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Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine visited a working farm in Riverhead Wednesday to sign legislation appropriating $15 million of new funding this year for farmland preservation.

A male Lazuli bunting, a bird common on the West Coast but rarely seen in New York, has been frequenting a feeder in Flanders — and drawing hundreds of birders from around the region hoping to catch a glimpse of it.

Barely a month after announcing an independent run in the First Congressional District, George Santos has changed his mind — again — and is withdrawing from the race.

The Riverhead Town Board will begin its official public review tomorrow of the comprehensive plan update that’s been in the works since 2019.

After 37 years, the owner of Carlo's Pizza Oven in Polish Town is passing the pizza peel to his protégé, Piotr Kurzyna, a 2009 Riverhead High School graduate who now owns the restaurant where he's worked since he was a teen.

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.

Potholes in the deteriorated pavement along NY-25 in Calverton are being filled, but resurfacing won't take place until 2027, a State DOT spokesperson said. Update on roadwork planned for state roads in town.

The Riverhead Police Department reported 192 criminal incidents during the month of March and arrested 115 people, including two juveniles, on a...

A 24-year-old man suffered a head wound in a machete attack by another man on Pine Street in Riverside Friday afternoon, police said. The attacker was arrested late that night after a standoff with police and is being held on $50,000 bail.

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 19, 2024