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San Francisco Chronicle2:02 PM NY man gets prison in fatal drunken boating crash N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who admitted being drunk during a fatal boat crash on Long Island has been sentenced to prison. Brian Andreski of Dix Hills was sentenced on Friday to 4 to 12 years in prison. The 27-year-old pleaded guilty last December to aggravated  | more »

Elizabeth Sewell Parker Library10:01 AM And the mountains echoed by Hosseini, Khaled. Publisher, Date: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013. Description: 404 pages ; 25 cm. System Availability 1 (of 2) Call Number: HOSSEINI  | more »

The East Hampton Star  Man Held After Woman Is Attacked East Hampton man is being held in Suffolk County jail in Riverhead after his arrest on a felony assault charge early Saturday evening. An East Hampton Town police officer allegedly saw Brian E. Castillo, 33, assaulting a woman near Hampton Oak, an apartment  | more »

Omaha.com  Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading book cover image released by Riverhead Books shows "And the Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini. (AP Photo/Riverhead Books) NEW YORK (AP) - Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What  | more »

KTVB.com  Disabled NY newlyweds offered apartment N.Y. (AP) — A newlywed mentally disabled couple forced to live in separate New York group homes may soon be able to move in together. According to court papers, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels have been offered an apartment in a group home for the mentally  | more »

Dan's Hamptons   Coen Bros Release “Inside Llewyn Davis” Trailer Riverhead last March. The Coen Brothers filmed scenes around Riverhead, some of which appear in the trailer, such as the Riverhead Water District land on Northville Turnpike and a nearby potato barn. Taking advantage of the expansive flat land and rough-around-the-edges  | more »

27east.com  Two Charged In Lottery Scam Plead Not Guilty To Charges Riverhead men accused of swindling a construction worker out of $75,000 in lottery winnings pleaded not guilty to all charges, including grand larceny and conspiracy, during arraignments in First District Court in Central Islip on Tuesday afternoon. A third  | more »

WABC  3 charged with stealing lotto winnings due in Suffolk County court N.Y. (WABC) -- Three men suspected of swindling a lottery winner out of $75,000 will be arraigned Tuesday in a Suffolk County court. Authorities say the victim cashed the winning ticket at a Valero gas station in Riverside in March. Two of the suspects were  | more »

27east.com  Man Injured In Hit And Run Over Weekend via Flanders Volunteer Ambulance to Peconic Bay Medical Center. The extent of his injuries is unclear at this time. Southampton Town Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information on the hit-and-run to call detectives at 702-2230.  | more »

LongIsland.com  Thrill Seakers Rejoice: Zip Line Planned to Begin Operation in Downtown Riverhead as Early as Next Month 100 people a day on weekdays and 200 on weekends. The proposed zip line has been met with some local opposition though. Riverhead BID President Raymond Pickersgill says the attraction would create parking concerns and might interfere with the farmer's market.  | more »

The New York Times  Events on Long Island Vincenzo Castellana, drummer. May 19 at 3:30 p.m. Free. Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Highway. (631) 668-3377; www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/mntk/ . MONTAUK “Montauk Music Festival,” a three-day musical celebration with more than 200 artists performing a  | more »

FOX News  New York county red-light camera expansion delayed N.Y. – The full expansion of Suffolk County's red-light camera program has been delayed. The Long Island county received state approval in early 2012 to increase the number of intersections with red-light cameras from 50 to 100. Newsday reports that administration  | more »

The East Hampton Star  Clinic to Be Consolidated voted yesterday to hold two hearings on the proposal, at 10 a.m. on May 21 at the county legislative auditorium in Riverhead and on May 23 at the county center in Hauppauge, and to shift a $2.2 million portion of a federal grant toward renovations of the building  | more »

The New York Times  Three Held in Theft of $75,000 Lottery Ticket the profits, which came to $48,318.27 after taxes. They were due to be arraigned on Wednesday on conspiracy and grand larceny charges, but the arraignment was postponed until next Tuesday to wait for a Turkish interpreter. The handful of Bingo and Take 5 scratch-off  | more »

CBS New York  L.I. Man Gets Up To 3 Years For Hidden Camera At Fashion Show N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A convicted sex offender who admitted to recording young women surreptitiously at a Long Island fashion show has been sentenced to as many as three years in prison. Robert Liguori was sentenced to a term of one and a half to three years  | more »

NewsLI.com  Hamptons Fashion Show Voyeur to be Sentenced in Riverhead Island, NY) A self-described “artist-photographer” will be sentenced May 8 in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead for videotaping young women at a swimsuit show in Southampton Village last summer. Robert Liguori pleaded guilty to unlawful surveillance in the  | more »

LongIsland.com  Businesses: Register Now For The Annual East End Employment Expo NY - May 6th, 2013 - The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce and the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency have once again joined forces to host the East End Employment Expo for Riverhead and the surrounding areas on Tuesday, May 21st from 5:00-7:00pm at the Sea  | more »

United Press International  16 alligators found on Long Island in past year N.Y., May 5 (UPI) -- Some 16 alligators have been found on New York's Long Island in the past year, leaving residents wondering where they're coming from. Most of the alligators have been found out and about -- in parking lots, in parks, near bodies of water,  | more »

The East Hampton Star  Man Pleads Guilty to Sex With Underage Girls sex crimes against young girls, including having sex with a person between 9 and 10 years old, plead guilty on Thursday in Riverhead to all charges against him. Mr. Castro-Brito, 24, appeared in New York Supreme Court Judge Barbara R. Kahn's courtroom. He  | more »

27east.com  Sexual Predator Pleads Guilty To Numerous Charges In Riverhead On Thursday child sexual predator pleaded guilty in a Riverhead courtroom on Thursday to more than 70 charges, including crimes against victims as young as 9 and 10 years old, which he reportedly recorded on his cellphone in his bedroom. Fidel A. Castro-Brito, 24, of  | more »

The Politico  Masha Gessen to write Tsarnaev book dictator. In a review of the book for the New York Times, Bill Keller, the paper's former executive editor, called it "part psychological profile, part conspiracy study." Riverhead has yet to announce a title or publication date for the Tsarnaev book.  | more »

27east.com  Westhampton Beach Middle School Teacher Pleads Not Guilty In Riverhead Court of Speonk pleaded not guilty to seven counts at the Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverhead , during an arraignment on one felony count of second-degree unlawful surveillance and seven misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. At his original  | more »

Washington Examiner   Ishtar this April 18, 2103 photo provided by the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, the fluke of a humpback whale named Ishtar by researchers is shown after she washed up on an East Quogue. N.Y. beach. Isthar’s cause of death is still under  | more »

New York Post  So, like, Isles? Start lookin’ like Brooklyn! added. A member of one group told the Riverhead News-Review earlier this month he was asked to rate a new team jersey without any orange, one that looked like the old Brooklyn Dodgers uniform — blue and white. The focus groups will be done in about 45 days  | more »

WABC  President Obama OKs funds for Suffolk snowstorm costs -- President Barack Obama has issued a disaster declaration for New York State to help Suffolk County pay for damage caused by the February snowstorm. Federal funding will be available to state and local governments for emergency work on facilities damaged  | more »