Penny the harbor seal released back into the wild
BILL PETERS PHOTO Five months ago, Penny was found stranded on the beach near the Sands Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, not even a week old with her mother nowhere in sight. But on Saturday, the young...
View ArticleTown considers legal action against new Jamesport farm market
CYNDI MURRAY PHOTO | The Glass Greenhouse opened its newly built farmers’ market without site plan approval from the Town, Supervisor Sean Walter said. Riverhead Town officials are considering taking...
View ArticleUpdate: Greenhouse resolution tabled, meeting called early
The Riverhead Town Board tabled a vote Tuesday night on taking legal action against the owners of Glass Greenhouse, a Jamesport nursery, over the business’s newly built, 5,000-square-foot Farm Market....
View ArticleTown pumps brakes on plans to sue market
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The Glass Greenhouse Farm Market on Main Road in Jamesport. After preparing to move forward with a plan to sue the owners of a 5,000-square-foot farm market on Main Road in...
View ArticleGuest column: Greenhouse throwing stones at town code
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO | The Glass Greenhouse Farm Market on Main Road in Jamesport opened to the public in October. What is a farm stand? It’s such a simple question, yet one loaded with meaning and...
View ArticleJamesport Meeting House lecture room reno up next
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | The Jamesport Meeting House, Leaders of the Jamesport Meeting House stated its next top priority to restore the historic Main Road building, as the organization hopes to...
View ArticleWalter: ‘Not our intention to chase away the hummingbirds’
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Riverhead’s town code enforcement recently issued a notice of violation to Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons in Jamesport. You don’t have to be a 5,000-square-foot farm...
View ArticleAnswers still to come over illuminated sign
FILE PHOTO | The Zoning Board of Appeals adjourned its decision last week on the controversial Valero sign in Jamesport. Residents can share their thoughts Feb. 13. The owners of a controversial...
View ArticleDeveloper behind controversial Jamesport project files for bankruptcy
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Developer Julius Klein in downtown Riverhead in 2007. The Calverton company that proposed a long-standing and controversial commercial development project on Main Road in...
View ArticleBrand-new Meeting House Chorus looking for singers
The Jamesport Meeting House. (Barbaraellen Koch file photo) George Moravek will direct the brand-new Meeting House Chorus, which will rehearse at the Jamesport Meeting House beginning Tuesday, Feb. 25....
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Jamesport
A St. Patrick’s Day parade appears destined for Jamesport, a first for Riverhead Town. (Katharine Schroeder file photo) In the month of March, there are St. Patrick’s Day parades in Southampton Town,...
View ArticleNeighborhood News: Spaces still available for Meeting House Chorus
George Moravek directing the first rehearsal of the Jamesport Meeting House Chorus last Tuesday night. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) AQUEBOGUE, JAMESPORT, & NORTHVILLE I’m sure the Cassatt String...
View ArticleFrom an idea to reality, a Jamesport St. Paddy’s parade
A green beard made for a festive march in Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Jamesport. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder) Three months ago, the idea of holding a St. Patrick’s Day in Jamesport was just...
View ArticlePolice investigate possible third car in fatal Laurel crash
Police investigate the scene of the fatal accident Jan. 16 in Laurel. (Credit: Rachel Young, file) Police say vehicle paint particles found on a Jamesport man who was hit by cars and found dead in...
View ArticleAd for Village at Jamesport site highlights ‘valuable sand deposits’
The Village at Jamesport is proposed for this property just west of the hamlet’s business district. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) A 44-acre Jamesport property that has been the subject of a...
View ArticlePolice: ATV rider lunged for officer’s gun after Jamesport chase
GOOGLE MAPS Riverhead police say a 42-year-old man who was drugged up and driving an ATV led officers on a brief chase in Jamesport Tuesday morning before crashing and then lunging for an officer’s...
View ArticleTBT: Get a lifetime membership at your local video store
Ahh, to live in May 1984 again. Reagan was president. Swale won the Kentucky Derby. Video stores were opening all over the East End. Our Throwback Thursday is an advertisement for the grand opening...
View ArticleSaturday morning crash sends one man to hospital
This vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant, then a tree Saturday morning on Sound Avenue in Jamesport. (Credit: Jamesport Fire Department) A single car accident in Jamesport Saturday morning sent one man...
View ArticleLost dog and family reunited after six months
After she was missing for six months, Charlie was reunited at home in Mattituck with Kayla and Greg Masem and 18-month-old Wyatt.(Credit: Barbaraellen Koch) After escaping from her Mattituck home in...
View ArticleWatch: Riverhead Idol’s award-winning performances
Aria Saltini (center) won first place in Saturday’s Riverhead Idol competition. Lia Schellinger (right) won second place and Megan Schlichting won third place. (Credit: Tim Gannon) Riverhead, we have...
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