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RIverhead Little League celebrated the opening of its 72nd season with ceremonies at Stotzky Park Saturday morning. Photos.

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.

Oversight of the town's municipal garage quietly shifted twice this year, without any discussion or authorizing resolutions by the Riverhead Town Board, and is now under the management of the assistant town engineer.

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.

The Alive on 25 summer street festival will return this year with two events which will bring fireworks and, for the first time, a laser light show, to downtown Riverhead.

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.

The forum for Riverhead school board candidates scheduled for Monday evening has been canceled due to "unforeseen circumstances," according to a Facebook post by the Butterfly Effect Project.

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.

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. 

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.