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Wednesday, February 22 2012
The Riverhead Blue Waves meet the Ward Melville Patriots in the Suffolk County Class AA girls basketball tournament quarterfinals today in Riverhead. Game time is at 5 p.m.The League III champion Blue Waves are riding an 18-game win streak into tonight's playoff game.The Waves rolled over Patchogu...
Wednesday, February 22 2012
Today is Ash Wednesday, the day that for Christians marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. According to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent 40 day...
Tuesday, February 21 2012
Riverhead volunteer firefighters quickly tamped out a brush fire on a vacant lot next to a Riley Avenue residence Tuesday morning. The fire was reported at around 9 a.m. between Edwards and Twomey, up the road from the fire department substation and the Riley Avenue Elementary School. The fire was within 50 feet of the nieghboring wood-frame house.
Tuesday, February 21 2012
The Riverhead Blue Waves scored a decisive first-round victory in the Suffolk AA girls basketball tournament Monday night, defeating Patchogue-Medford 67-46. The Waves didn't let the second-quarter ejection, on a technical violation, of head coach Dave Spinella rattle them. They took control of t...
Monday, February 20 2012
Suffolk County Transit is planning systemwide bus fare hikes effective May 1. One-way full fares on the East End's S92 and 10C bus lines will rise to $2.25 from $2. One-way full fares on all other lines will rise to $2 from $1.50. The higher fares on the two East End lines funds bus service on ...
Monday, February 20 2012
Government offices, banks and the stock exchanges are all closed today, Monday, Feb. 20, in observance of the birthday of our nation's first president, George Washington. The post office is closed and there is no mail delivery today. There is municipal trash pickup today in Riverhead's municipal g...
Sunday, February 19 2012
An attack on Southampton Town police officers yesterday by two men high on pot laced with embalming fluid sent one officer to the hospital for treatment of a bite wound, according to police. Southampton police said two officers responded to a report of two men fighting outside the Budget Host Inn...
Sunday, February 19 2012
Plans to rezone properties along the Route 25A corridor in Wading River will get another public airing on Wednesday, this time at the Riverhead Town Board regular monthly meeting. BFJ Planning, the Manhattan-based planning consultant hired by Riverhead to analyze commercial zoning along Route 25A...
Saturday, February 18 2012
(Updated: 7:45 pm) Despite Ryan Bitzer's career-high 29 points, the Blue Wave's season came to a disappointing end Saturday in Deer Park. Riverhead fell short against No. 3 seed Deer Park, 67-50, but the 17-point margin of victory belies the fight the Waves mounted in a very physical, hard-fought...
Saturday, February 18 2012
A Manorville man looking for fallen deer antlers made a shocking discovery in the woods near his home Friday evening: the full skeletal remains of a human body. "I was sheds hunting," Matt Samuel, 30, said Saturday morning, after he was interviewed by investigators. "This is the time of year deer...
Saturday, February 18 2012
A single-car accident on Nugent Drive early Saturday morning spilled diesel fuel along the roadway. The driver of a Ford F-350 extended cab pickup truck told police he swerved to avoid a deer that jumped out in front of his vehicle as he headed east on Nugent Drive, near the Suffolk County jail in Riverside. The truck spun around and hit a
Saturday, February 18 2012
(Updated: 9:23 am) Skeletal remains believed to be human have been found in a remote wooded location in Manorville. A male jogger running with his dog made the discovery off North Street, west of Wading River Road Friday evening and called Suffolk County Police at about 6:30 p.m., according to a ...
Saturday, February 18 2012
The Riverhead Blue Waves scored a stunning 11-point victory over the West Babylon Eagles Friday night in the Suffolk out-bracket game, advancing in the playoffs to take on Deer Park this afternoon at 2. Junior Ryan Bitzer scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Waves to their 73-62 win in West...
Friday, February 17 2012
A three-car collision at the intersection of Route 58 and Oliver St sent three people to the hospital shortly after 5 p.m. Friday evening. A northbound Toyota Corolla carrying three passengers was attempting to make a lefthand turn onto Route 58. It collided with a Toyota SUV traveling eastboun...
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