Senior Biologist, Christopher Paparo, lowers Jean-Claude, the 24-pound lobster, into its new permanent home at Atlantis Marine World Aquarium.

Memoir: A History 's Ben Yagoda on What Is 'Nearly the World's Oldest Profession' Photo: Marie Yagoda Sarah Palin's crash-memoir, Going Rogue , which arrived in stores today, may be the least mavericky thing she's ever done.

"The Good Soldiers" by David Finkel - Perhaps this is what wars will be like from now on, until we learn to not fight them.

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Federal stimulus money is headed to Riverhead for the restoration of the Calverton rail spur, which hasn't been used since the 1970s.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A New York sheriff is using money seized from drug dealers to buy drug-testing kits that he will distribute free to parents.

RIVERHEAD - A judge has cleared the way for lawsuits to be filed in a wrong-way crash on a New York parkway that killed eight people.

Hello there, Flanders. Did you all enjoy those fabulous few days of Indian summer? I know my family and I sure did, and we took the opportunity to get plenty of things done around the house.

Written by Patrick Kelton on Nov 13th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

John Hodgman opens up about becoming Apple's famous foil, what it's like to mock President Obama - and how to make the perfect drink.

It was a brief ceremony, lasting only about 15 minutes. But it meant a lot to the people there, and according to town board member Barbara Blass, it should mean a lot to everyone else.

Written by Jaclyn Gallucci on Nov 10th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News . You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0 . You can leave a response or trackback to this entry Kathleen Prisco Kathleen Prisco pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her husband after a grand jury indictment was unsealed ...

The widow of a part-time bouncer killed in a Southampton bar last year wept and walked out of a Riverhead courtroom on Thursday afternoon as the song that had been playing in the bar when the fatal fight between her husband and a patron broke out played for the jury hearing the murder case against Anthony Oddone, the man accused of killing the ...

In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero.

The family of slain Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero is suing the seven teenagers accused of his death and their parents, court records show.

We bring this instrument into the field because it gives us an accurate reading of the stress level of the shellfish, she said.

Real estate industry observers say Tuesdaya s election results could spell trouble for some of Long Islanda s mega-development projects currently on the drawing board, starting with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levya s workforce housing plan in Yaphank.

In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero.

Enjoying herself at Marine World! Kids of all ages enjoy Atlantis Marine World. Show proof of residency for the Town of Riverhead and get FREE admission EVERY FRIDAY in November, as well as on Thanksgiving Day at Atlantis Marine World at 431 East Main Street in Riverhead.

But they also elected a Democratic highway superintendent. Meanwhile, voters in Southampton - which is facing a similar budget problem - replaced Republican town Supervisor Linda Kabot with Anna Throne-Holst, who ran on the Democratic line.

We all know the unlucky line. The one at the supermarket with all the price checks and the overrings that require Miss Management to trudge s-l-o-w-l-y from her fortress with a oeThe Key.a Well, try to imagine municipalities in the supermarket of projects and ita s Riverhead that always seems to get stuck in that line.