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By Times Review | 10/05/2011 12:35 PM | News

NorthShoreSun.com may be no more, but readers can still keep up with news in the Calverton, Baiting Hollow and Shoreham-Wading River areas on our sister site, RiverheadNewsReview.com. And don't forget to "Like" the Riverhead News-Review on Facebook and follow us on Twitter....

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The North Shore Sun says goodbye after nine years

By Times Review | 09/30/2011 12:02 AM | Featured Stories, News, Top News

Northshoresun.com published its final story today. The site, which had published in an online only format since The North Shore Sun newspaper stopped printing last December, folded as parent company Times/Review Newsgroup looks to bolster its editorial staff on the North Fork. Each of the Sun's staff members will assume new...

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Despite illness Longwood senior sticks to sport he loves

By Samantha Brix | 09/30/2011 12:01 AM | Featured Stories, News, Sports, Top News

Longwood senior Nick Ferrara and his father are working on an invention that could allow Nick to do the one thing he loves more than anything: play lacrosse. Nick, 17, started playing lacrosse when he was 7 years old and he never dreamed of stopping. He broke his collarbone during a...

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Letter: Sad to see The North Shore Sun go

By Times Review | 09/29/2011 6:15 PM | Letters to the Editor, Opinion

MIDDLE ISLAND To the Editor: The folding of a newspaper is a sobering day in a democracy, but the death of a local newspaper is a personal loss to a community. For several years, the Longwood community could keep up with what was happening in the area, including the schools, by reading the...

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There isn’t much he won’t do to spread awareness of MS

By Samantha Brix | 09/29/2011 9:58 AM | Featured Stories, Health, Lifestyle, News, Top News

He climbed 66 flights of stairs in Rockefeller Center. He rode his bike 150 miles through the north and south forks. Next summer, he’ll kayak 280 miles around Long Island. Steve Davis doesn’t take to excessive workout routines for no reason. His wife of 19 years has multiple sclerosis, and he...

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FEMA to close temporary East End office

By Vera Chinese | 09/29/2011 7:00 AM | News

The temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery office set up in Riverhead to help those affected by Hurricane Irene will close Oct. 1. The office, which was stationed at Riverhead Fire Department headquarters on Roanoke Avenue, served 84 people since it opened Sept 12, a FEMA official said Wednesday. The...

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Cops: Two men and a woman stole computer from Walmart

By Times Review | 09/28/2011 8:00 AM | News

Two men and a woman stole an HP computer from Walmart in Middle Island last month, Suffolk County Police said. On Aug. 25 at 3 p.m., the suspects entered the store located on Middle Country Road, took the $600 computer and fled the scene in a dull gray or primer black...

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County lawmakers say Levy’s budget is $124 million short

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/28/2011 7:00 AM | Featured Stories, News

Ten days after Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy presented his 2012 preliminary budget, some county lawmakers said on Tuesday they believe it’s off balance by more than $124 million. During a press conference in Hauppauge, Presiding Officer William Lindsay said the Legislature’s bipartisan budget working group has found Mr. Levy’s spending...

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Local libraries assist students on ‘Homework Help Day’

By Jennifer Gustavson | 09/27/2011 6:29 AM | Featured Stories, News

Libraries across Suffolk County took part in this year’s “Homework Help Day” on Monday in an effort to introduce students to the online interactive website known as Live-brary.com. The online program, which is free to card holders at all North Fork libraries, includes free e-book and audio book downloads, as well...

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Golf Gazette/Jay Dempsey: Champions crowned across North Fork

By Jay Dempsey | 09/26/2011 1:17 PM | Sports

It’s the time of year when shadows are longer, sunlight is more golden, cicadas serenade us from dawn to dusk. And throw in a hurricane for good measure. This time of year also means that many golfers have competed in their club championships and the 2011 winners have been crowned. Evan Martilotta...

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Middle Island man arrested for stealing tools from construction yards

By Grant Parpan | 09/26/2011 7:57 AM | News

A Middle Island man was arrested Sunday on numerous charges of stealing tools and construction equipment throughout the county during the past two months, Suffolk Police said. During routine patrol Sunday, Sixth Precinct Police Officers Salvatore Dabbraccio and Robert Falisi located a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot on Route 112...

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Women’s Network celebrates 30 years of business connections

By Julie Lane | 09/26/2011 7:48 AM | Business, Featured Stories, News

Thirty years after its founding, the East End Women’s Network is undergoing a rebirth of sorts. It’s not that the group has died away — it still has 80 active members — but at its height there were about 150, said Paula Daniel, the organization’s president. Now the group created by...

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