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A Riverhead Planning Board public hearing on the site plan for a new C.O.P.E. course at the Baiting Hollow Boy Scout Camp concluded Thursday night without any clear resolution of whether the board even has the authority to approve the site plan before it.

As construction winds down at the West Main Street site of the Crooked Ladder Brewing Company, the men behind Riverhead's newest microbrewery are already working on an innovative way to send out the suds.

One woman was sent to the hospital this morning as a result of a two-car accident that occurred on Route 58 just outside the BJ and Kmart shopping center.

Riverhead Police said a gray Lexus sedan westbound on Route 58 collided with an eastbound blue Ford Explorer at about 10:30 this morning, when the Lexus attempted to make a left turn into the shopping center parking lot.

The fatal shooting of Demitri Hampton during a home invasion in Flanders may have deprived the community of a brave, young rising star, but friends and family hope to honor his memory by helping others like him succeed with a scholarship fund in his name.

More than 40 East End restaurants, bakeries, growers, wineries and breweries will lay out a smorgasbord of the best the region has to offer in this year's popular "Rotary Uncorked" fundraiser May 22 to benefit the Brendan House, Peconic Bay Medical Center and other local charities.

"Ninety-nine percent of the money raised for Rotary stays within the local community," said Rotarian Patrick Wiles, who chairs the Uncorked event. "We've probably raised over $120,000 with this event over the past seven years."

Are you the parent of a Riverhead teenager or youth?

If so, Dr. Alexis Hugelmeyer, also known as "Dr. Mom" in her weekly column for RiverheadLOCAL, hopes you will attend Monday evening's "Rx for disaster," a presentation designed to inform parents of the difficulties of teenage drug addiction and the dangers of the household medicine chest. (Read Hugelmeyer's heartfelt blog on why this program is being presented again this year. Click here)

There was hushed applause in town hall last night after Riverhead's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved the proposal for the Brendan House, a local long-term care facility for those living with traumatic brain injuries.

Nobody spoke in opposition to the four-bed group home. ZBA officials said the facility complied with the definition of a single-family dwelling use, therefore the proposed use of a currently vacant Sound Avenue farmhouse in the agricultural protection zone is allowed without a variance.

Laughter, music and food filled Riverhead's Hilton Garden Inn Wednesday afternoon as local business representatives, government officials and community members gathered for a free event called "Wheels, Wine and Networking."

The evening get-together was held between 6 and 9 p.m. Wednesday partly in effort to raise awareness about the transportation services BoltBus has been providing East End residents since last December, including commuter trips between Riverhead and Manhattan.

A Wading River teenager was arrested on drug and weapons charges Wednesday morning after an early morning raid of his home at 49 Overhill Road by the East End Drug Task Force.

Justin Brewer, 19, was arraigned on six drug and weapons-related charges, two of them felonies. Police said they executed a search warrant at his home as part of an ongoing investigation into community complaints regarding drug sales activity.