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Riverhead school board lowers Regents exam weight in final grades to 10%

Alek Lewis — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:30:10 +0000

Riverhead students’ Regents exams will now count for 10% of their course grade average — down from 20% in previous years — under a new policy amendment adopted by the school board on Tuesday. As a result, each student’s quarterly classroom grade for a Regents course will account for 22.5% of their final course average. The revised policy takes effect this school year. Additionally…

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Proposed cannabis dispensary at former Rt. 58 paint store site nixed by Riverhead Zoning Board

Denise Civiletti — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:39:02 +0000

Riverhead Town has rejected a proposal to site a retail cannabis dispensary in a Route 58 commercial building just west of the traffic circle. The holder of a New York State Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary license sought relief from the Riverhead Town Code requirement that dispensaries be located at least 1,000 feet from any school, library, or daycare, measured from property line to…

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Riverhead Police blotter: June 1-7, 2025

RiverheadLOCAL — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:00:12 +0000

The Riverhead Police Department reported a total of 421 incidents during the week of Jun 1-7, 2025. Below are the arrests reported by police on June 10 as well as criminal incidents contained in the blotter released June 10 to the media. A criminal charge is an accusation. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Darrell Harris…

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‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign: Riverhead Police issue 186 summonses for seat belt violations

Denise Civiletti — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:44:47 +0000

The Riverhead Town Police Department issued 747 summonses during the recent “Buckle Up New York – Click It or Ticket” campaign, police announced in a press release last night. In four checkpoints around town from May 19 to June 1, Riverhead Police issued 175 summonses for seat belt violations, 17 for child restraint violations, 72 for cell phone violations and 470 for other Vehicle and…

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Real estate transfers: June 13, 2025

RiverheadLOCAL — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:19:23 +0000

Transfers of real estate in the Town of Riverhead and selected hamlets in the Town of Southampton reported for RiverheadLOCAL by Suffolk Vision title service on June 13, 2025. Aquebogue Brian & Teresa Kuck to Mitchell Josephs, 71 Sunup Trail, $749,000, on May 20, 2025 Calverton Richard Smith and Laurie Harrison to Vicente Gomez, 64 Baiting Hollow Lane, $525,000, on May 7…

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Confessions of a cosmetics maven

Celia Marszal-Iannelli — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:00:41 +0000

I have always been a cosmetics and skin care maven, as was my mom. I suppose it is genetic. When I was 13, I blew my allowance on Tangee Natural lipstick and Noxzema skin cream, which Mom , with some persuading on my part, reluctantly approved. Tangee lipstick had the ability to change color. ( I wonder how natural it was!) There was an ad for Noxzema that read: “If girls with the most…

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On ‘No Kings Day’ in Riverhead, Trump opponents turn out in force

Denise Civiletti — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:37:51 +0000

Hundreds of people turned out for the “No Kings Day” rally in downtown Riverhead Saturday afternoon— undeterred by steady rain — to send a defiant message to President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. The “No Kings Day” rally, one of over 2,000 coordinated events nationwide, marked the six-month point of Trump’s second term with a wave of public opposition.

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Continuing turmoil at LIPA — and how to fix it

Karl Grossman — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The turmoil at the Long Island Power Authority continues. Among recent events: Newsday exposed how the Newark, New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group, PSEG, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo arranged to run the Long Island Power Authority’s electric grid, has been contributing to the Suffolk Democratic Party. The June 1 article was headlined “Suffolk Democrats benefited from PSEG…

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Understanding the recent turmoil at LIPA

Karl Grossman — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:47:56 +0000

The Long Island Power Authority has been in turmoil in recent months. LIPA was created by the New York State Legislature three decades ago following a grassroots effort led by Murray Barbash and Irving Like to establish a public power entity on Long Island to replace the private Long Island Lighting Company. They headed a group called Citizens to Replace LILCO. A model was a public…

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Five rack regulars set to compete in the WMT 200 Saturday night in Riverhead

Denise Civiletti — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:14:49 +0000

UPDATE: Raceway officials said in a statement they “will be making a 100% effort to run this event, as scheduled, on Saturday evening.” While there is rain in the forecast Saturday morning and early afternoon, “We know that there will be weather in the morning and early afternoon, but “the evening shows promise and we will be putting in every effort possible to complete the event on Saturday…

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