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Thursday, May 17 2012
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The Riverhead location of the building-material supply 84 Lumber chain is closing down. The West Main Street store is being consolidated into a "more capable" storefront in Patchogue, according to a company spokesman.The company believes the consolidation will allow it to better serve its professi...
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Thursday, May 17 2012
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The Suffolk County National Bank headquarters on Second Street was evacuated early Thursday afternoon due to an odor of gas.
The building remained evacuated for about an hour while Riverhead Fire Department firefighters searched for the source of the odor. The source was deemed to be the heatin...
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Thursday, May 17 2012
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Guillermo Alfonso Alvarado Ajcuc, 21, of Riverhead, strangled Mirian Garcia to death with his belt as he raped her outside a Riverhead shopping center on May 6, according to prosecutors.Alvarado Ajcuc, charged with second-degree murder, was arraigned in Riverhead Justice Court Thursday morning, wh...
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Thursday, May 17 2012
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Riverhead Town Board members are divided over proposed legislation that would allow residents to bring their dogs to public beaches after obtaining a town permit.The revision to the town's "beaches and recreation centers" code was intended to allow the town to issue permits for use of the new dog ...
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Thursday, May 17 2012
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A level 3 registered sex offender is facing felony charges of attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon after he allegedly dragged a woman at knifepoint into the woods near the Riverside traffic circle Saturday night.Southampton police said the female victim was walking along the sidewal...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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Two people were sent to the hospital after a Chevrolet Camaro crashed into a large bush on Nadel Drive Wednesday evening.
The bush, located next to the north wall of a house, stopped the vehicle from colliding with the house and caused the airbags to deploy.
The cause of the incident is stil...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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Jalyn Brown was named to the Top 50 Players (Girls) List in the 2012 "Best of BCANY" list by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, Inc. This list includes players from each section of NYSPHSAA
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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Riverhead volunteer firefighters responded to reports of smoke at Toys R Us on Route 58 this afternoon.
After arriving on scene at approximately 12:30 p.m., firefighters found that the heating and air conditioning system had short-circuited, causing smoke to travel through the ventilation ducts...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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A three-car collision on Sound Avenue this afternoon sent two people to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
A Subaru station wagon was attempting to make a lefthand turn from Osborn Avenue onto Sound Avenue when it collided with a Chevrolet pickup truck heading eastbo...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R,C-Shoreham) today passed an Assembly resolution, which he sponsored, honoring Long Island’s firefighters for their efforts at battling last month’s fires throughout Manorville and Ridge. The blazes, the largest in Suffolk County since 1995, drew firefighters fro...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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The town's new playground next to the community garden will be ready to open by Memorial Day, Riverhead town engineer Ken Testa told RiverheadLOCAL yesterday.The playground equipment was delivered and installed this week, concrete footings were poured and wood fiber surfacing was spread around the...
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Wednesday, May 16 2012
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Riverhead Central School District voters Tuesday approved a $111.8 million operating budget for the 2012-2013 school year by a vote of 1,703 to 1,061.Susan Koukounas of Aquebogue was the top vote-getter in the uncontested election to fill two school board seats, winning 1,842 votes to Thomas Carso...
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Tuesday, May 15 2012
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(Updated May 17- 11:15 a.m.) Juan Soyos Pixtun, 18, was granted permanent resident status in December 2010, accoding to Suffolk District Attorney spokesman Robert Clifford.
"He will definitely be deported after serving his term," Clifford said.
The Riverside youth accused of shoot...
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Monday, May 14 2012
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Riverhead Central School District taxpayers go to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on the district's proposed $111,773,597 million operating budget for the 2012-2013 school year.The proposal represents a 1.99 percent increase in total spending over the current year's budgeted total spending and a 1.7...
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