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Riverhead IDA approves financial assistance for Heatherwood’s 165-unit apartment building on East Main Street

by Apr 11, 2024
The RIDA approved a 16-year phased abatement of real property taxes for the project, as well as mortgage recording tax and sales tax exemptions valued at more than $3 million.

St. Patrick’s Day parade steps off on Main Road in Jamesport at 1 o’clock this afternoon

by Mar 30, 2024
The Jamesport St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place this today starting at 1 p.m. Main Road in Jamesport will be closed to traffic for the event. Motorists should expect delays and avoid the area.

School property tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers expanded: Feb. 29 school board wrap-up

by Feb 29, 2024
Volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers now only need two years of service, rather than five years of service, to take advantage of a 10% school property tax exemption, the Riverhead Board of Education decided Tuesday.

‘Transparency’ Riverhead style: behind closed doors

by Feb 20, 2024
Letter to the Editor: In Riverhead, there's a systematic exclusion of the community from decisions that reshape their environment.
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Real estate transfers: Jan. 19, 2024

by Jan 20, 2024
Transfers of real estate in the Town of Riverhead and selected hamlets in the Town of Southampton reported for RiverheadLOCAL by Suffolk Vision title service on Jan. 19, 2024.

MLK Day 2024: Holiday closings, service changes

by Jan 15, 2024
Today is a state and federal holiday commemorating the birth of the great American civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Here's a list of what's closed, schedule changes and a brief history of the man and the holiday.

Highway supe: Local roads flooded by heavy rains, use caution if driving this morning

by Jan 13, 2024
Sound Avenue and Hubbard Avenue have multiple trouble spots and a broken fire hydrant is flooding on Rt. 58 just east of Ostrander, making travel difficult there.

Riverhead library to host community blood drive

by Nov 18, 2023
Riverhead Free Library, in partnership with New York Blood Center, is hosting a community blood drive on Monday, Nov. 27. The drive will take place from noon to 6 p.m.

Five arrests made in investigation into drug sales near West Main Street apartment building

by Nov 10, 2023
Five people since the beginning of October have been arrested on drug related charges stemming from alleged narcotics sales in the area of Peconic Crossing on West Main Street, according to Riverhead Police. 

Kathryn Ellen Stutzmann, 84

by Oct 30, 2023
Kathryn Ellen Stutzmann of Jamesport died Oct. 27, 2023. She was 84 years old. Born on September 30, 1939,...
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