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Riverhead students recognized Board of Education members for their service during the board’s Oct. 14 meeting, with presentations highlighting their involvement in schools and support for student programs.

What's the local real estate market doing? Stay up to date on the latest trends with the weekly report of title transfers in Riverhead Town and adjacent hamlets in Southampton Town.

Learn about using Suffolk County's new touchscreen voting machines, plus: important deadlines this week, and early voting times.

About 150 demonstrators gathered outside the Suffolk County courthouse in Riverhead Saturday for one of more than a dozen 'No Kings' get-out-the vote rallies across Long Island.

The Riverhead Fire Department commissioned three new vehicles today during a traditional wet-down ceremony at department headquarters. Photos and video.

Eleven topics, from tax incentives to storm preparation, framed the Oct. 15 Riverhead supervisor candidates forum where Halpin and Rothwell staked out their positions.

Local fire districts will hold public hearings next week on their proposed budgets for 2027. Here's a rundown of the budgets district commissioners have proposed.

Council Member Ken Rothwell has proposed six amendments to Supervisor Jerry Halpin’s tentative 2027 budget that would reduce the proposed townwide property tax levy increase from 2.79% to about 1.73%.

An unauthorized release of water — such as an opened fire hydrant — is believed to have disturbed the system and churned up sediment, causing rusty water in Calverton and Wading River, the water district superintendent said.

The Riverhead Water District will its flush water mains in Wading River and Calverton Oct. 18 through Nov. 6.