Health
COVID-19 update: Suffolk’s positive rate among the highest in the state
Statewide, the COVID-19 infection rate remains under 1% — but Suffolk County has posted 1.6% and 1.5% positives the past two days, placing it among about a dozen counties in New York with infection rates over the 1% benchmark.
Breaking News
Flanders man charged with DWI in wrong-way crash on C.R. 105 that seriously injured woman and girl last night
A Flanders man has been charged with Driving While Intoxicated in a wrong-way head-on crash on Cross River Drive (C.R. 105) last night that seriously injured an East Hampton woman and a girl in an oncoming car.
Breaking News
Cops: Man cut during brawl near train station Friday night
Riverhead police said a dispute over a bicycle near the train station on Railroad Avenue developed into a fight involving a large group of males, resulting in one man being taken to the hospital with for treatment of a cut to his leg. Police are asking anyone with information to call them at 631-727-4500.
Community News
Tragedy leaves close-knit Flanders community reeling from grief
The close-knit community is grieving the deaths of 30-year Flanders-Northampton Ambulance member and ex-chief George Worthington Jr. and his wife Mary in a motorcycle accident last weekend, and the death of the victim's broken-hearted father George Worthington Sr. the following night.
Business
After news that Suffolk unemployment rate climbed to 13.6% in July, State Assembly candidates call for unemployment benefit reform
More than 110,000 Suffolk residents were unemployed in the month of July, according to data released last week by the New York State Department of Labor. Suffolk’s insured unemployment rate was 13.6% in July, more than a point higher than it was in June, according to the data.
News
Suffolk lawmakers set to vote on requiring advanced septic systems for new construction
New homes built in unsewered areas of Suffolk County next year will be required to have innovative nitrogen-reducing wastewater systems rather than traditional septic systems as of next July, if a proposed amendment to the Sanitary Code is approved by county legislators.
News
Riverhead asks FBI to investigate racist hate mail sent to former school superintendent
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said yesterday she has referred the racist hate mail received by the former Riverhead school superintendent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Board of Education
School board postpones decision on funding sports, other extracurriculars until after auditor’s report is produced
The fate of sports, musical performances and clubs in the Riverhead Central School District remains up in the air after a divided school board last night voted to wait to make a decision until it receives an auditor's report later this month.
Breaking News
Driver seriously injured in single-car crash in Calverton, police seek witnesses
A 2007 Honda Accord struck a tree on the north side of Route 25 in Calverton just before 5 p.m. yesterday, seriously injuring the driver, who was airlifted to Stony Brook. Police are seeking witnesses.
Health
Stony Brook student tests positive for COVID as classes resume; outbreak cancels in-person classes at SUNY Oneonta
One student living on campus but taking online classes has been confirmed positive at Stony Brook, according to a university statement. SUNY Oneonta had in-person classes suspended for two weeks after a cluster of 105 cases there followed reports of large parties.