Riverhead firefighters made a quick stop of a house fire on Northville Turnpike Tuesday afternoon and helped two elderly residents safely evacuate their home.

The executive director of downtown Riverhead’s tax-funded business group has left the organization after its board determined it could no longer fund her full-time position.

Riverhead Police said they arrested three teenage males who were using a stolen vehicle in South Jamesport, where they were going through vehicles in search of valuables early Tuesday morning.

Edna P. Atkins of Riverhead died on April 26, 2025, at Peconic Bay Medical Center. She was 71 years old. She was born on Dec. 20, 1953, in Cumberland, Virginia, she was the daughter of Junius and Mary ...

Paulette M. Ofrias of Southold died on April 26, 2025, at home. She was 67 years old. Born in Greenport and raised in ...

Marilyn Q. Hofmann of Peconic died on April 26, 2025, at home. She was 96 years old. Born in Brooklyn on July 17, 1928, she was raised in Richmond Hill, Queens. She graduated from Richmond Hill High ...

Carol A. Okula of Riverhead died on April 26, 2025, at Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead. She was 81 years old.

Riverhead Town Code requires cannabis dispensaries to be located at least 1,000 feet from any school. Since Riverhead High School is only 735 feet south of the proposed ...

Rashaun Bailey, 13, left Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch on Middle Road on foot, carrying a suitcase. He is described as a light-skinned Black male, 5’3″ tall, weighing 110 pounds and was last ...

The whole community is invited to a day filled with fun, food and family-friendly games and activities at the Roanoke Avenue ...

Volunteers from National Gird beautified the Long Island Rail Road station in Riverhead on Friday, planting new shrubs and flowers to spruce up a neglected and littered area.

Robert Hayden Jenkins, longtime Cutchogue resident, died on April 18, 2025. He was 77 years old. He was born on December 17, 1947 in Pittsburg, California to Patricia A. (Cunliff) and Warren H.