Week In Review: Farmers, Crops Feel the Heat

Here's a round-up of some of the top headlines in Riverhead during the past week:

Community

: After months of waiting, Riverhead pooches have a place to play.

: Hope is in sight for first-time homeowners.

: A proud day as students graduate from the police youth academy.

: Residents took a walk down memory lane.

: Deb Schmitt and Randi Dresner are feted by the Long Island Farm Bureau.

: Some crops such as lettuce can be impacted by blistering conditions.

: Residents are divided over a controversial policy upheld by the Boy Scouts of America regarding gays.

: A Jamesport artist opens up about his creativity.

: Riverhead biologists aren't sure exactly what killed , but one thing that they are sure of is that neither one was the sea turtle that the Coast Guard helped free just days earlier.

Business

: On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation implementing two refundable tax credits structured to support small-batch breweries based in New York, and creating a new classification of breweries in the state – farm breweries. Good news for new business owners making plans for mrobrewereis;  and  is brewing for another on Sound Avenue.

: Monday morning, a team of researchers from took about 50 people on a tour of local farms where “precision farming” practices are replacing more traditional methods of fertilizer and pesticide use.

Education

: The Riverhead Central School district's bond project was spotlighted in a state investment journal.

Police and Fire

: A grand jury opted not to indict Kenneth J. Tofty-Forrest, 27, of Hampton Bays, on manslaughter charges in relation to a "road rage" incident on April 21 in which Robert Levasseur, 53, a Riverhead Four Ones Taxi driver, died after being struck in the head by Tofty-Forrest at the Chase Bank in Hampton Bays.