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Katie Blasl

Katie Blasl
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Katie, winner of the 2016 James Murphy Cub Reporter of the Year award from the L.I. Press Club, is a reporter, editor and web developer for the LOCAL news websites. A Riverhead native, she is a 2014 graduate of Stony Brook University. Email Katie

Open-water dumping in L.I. Sound to continue for 30 years, as U.S. approves dredge material management plan

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The dumping of dredged materials in the Long Island Sound will continue for the next 30 years under a controversial plan approved yesterday over the protests of local officials and environmental activists.

Medical marijuana dispensary set to open by month’s end in Riverhead

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Suffolk County's only medical marijuana dispensary is aiming for an opening date of January 17 at an East Main Street medical office building in Riverhead.

Man throwing wooden stakes at cars on Route 48 arrested on felony criminal mischief charge

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Police found Fabian Cojon standing in the center median of Route 48 in Mattituck last night around 7 p.m. throwing wooden roadway stakes at passing vehicles, including one westbound vehicle that was struck in the driver’s side door.

Dog Town owners ready to open a second luxury ‘pet hotel’ in Riverhead

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The owners of Southold's Dog Town will be bringing their home-away-from home philosophy to a new luxury boarding facility in Riverhead, set to open in January.

With help from inmates, future home for brain-injury survivors is ‘basically finished’ – with just one obstacle

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The Brendan House is nearly complete, thanks to the help of inmates from Suffolk County Sheriff's labor assistance program – but a water hook-up bill is delaying the group home's opening.

Ex-Suffolk police chief arrested for assaulting prisoner and obstructing federal investigation, feds say

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Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is accused of beating a handcuffed man in an interrogation room and then pressuring detectives who witnessed the assault to cover up the event.

Overregulation threatens local fishing economies, congressmen say

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The House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing in Riverhead to discuss the federal policies that currently regulate the region’s fishing grounds, arguing that they are based on “a lack of science” – and that those policies are threatening local economies across the East Coast.

Multi-trailer 84-foot-long trucks won’t be riding on local roads, Congress eliminates big trucks proposal

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A federal proposal to allow extra-long double-trailer trucks on local roads has been struck down by Congress.

In true Thanksgiving spirit, congregation serves up free meals today despite loss of church building

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First Universalist Church usually holds its annual Thanksgiving dinner in its church's parish hall, but the event will take place this year at the Southold American Legion.

East End residents celebrate Diwali, the ancient Hindu festival of lights

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With many dressed in traditional Indian garb, guests last night enjoyed a lavish spread of ethnic foods and live music by a Bollywood celebrity band in a ballroom awash in thousands of colorful lights.