Author: Grant Parpan, Steve Wick, Cyndi Murray, Rachel Siford and Taylor K. Vecsey

Lyle Wells, giant of Riverhead farming community, killed in workplace accident

When his family’s farm turned 350 years old in 2011, Riverhead’s Lyle Wells had 60 L.L. Bean jackets printed displaying the words “Wells Homestead Acres 350 Years.”