Wading River home damaged by afternoon fire; no injuries reported
A Wading River home sustained serious damage in a fire Friday afternoon, according to Riverhead Town police. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Riverhead...
View ArticleLarge fire breaks out in commercial building in Wading River
A large fire broke out Thursday night inside a commercial building located on the property of Wading River Nursery and Garden Supply on North Country Road. Multiple homes in the area were evacuated by...
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When the Wading River Fire District faced a shortage of PPE, Covanta stepped...
When the pandemic first hit Suffolk County in March and the scramble began to secure personal protective equipment, the Wading River Fire District faced the same challenges as so many other...
View ArticleCops: Driver dies in early morning crash at EPCAL entrance
A 61-year-old Coram man died in a two-car crash early Thursday morning near the entrance to Enterprise Park at Calverton, according to Riverhead Town police. Police said Leonor Parra-Nunez was driving...
View ArticlePolice, fire crews aid four people struggling in small vessel in L.I. Sound
Four people and a dog were rescued Sunday afternoon in an approximately 10-foot aluminum vessel that was 1/2-mile north of Wading River Beach, according to Riverhead Town police. A multi-coordinated...
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Cops: SCPD, Wading River FD rescue woman in Long Island Sound
A flotation device dropped from a Suffolk County police helicopter helped a Sayville woman stay afloat after she ended up nearly one mile offshore in Long Island Sound Sunday morning. Suffolk County...
View ArticleWading River FD installs first woman as chief
As a college student in 1999, Denise Gluck remembers flipping through a coursebook at Suffolk County Community College when an EMT class caught her eye. With a dream of one day becoming a nurse, the...
View ArticleOne woman injured in explosion at Stony Brook Incubator in Calverton
One person was injured following an oven explosion at the Stony Brook Incubator in Calverton Wednesday morning, according to Riverhead Town police. The injured woman was treated for a laceration to...
View ArticleDA: Wading River woman indicted for impersonating NYPD officer
A Wading River woman and ex-volunteer firefighter was arrested for allegedly posing as an NYPD officer while responding to a call, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office announced Wednesday....
View ArticleWading River woman pleads guilty to impersonating an NYPD officer
A Wading River woman and ex-volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty on Thursday to falsely posing as an NYPD officer during her work with the Wading River Fire Department. Mary Ortega, 46, pleaded guilty...
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