03.30.2022 News Calverton man indicted on upgraded charges for crash that injured another driver in Mattituck A Calverton man who prosecutors said was driving drunk on the January evening he ran a stop sign on Route 48 in Mattituck and caused a crash that injured...
11.11.2021 News Honoring the sacrifice of fallen veterans from Vietnam Whenever George Bartunek watches the classic 1973 comedy “American Graffiti,” he’s reminded of his good friend Lowell Wayne Meyer. The movie, set in 1962, prior to U.S. involvement in...
10.14.2021 News Orient businessman faces new allegations of sexual assault from a former family babysitter An Orient businessman convicted five years ago of sexually abusing a family member is facing newly raised allegations of sexual misconduct from around the same time, according to a...
08.25.2021 Sports After 17 years, drag racing makes comeback with events in Calverton John Montecalvo, a three-time world champion drag racer in the Mountain Motor Pro Stock class, said he had tears in his eyes June 2 when the Riverhead Town Board...
04.29.2021 Health Two local sisters share an unbreakable bond after bone marrow donation Lorraine LaRosa faced a seemingly impossible decision. She knew how fortunate she was to have not one, but three perfect matches for a bone marrow transplant, a procedure used...
03.11.2021 COVID-19 Calverton family questions nursing home’s letter to grandma who got COVID there and died A mourning Calverton family received a letter last month from a local nursing home asking their late matriarch to complete a survey about her stay. Lyudmila Turok, 81, was...
01.24.2021 Editorials Editorial: Turf war for clean water The Riverhead Town Board quickly went on the defensive last week after the Suffolk County Water Authority wrote to the Secretary of the Navy seeking federal assistance to undertake...
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...
12.06.2020 Editorials Editorial: Officials must keep pressure on Navy to take action The U.S. Navy’s track record at addressing water contamination hardly inspires confidence when it comes to the latest problems of toxic chemicals detected at Enterprise Park at Calverton, the...
12.03.2020 Government Navy maps show Calverton contaminants may be heading toward homes Groundwater flow maps released by the U.S. Navy last week show that exceedingly high levels of emerging toxic chemicals — PFOS, PFOA and 1,4-Dioxane — were detected in groundwater...