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Riverhead's annual homecoming parade marched up Main Street Saturday on its way to McKillop Memorial Field, where the Waves hosted Patchogue-Medford.

Riverhead Police are investigating a crash on Wading River Manor Road Saturday night that killed a woman and left a man seriously injured. Police are asking witnesses to call 631-727-4500.

Riverhead police officers invite residents to Coffee with a Cop, Wednesday morning, Oct. 7 from 9 to 11 a.m. at four local businesses across town.

New York begins a new three-year tracking period for SNAP work requirements Oct. 1, allowing some people who lost benefits under the prior period to reapply.

Riverhead Town officials are asking residents and business owners to self-report damage from the Sept. 26-27 nor’easter using a New York State online form to help document impacts and support potential federal assistance requests.

Town Clerk James Wooten says he may revise — or end — his practice of publishing residents’ correspondence with Town Board agendas after declining to publish two letters criticizing Council Member Joann Waski’s Facebook post about 9/11 survivor Kevin Shea. Shea has since filed an ethics complaint against Waski.

The Navy has begun a pilot study treating PFAS-contaminated Calverton plume, but the last study needed to plan a final cleanup won't be done until 2039.

Despite rainy, windy weather from a lingering nor'easter, a good crowd turned out Sunday for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition's 28th annual 5K walk at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead.

No members of the public attended Monday’s Riverhead IDA hearing on tax breaks for the proposed $35 million Town Square hotel. The agency will accept comments through Oct. 5, amid notice and disclosure gaps.

Riverhead escaped major structural damage from the weekend nor’easter, but the storm left beach erosion and debris, damaged some crops and cost local farms a crucial fall weekend of sales.