RiverheadLOCAL

The college's Board of Trustees on Thursday authorized negotiating a purchase-and-sale agreement for the roughly 30,000-square-foot culinary center it has leased on Main Street in downtown Riverhead.

Five Riverhead school board members accused town officials Wednesday of making false statements and politicizing negotiations over funding two school resource officers assigned to the high school and middle school.

Riverhead and Brookhaven will split the cost of an engineering assessment of the Wading River Duck Ponds, where sediment, stormwater runoff and deteriorated infrastructure have accumulated over decades.

The Riverhead Town Board on Tuesday tabled a resolution authorizing a renewed school resource officer agreement, prolonging a dispute over who should pay for officers assigned to the district's high school and middle school.

Beginning in 2028, New York students will no longer have to pass Regents exams to earn a high school diploma, under a change approved Monday by the State Board of Regents.

The EPA said the rollback will save $310 billion and help preserve reliable electricity from coal and natural gas plants. Environmental and public-health advocates said it abandons a major federal tool for reducing climate pollution.

Bow-hunters can enter Riverhead Town's 2026 lottery in person at Town Hall on Sept. 17, with slots available at EPCAL, Sound Avenue and Middle Road properties.

A Manorville man faces drug-impaired driving and drug possession charges after a Sunday crash on the Long Island Expressway in Melville that seriously injured a pedestrian, police said.

Riverhead Town Police said a 34-year-old man was arrested and charged with felony burglary, grand larceny and criminal mischief following reports of vehicle and garage larcenies in Calverton.

A 2006 Riverhead High School graduate was arrested after running onto the field at Yankee Stadium during a Sept. 11 Yankees-Mets game.