Riverhead News

This week in Riverhead:A Business Long Ireland Releases Double IPA : Long Ireland Beer Company put out its second bottle release this past weekend, a Double India Pale Ale.

OurA East End Report , a wrap-up of the week's news from Greenport to Riverhead to Montauk, recaps each Patch site's most compelling story.

Riverhead property owners in the Shoreham-Wading River School District will be receiving property tax refunds this year after a miscalculation property value assesment.

As Suffolk County legislators considerA re-evaluating an open space purchasing program , a parcel of land that has rallied a group of local residents to preserve it - and has had a $1.2 million offer accepted in principle by the landowner - could be in jeopardy.

The family of one of four people killed in a New York pharmacy holdup filed a $20 million lawsuit Thursday, alleging that a drug company that manufactures painkillers, a physician accused of improperly distributing the drugs, police officials and others were responsible for the victim's death.

Recent arrests from elsewhere on the East End: RIVERHEAD a€¢ Jasmine Ann Stephens, 19, of East Hampton, was arrested with a 17-year-old East Hampton teen on Feb.

28 and charged with petty larceny. Roosa allegedly stole food from the Pathmark at 5145 Nesconset Highway in Port Jefferson Station.

The following were reported arrests this week on nearby Patch sites. a€¢ Gary J. Vigilant, 46, of Southampton, was arrested Jan.

Members of the boards of Southold Town and Riverhead Town joined Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell, Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter, Suffolk County Legis.

Southampton Village Police Department arrest reports for Jan. 31 through Feb. 6: a€¢ Henrio Dorvil, 32, of Riverhead, was arrested Feb.

While thousands upon thousands of Giants fans traveled into New York City for the New York Giants ticker-tape parade, one television news report featured a few residents from Riverhead who found themselves at the front of the action.

Crimes and suspicious incidents from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 reported to Southampton Town police : Burglary a€¢ A Hampton Bays man reported on Feb.

Getting ready to find something for Valentine's Day? Join a mob heading downtown this Saturday morning.

One recent Friday afternoon, a handful of skateboarders stood on top of a half pipe at the Stotzky Park Skate Park , basking in what seems to have become a typical sunny, winter Friday afternoon.

After over 30 years on East Main Street, the Internal Revenue Service recently closed its doors and relocated operations to its Hauppauge office.

Southampton Town police arrest reports for Jan. 30 to Feb. 6: DWI a€¢ Joseph Neil Manarino, 41, of Riverhead, was arrested Feb.

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Southampton Town Police say they have charged a 51-year-old Riverhead man with two felonies after they said he allegedly stole a car and turned it in for scrap metal, making $471 off the deal.

Riverhead Free Library is offering a service of its own, for seniors. Two classes this week are taking place, one on Monday morning at 10 a.m. and another on Wednesday morning at the same time .

This week in Riverhead:A Business Twin Forks Bicycles Owner Ready to Ride into Downtown: A Nick Attisano, owner of Twin Forks Bicycles , said he's hoping to have his new shop on East Main Street, across from the Suffolk Theatre, open by the end of Fenruary.