Denise Civiletti
Denise is a veteran local reporter, editor and attorney. Her work has been recognized with numerous journalism awards, including investigative reporting and writer of the year awards from the N.Y. Press Association. She was also honored in 2020 with a NY State Senate Woman of Distinction Award for her trailblazing work in local online news. She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website. Email Denise.
Photos
Railroad Museum of Long Island celebrates 30 years in Riverhead with annual railroad festival: photos
The Railroad Museum of Long Island celebrated 30 years in Riverhead Town with this year's Riverhead Railroad Festival, which took place over the weekend at the museum on Griffing Avenue
Business
NYU Langone deepens Suffolk footprint with $650 million hospital expansion in E. Patchogue
NYU Langone's East Patchogue hospital expansion, its largest Suffolk County move yet, adds another chapter to a two-decade reshaping of hospital care across Long Island's East End.
Community News
For generations of campers, Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp is more than land to be preserved
For generations of campers, Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp has been a childhood refuge, a training ground and a place where memories and friendships were made. A pending sale has made the future of the Baiting Hollow camp feel fragile.
Government
Riverhead Town Board, school district clash over who pays for school resource officers
Days before the first day of school, the town and the Riverhead school district remain at odds over funding for two uniformed police officers in the secondary schools.
Government
Town Board poised to approve PBMC women and infants center site plan
The Riverhead Town Board reviewed site and facade improvements for Peconic Bay Medical Center's new women and infants center at its Aug. 27 work session and is poised to grant administrative approval to the hospital's site plan.
Environment
Critics tell SCWA the Main Road water main route hasn’t been adequately studied
At a Riverhead hearing, speakers said the SCWA's Draft Environmental Impact Statement fails to assess traffic, wetlands, school and utility impacts of the preferred Main Road route for the North Fork water main.
Health
Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses earn national recognition for excellence
Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead has received national recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence and quality patient care.
Denise Civiletti
Riverhead knows what accountable public safety looks like. ICE should not be exempt.
Documentation is not obstruction. OLA’s proposed Public Safety and Accountability legislation deserves a serious discussion by the Town Board responsible for what happens on Riverhead streets.
Community News
Riverhead area to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with memorial ceremonies
Three public observances in Calverton, Reeves Park and Flanders will commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and honor those who died, including local residents and first responders.
Environment
‘We’ve heard you’: Water Authority CEO discusses revised North Fork Water Main route
CEO Jeff Szabo discusses the draft environmental impact statement for the North Fork Water Main Project ahead of a public hearing on the project Wednesday in Riverhead.
