Wading River Fire Department

A head-on crash between a mini school bus and an SUV in Calverton yesterday afternoon sent seven people to the hospital, including two children. All injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

Six local pantries were “filled to capacity” following the delivery of food collected during the Wading River Fire Department’s Christmas  "Stuff-A-Bus" campaign.

Firefighters battled strong winds to contain and extinguish a fire that destroyed a home on 20th Street in Wading River early Saturday morning.

A fire broke out just before 2 a.m. at Pazzo, the pizzeria in Wading River Square on Route 25A, causing heavy damage to the business, and smoke and water damage to the adjoining shops.

Police said an 35-year-old man working for a tree service was taking down a tree above a second-story deck at a home in Wading River when his support rope snapped and he fell more than 40 feet to the ground, causing serious injuries.

Fire swept through a home on 19th Street in Wading River Wednesday. The occupants safely evacuated but two firefighters were injured in a partial collapse of the second floor and sent to the hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.

A Good Samaritan and first responders who saved the life of a man who collapsed on the bike path at Veterans Memorial Park in Calverton last month were honored by the Riverhead Town Board at the start of its meeting yesterday afternoon at Town Hall.

The Riverhead Town Board allowed a new communications tower at the Wading River Fire Department headquarters to go forward, over the objections of residents, who say they may sue to stop the project.

The house at 9 Gladys Drive in Wading River had been undergoing renovation, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Riverhead Police at 631-727-4500.

A Wading River resident and former volunteer firefighter was arrested and indicted Wednesday for allegedly impersonating an NYPD officer, wearing fraudulent gear and forging documents identifying her as such.