Denise Civiletti
Denise is a veteran local reporter and editor, an attorney and former Riverhead Town councilwoman. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a “writer of the year” award from the N.Y. Press Association in 2015. She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website.
Local hospitals say there is plenty of nitroglycerin despite shortage reports nationwide
Heart attack victims heading to Peconic Bay Medial Center, Eastern Long Island Hospital or Stony Brook University Hospital do not have to worry that...
Steve Anaya-Villamil, 7
Steve Anaya-Villamil, of Greenport, died March 22, 2014. He was 7 years old. Visitation will take place on Thursday, March 27 at Horton-Mathie Funeral...
Protect your feathered friends — and your family pets — from ‘songbird fever’
The N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking the owners of bird feeders and baths to help protect songbirds from a bacterial infection...
‘In the right place at the right time’: East Marion vol who helped save Riverhead teacher’s life
"I was just in the right place at the right time, that's all it was," says East Marion Fire Department volunteer Gregory Wallace. Wallace,...
County plan to merge park police with county PD raises questions for Southold officials
Suffolk County parks, campgrounds and beaches will no longer be patrolled by Suffolk County Parks police, if a measure being pushed by the Bellone...
Local agriculture industry sees labor crisis coming
An agricultural labor shortage is starting to have dire impacts on local farms, with growers increasingly unable to find workers to plant, tend and...
Matthew J. Ryan III, 92
Matthew J. Ryan III, of Bethany Beach, Del., formerly of Riverhead, died March 13, 2014. He was 92 years old. Born in Chicago, Ill.,...
Carolee Celatka Taylor, 75
Carolee Celatka Taylor, of Greenport, died March 14, 2014 at San Simeon by the Sound in Greenport. She was 75 years old. Born July...
Edward J. Doherty, 83
Edward J. Doherty, of Riverhead, died March 8, 2014 after a valiant battle with kidney cancer. He was 83 years old. Born July 11,...
George L. Bixby, 94
George L. Bixby, of Riverhead, died March 8, 2014 at Hampton Center for Rehabilitation in Southampton. He was 94 years old. Born in Elmira,...
