03.15.2021 News Prosecutor: Murder suspect forged victim’s will, attempted to flee country The Central Islip woman indicted last week in the Aquebogue murder of Lee Pedersen was arrested in December for forging his will, a prosecutor said at her arraignment Monday....
03.04.2021 News One year after he was murdered, friends of Lee Pedersen seek answers In places like Coolspring, Pa., and Dublin, N.H., Lee Pedersen had a recognizable face among antique power enthusiasts. He knew his way around a gas engine, folks around the...
12.21.2020 Community Simonsen Foundation brings holiday cheer to young Aquebogue student On the first stop of a surprise holiday shopping spree inside the Riverhead Target, Valery, an Aquebogue Elementary School student, headed straight to the toy section. When the young...
09.17.2020 Education As enrollment increases, Peconic Community School seeks expansion Editor’s Note: The Riverhead Planning Board postponed discussion on this proposal Thursday. Peconic Community School in Aquebogue has proposed expanding into a vacant retail building at Verderber’s Nursery on...
02.08.2020 Environment Wildlife rescue group drops plan to open center on North Fork The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays is giving up on plans to expand into Jamesport and will instead concentrate on trying to upgrade the Hampton Bays...
01.12.2020 Videos One Minute on the North Fork: Winter morning in Aquebogue Between the creeks, the farms and the bay there are many places to escape the everyday grind when traveling through Aquebogue. On Friday morning, we made several stops in...
09.26.2018 Community Aquebogue native to star in national tour of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ On stages across the country, Aquebogue native Danielle Allen will soon go by a different name — Shprintze — as she joins the cast of the national tour of...
03.26.2018 Business Work We Do: Lauren Holz, Lucharitos I’m Lauren Holz. I’m a server here at Lucharitos for almost three years now. A day at Lucharitos is never boring. Every day brings something different.
02.09.2018 Agriculture Local beekeeper responds to vandalism with donations Longtime Mattituck beekeeper Chris Kelly discovered late last month that eight hive stands at his bee yards in Aquebogue had been knocked over, likely by vandals, splitting up bee...
01.26.2018 Agriculture 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.”
