Week in Review: Boy Gets Big Welcome Home, Girls' Run Comes to End

This week in Riverhead: 

A nine-year-old Aquebogue boy received a hero's welcome Friday afternoon upon finishing his last round of chemotherapy. Christopher Timpone finished his treatment for Ewing's Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer.

Riverhead High School seniors Tim Clement and Mariah Messina were recognized by the Suffolk County Legislature on Tuesday for winning Suffolk County Zone Awards.

Cutchogue resident Arnold Blair approached members of the at Tuesday’s work session, suggesting that they pass a resolution to support the 

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said that, with the Riverhead Town Board now focusing on the recent public debate on the issue, he “doesn’t like mingling in boards’ business.”

Friday night, she led the Lady Blue Waves in scoring , and less than 48 hours later she was placing in the top 10 in a national track event.

Call it another weekend for star athlete and, who placed seventh in the triple jump at the New Balance Indoor Nationals at the NYC Armory last Sunday.

If you were one of the many who saw the girls' basketball team play during its , there's no doubt you saw seen them – or heard them. Though they were unable to make it up to Troy for the Lady Blue Waves' last game of the season, the Blue Krew rallied to every playoff game before that wearing the blue and white.

The Lady Blue Waves' dream basketball season came to an end Friday night in Troy at the hands of an undefeated Penfield Patriots squad with a 67-49 loss.

"I'm so proud of my whole team," said Marta Czaplak, via twitter. "They're my second family and I wouldnt change it for the world. I'm not upset we lost, I'm upset that its over."

According to a Long Island Business News report, Skydive Long Island, a Calverton skydiving facility located at Enterprise Park at Calverton, recently closed on a new property at EPCAL and is opening this season in their new digs.

After announcing to a civic group Wednesday night that , the town board hosted smart growth planning firm Vision Long Island at its weekly work session. (Stay tuned Monday for a story on Thursday's meeting)

The New York State Legislature has signed off on new assembly district lines that will keep Riverhead and Southold together as local politicians and voters had expressed, according to Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele.