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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Meet the candidates, review a sample ballot and find your polling place. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

A voter outreach table outside Riverhead Town Hall drew objections from supervisor candidate Ken Rothwell and raised questions about permission to campaign on town property.

State lawmakers, teachers union leaders and parents packed a Riverhead school board hearing Wednesday night to urge New York education officials to reject Riverhead Charter School's five-year renewal.

The Riverhead High School Blue Masques will stage Carrie: The Musical Thursday, Friday and Sunday at the high school. Photos and preview.

The $56 million Northville Commons project in Riverhead has been awarded $3.67 million from the state's Long Island Investment Fund as a change-of-zone application remains pending before the town.

Federal recovery funding could flow to Long Island governments and nonprofits if President Trump approves Gov. Kathy Hochul's request for a major disaster declaration after September's nor'easter.

Suffolk County Transit has launched a weekday express bus route, offering commuters limited-stop service along the Long Island Expressway between Riverhead and Hicksville.

Brookhaven has committed $850,000 toward restoring the Wading River duck ponds, advancing a joint effort with Riverhead to dredge accumulated sediment, replace failing bulkheads and control polluted stormwater flowing into the ponds.

New York heating assistance program opens Nov. 2 with higher benefits for delivered fuel

Riverhead’s winter farmers market will open Nov. 7 at Hallockville Museum Farm under the leadership of a longtime vendor who has formed a nonprofit dedicated to running it.