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Real Estate
Real estate transfers: May 3, 2024
Transfers of real estate in the Town of Riverhead and selected hamlets in the Town of Southampton reported for RiverheadLOCAL by Suffolk Vision title service on May 3, 2024.
Environment
Navy to community advisory board: PFAS cleanup in Calverton off the agenda due to strict new federal limits on ‘forever chemicals’
The Navy says it cannot discuss PFAS cleanup until the Department of Defense ‘issues policy’ on compliance with the federal Environmental Protection Agency's new rule establishing maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals polluting the Calverton site and surrounding area.
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Business
‘It’s like a dream come true’: New restaurant on East Main Street opens for business
Casa Dorado Deli Taqueria, a new Latin American eatery, has opened at 221 East Main St. in downtown Riverhead. Owned by a husband and wife team, the new restaurant has been in the works for about two years.
Board of Education
Local groups to host forum for Riverhead school board candidates Monday evening
Riverhead school district voters and residents will have an opportunity to question school board candidates during a forum Monday evening at the First Baptist Church of Riverhead.
Government
Cherry blossoms will beautify Veterans Memorial Park to honor veterans and military members
In an effort to beautify Veterans Memorial Park in Calverton, Riverhead Town is establishing a program to allow people to purchase a cherry blossom tree and marker for the park in honor of an armed service member.
Business
Mixed-use building, with apartments, retail and office space planned Calverton site
A mixed-use building with 36 apartments above retail and office space is being planned on a vacant 16-acre parcel on Middle Country Road in Calverton, according to plans posted online by a real estate agent advertising the building for lease.
Breaking News
Patchogue man charged in armed robbery of Route 58 restaurant April 24: police
A Patchogue man has been charged with Robbery in the First Degree in the holdup last week of Shah's Halal Food on Route 58 in Riverhead, police said in a press release this afternoon.
Business
RiverheadLOCAL’s journalism honored by N.Y. Press Association in annual contest
RiverheadLOCAL won five awards and received an honorable mention in the 2023 New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Here's what the judges had to say.
Breaking News
Riverhead Police again investigating gunfire in residential neighborhood off Doctor’s Path
Riverhead Police are investigating a report of gunfire during the early morning hours Monday in the area of Oakland Drive South in Riverhead. No injuries or damages were reported, police said.
Business
Skip Barber pitches driving school for runway at EPCAL to Riverhead Town Board
Executives from Skip Barber, a racing and driving school company, pitched locating a driving school on the 10,000-foot runway to the Riverhead Town Board at the town's work session on April 18.
Government
Two registered Conservatives to vie for Democratic nomination in town justice court race
The two candidates in the Democratic Party primary election for Riverhead Town Justice in June are both registered Conservatives: William Condon, the party designee, and Sean Walter, the incumbent judge who is challenging the party’s pick in a primary.
Real Estate
Real estate transfers: April 26, 2024
Transfers of real estate in the Town of Riverhead and selected hamlets in the Town of Southampton reported for RiverheadLOCAL by Suffolk Vision title service on April 26, 2024.
Local groups to host forum for Riverhead school board candidates Monday...
Riverhead school district voters and residents will have an opportunity to question school board candidates during a forum Monday evening at the First Baptist Church of Riverhead.
Riverhead school board president bows out, two candidates seek two...
School board president Colin Palmer is not running for a second term. Incumbent Brian Connelly and newcomer Kelly Freeborn are seeking election to the two open board seats in the May 21 balloting.
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