Most Read Stories in October

As we welcome November, take a look back at the most read stories in October 2013.

Man Arrested Twice in One Day at Riverside McDonald's

 A 47-year-old Fort Walton, Fla., man was arrested twice on Oct. 11, which began when he allegedly assaulted a 36-year-old Manorville man at McDonald’s on Flanders Road. Police said Gilmore punched the man in his forehead at about 9 a.m., causing contusions and an abrasion above the right eye and a laceration above the left eye that required four stitches.

Graphic Photo: County Hunts For Kitten Killers

The four kittens were tiny balls of black and gray fur; so young that three had eyes that hasn't even opened yet.

But, the kittens were found, their throats brutally slashed, behind Riverhead Brake Svs. 

Lifelong Friends Raise Funds For Police Officer's Family, Share Memories

After Riverhead police officer, Benjamin Goodale, 42, the father of two young children, died suddenly on Tuesday, friends and loved ones were devastated, but they worked together to set up a Go Fund Me page to help raise funds for his wife Kathy and children.

Samantha Dittmeier's Mom: "Drugs Totally Destroyed Her Life"

Samantha Dittmeier was only 23 years old when she died of a heroin overdose.

The young Mattituck woman had just spent months battling her demons, and had been living at home with her mother, Karen Allar, when she lost the fight on January 20.

Police Department Mourns Loss of One Of Their Own

The Riverhead Police Department was somber; a cloak of grief hung heavily over a brotherhood who had lost a longtime member of the law enforcement family.

Detective Robert Boden, 54, who served Riverhead Town for almost 32 years, died on Monday after suffering a pulmonary embolism and heart attack on Friday, his brother-in-law Lt. David Lessard said.

Big Lots To Open In Riverhead

The new Big Lots on Route 58 in Riverhead had a big, fat check for the Riverhead school district at its grand opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting on Friday.

Big Lots, in the same shopping plaza as Staples and Home Goods, is located at 1103 Old Country Road.

A Sad Farewell to Riverhead Police Officer Ben Goodale

Scores of mourners gathered on Saturday to say good-bye to Ben Goodale, 42, a Riverhead police officer who died suddenly..

A flag was draped in mourning over Route 25 in Aquebogue, where services were held at the Old Steeple Community Church.