Calverton News

Suffolk County officials have apparently narrowed down a list of recommended locations in the county for a Shinnecock Indian Nation casino to at least four possible sites, according to Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley of Babylon.

"The 4-poster season is upon us and the plan is to begin deploying stations on Monday, March 15, Town Supervisor Jim Dougherty announced during a special meeting of the Town Board after Tuesday's weekly work session.

Kent Animal Shelter executive director Pam Green and kennel attendent Allison Waldron with two recent rescues.

Authorities have information for parents following two recent fires at elementary schools in Suffolk.

The Riverhead Town Board just awarded a $3.5 million contract to Paterson, N.J.-based Railroad Construction Company for a rail spur project at the Enterprise Park at Calverton.

Reports from county or village police, Jan. 31-Feb. 6. Aquebogue Tools and other items were stolen Feb.

Wine and jazz come together on the North Fork during Winterfest. You've heard of jazz cabaret? Try jazz Cabernet.

For days, Metuschela Alouidor and her husband, Patrick, of Calverton watched scenes of the devastation in their native Haiti, anxiously awaiting phone calls for word of whether relatives were dead or alive.

CALVERTON, NY, January 15, 2010 / Stanford Who's Who / -- Stanford Who's Who has recognized Thomas Tebbens for his outstanding work in the Manufacturing Industry.

The timing of the Shinnecock Indian Nation's preliminary approval for federal recognition, and the parallel spike in speculation about where a future Shinnecock-sponsored casino might be built, has rekindled the possibility of a Riverhead site.

Federal recognition of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, which gained preliminary approval this week, opens the door for a possible casino in Calverton.

The Shinnecock Indian Nation is wasting no time advancing its casino ambitions now that it has received preliminary approval for federal recognition.

Doug Matz, of Flanders Heating and Air Conditioning, says indoor pollution is a serious problem.

Three people were charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, in Sag Harbor this week.

A toxic-waste cleanup company in Central Islip has gotten a $13-million contract to remove lead pollution in Omaha.

BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Federal stimulus money is headed to Riverhead for the restoration of the Calverton rail spur, which hasn't been used since the 1970s.

Campaign rhetoric often becomes inoperative soon after the inauguration. In Riverhead, Supervisor-elect Sean Walter has set a record for rapid reversal.

Colorful flags were carried by honor guards representing different veterans groups; an American Legion post from Mastic Beach, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post from Rocky Point, the Jewish War Veterans post in Port Jefferson Station.

Headstone of Francis S. Gabreski at Calverton National Cemetery. where view large map There are more than 214,000 stories in Calverton National Cemetery.

LoPRESTI-Domenick "Mimi" of Brooklyn and Kings Park on November 5, 2009 in his 80th year.