Featured

The Riverhead school district’s non-instructional employees, whose union employment agreement expires in June, rallied for a pay raise at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Riverhead Police detectives are investigating shots fired in the early morning hours of April 17 in the area of Oakland Drive South in Riverhead. 

The Riverhead Board of Education voted unanimously last night to approve a $201.4 million budget for next school year, sending a proposal that raises the tax levy to the cap and includes some controversial spending cuts to district voters for approval. 

Riverhead Town plans to submit a grant application for up to $2 million in funding on behalf of J. Petrocelli Development in connection with the demolition of the building at 127 East Main Street to make way for a proposed mixed use building on the site.

A renewable energy company is proposing the development of a five megawatt commercial battery energy storage facility on the corner of Pulaski Street and JT Boulevard in Riverhead.

Riverhead High School alum Taylor Burgess, already an accomplished soprano, unexpectedly found herself 'on the fast track to the main stage' at the Metropolitan Opera House this spring.

Riverhead Police are trying to locate 15-year-old Avaya Brown, 14-year-old Emelys Ortiz and 15-year-old Zyaire Thomas, who were seen leaving the Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch home at 2767 Sound Avenue on foot together on Friday.

In papers filed in court Friday afternoon, Riverhead Town and the Riverhead IDA seek dismissal of the lawsuit brought by the Triple Five affiliate in the gnarly and controversial $40 million EPCAL land deal that collapsed last year.

When Jack Weber transferred to the Riverhead Lions Club last year at age 99, he was immediately elected club president. A “legend” in Lions International who’s held many leadership positions in his 71 years, Weber has helped bring the Riverhead club back to life.

Trouble is brewing between the two towns that straddle the Peconic River. The bone of contention: Southampton Town’s plan for revitalization of the Riverside hamlet, adopted nearly 10 years ago.