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New Riverhead-based nonprofit helps victims of domestic abuse with legal assistance
Hope and Resilience Long Island was formed to provide legal assistance to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence on the East End in the hope of helping to meet the demand for services to victims of domestic violence.
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Police ask public’s help finding runaway from Little Flower
Police said Autumn Tucker left the facility on Aug. 7 around 2:50 p.m. without permission. Anyone with information is asked to call Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500.
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Police seek help finding missing runaway teen
Nasir Scruggs, 16, left the Timothy Hill Children's Ranch in Riverhead at 11 p.m. on Aug. 6 without permission. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 631-727-4500.
Health
Heat advisory is issued as heat index values climb
Hot temperatures and high humidity will produce heat index values up to 97° F. on the East End and 100+ across the rest of the island and in NYC today and tomorrow.
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Zeldin calls for peer-to-peer counseling program to aid troubled veterans nationwide
Rep. Lee Zeldin today called for passage of a bill he sponsored in March to nationalize the New York State veteran peer-to-peer program, which grew out of a pilot program Zeldin spearheaded while a state senator in 2012.
Health
County health department: 26 new mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Suffolk
Twenty-six new mosquito samples, including three in Aquebogue, have tested positive for West Nile virus, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Gregson Pigott announced today.
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Crash shuts down Sound Avenue in Riverhead
Sound Avenue in Riverhead is closed to traffic due to a crash at the intersection with Osborn Avenue.
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Air quality and heat advisories in effect Friday
Air quality and heat advisories are in effect for Long Island and NYC today due to high heat, humidity and smog.
Government
Elton Street landlord’s revised site plan application eliminates retail gun sales there
An indoor shooting range remains part of the revised site plan application filed by Signature Partners July 25. The Planning Board will schedule a public hearing on the application "as soon as possible," the board chairperson said last night.
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Child Advocacy Center to aid child victims of abuse opens in Riverhead to serve East End
A center dedicated to advocating for and protecting at-risk children and youth wants the community and local law enforcement agencies to know it has opened a Riverhead office to serve the East End.
Government
Town Board authorizes purchase of new Town Hall complex, sets hearing on proposed battery energy storage code: Aug. 2 meeting recap
Recap of the Aug. 2 town board meeting, where the board OK'd the $20 million purchase of the PBMC Second Street campus.set a hearing on a code to regulate battery energy storage systems, and more.
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Police seek help to find Little Flower runaway
Riverhead Town Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a Eianna Delorantis, 18, who left the Little Flower campus in Wading River Monday without permission. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Riverhead Town Police Department at 631-727-4500.
Riverhead High School senior honored at Dellecave Awards
Riverhead High School senior Ava Sumwalt was honored at the 22nd Annual Butch Dellecave Awards held in Holbrook.
Oyster Bay-East Norwich administrator tapped to lead Riverhead Middle School
The Riverhead Board of Education at a special meeting last night appointed Joseph Pesqueira of Smithtown principal of the middle school, succeeding Stephen Hudson, who took the helm at Phillips Avenue Elementary School after the retirement of longtime principal Debra Rodgers.
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