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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...

08.09.2020 Government

EPCAL Watch Coalition to Riverhead Town: Drop the sale

“The time has come that good governance requires you to make a decision whether or not to terminate the EPCAL deal with the Ghermezian family and Daniel Preston,” read...

Photo: A bird's eye view of the Enterprise Park at Calverton site. (Credit: Andrew Lepre, file)

07.08.2020 News

Jim Miller remembered as pioneer of industry with far-reaching legacy

On Sept. 1, 1951, Jim Miller was a 16-year-old kid from Merrick working as a mate on a charter fishing boat out of Lake Montauk. He wasn’t a good...

06.05.2020 COVID-19

Lavender by the Bay’s popular fields to remain closed to public

Lavender by the Bay‘s popular fields of purple blooms that typically draw huge crowds beginning in June will remain closed to the public for the foreseeable future. In a...

11.11.2019 Videos

The Work We Do: Robert Bissonette, Calverton National Cemetery

Brought to you by: I’m Robert Bissonnette. I work at Calverton National Cemetery as a caretaker. I started here in 2013. I was in the Marine Corps for eight...

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