in 2015. Met with almost unanimous...
12.26.2015 Government Top Stories 2015: Walter, Wooten hold onto their seats The Riverhead Town elections in 2015 had the potential of a year of great change. A sitting councilwoman challenged the sitting supervisor — both from the same party — and the supervisor’s...
12.24.2015 Education Top Stories 2015: Students opt out of state assessments by the hundreds Only a portion of students were declared “proficient” in state math and English Language Arts exams this year, as local superintendents claimed the assessments failed to accurately reflect student...
12.23.2015 News Top Stories 2015: Fish die-offs clog the Peconic Estuary North Fork beaches had some less-than-ideal visitors this summer: thousands of dead bunker fish.
01.01.2011 Uncategorized No. 1 Top Story of the Year: Flood ravages Horton Avenue Last March, days after a major storm flooded the streets of Horton and Osborn avenues in Riverhead, at least a half dozen homes were still a foot under water,...
12.31.2010 News No. 2 Story of the Year: Resorts and Rechler deals go down At the beginning of 2010, Riverhead Town had a new supervisor and an all-Republican Town Board. But the officials still had in their laps the same two massive and...
12.28.2010 Uncategorized No. 5 Top Story of the Year: Post office renamed for Riverhead hero When an enemy hand grenade landed in the middle of his platoon, U.S. Army Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn did not hesitate: The young man threw himself on...
12.27.2010 News No. 6 Story of the Year: 13 positions cut amid town budget woes In November 2009, when the then-Riverhead Town Board was developing the budget for 2010, it appeared at one point that taxes could rise as much as 18 percent. The...
