Denise Civiletti
Community News
Riverhead High School graduates the Class of ’23
“Every year of your high school education was affected in some way by the lasting consequences of the pandemic,” School Superintendent Augustine Tornatore told the graduates, who started high school in the fall of 2019. “Instead of wilting in the face of that incredible challenge, however, you thrived.” Photo gallery.
Environment
Save the Sound releases 2023 report on water quality for L.I. Sound beaches
Save the Sound analyzes water quality data provided by county health departments to the US EPA for L.I. Sound beaches across the island, NYC and Connecticut. Here's what their just-released 2023 report says about local beaches.
Community News
East End Latino advocacy group hires civil rights and immigration attorneys to provide policy counsel and free immigration services
OLA of Eastern Long Island (Organización Latino Americana) has hired a civil rights attorney and an immigration attorney to assist the organization in its social justice advocacy and provide pro bono legal services for low-income immigrants on the East End.
Government
Bills to fund sewers and advanced septic systems with 1/8% sales tax hike stall in county legislature
Suffolk County’s ambitious plans to create a water quality fund for wastewater treatment hit a major road block last night when the county legislature voted to send the legislation back to committee.
Riverhead Justice Court
Justice Court report: May 2023
Excerpts from Riverhead Town Justice Court docket for the month of May 2023, Justice Lori Hulse and Justice Sean Walter presiding.
Government
Hearing on proposed 165-unit apartment building on E. Main Street set for this evening at Town Hall
Plans for Main Street's largest new multi-story apartment building so far will be the subject of a Town Board public hearing tonight at Riverhead Town Hall.
Breaking News
Riverhead firefighters put out brush fire near electrical substation Tuesday
Riverhead firefighters made a quick stop of a brush fire adjacent to the LIPA substation off West Main Street today.
Breaking News
Cops seek information about crash that seriously injured pedestrian on Sound Avenue overnight
The 30-year-old Riverhead man was in the travel portion of the roadway when he was truck by an eastbound 2004 Ford pickup truck west of Pier Avenue at about 1:45 a.m., police said. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call police at 631-727-4500.
Politics
Democratic candidates for Town Board slam administration’s handling of EPCAL, call for town to pull the plug on CAT deal ‘once...
Democratic candidates for Riverhead Town Board are calling on the town to pull out of its joint application with Calverton Aviation and Technology to the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency and to reject the developer’s plans to build an air cargo hub at the Calverton Enterprise Park.
Business
Starbucks coffee shop coming to former McDonald’s site in Wading River, according to Riverhead Town permits
A Starbucks coffeehouse is coming to the former McDonald’s site on Route 25A in Wading River, according to Riverhead Town permits posted on the building.