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Riverhead plans to step up downtown parking enforcement using handheld ticketing devices that will allow motorists to respond online.

Residents and businesses are still working to recover from the July 4 storm that knocked out power across town, even as heavy rains continue to fall.

Riverhead is seeking proposals for a housing-led redevelopment of the town-owned lot across from the LIRR station.

The National Weather Service has extended a flood advisory for Riverhead through late Monday night, with 2 to 4 inches of rain possible and a risk of flash flooding, police said.

A Flanders couple and their dog escaped safely from an early Sunday house fire that damaged their attached garage.

A severe storm left more than 3,700 PSEG-LI customers without power, toppled trees and snarled traffic across Riverhead. One eyewitness whose car was struck by a falling tree said it felt “like a hurricane or tornado.”

People lined Main Street this morning for Riverhead's Fourth of July parade and celebration of the USA's 250th birthday.. Photo gallery.

Photo gallery by Emil Breitenbach Jr. documents the committal service for PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Jr. July 3 at Calverton National Cemetery.

Independence Day falls on Saturday this year, which means many government offices and some services will observe the holiday on Friday, July 3.

A mosquito sample collected June 24 is Suffolk County's first to test positive for West Nile virus this year, health officials reported Thursday.