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After last year’s Westhampton Pines fire burned more than 600 acres, officials are developing a wildfire protection plan for Southampton pine barrens communities — with advice for homeowners on reducing risks from embers, fuel and evacuation confusion.

Riverhead BID group is rolling out a new branding and marketing strategy aimed at positioning downtown Riverhead as a year-round destination.

Riverhead H.S. music students earned top honors and superior ratings at the Music in the Parks festival in Philadelphia.

Council Member Bob Kern proposes a code change to expand permitted uses along Main Road between Doctors Path and Rt. 105. .

Riverhead High School students earned Teeny Awards nominations for acting, choreography and design in “Legally Blonde” and “Descendants.”

A federal judge delayed the next conference in the even-year elections lawsuit to weigh how a new U.S. Supreme Court voting-rights ruling could affect the case.

Suffolk and Riverhead officials are demanding Navy action on groundwater contamination spreading from the former Grumman site in Calverton.

Police say officers shot Steven Eastwood as he was actively stabbing his mother inside a Northampton home Sunday afternoon.

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating after a man armed with a knife was shot and killed by Southampton Town Police officers Sunday afternoon on Topping Drive in Riverhead, police said.

Broad Cove Preserve in Aquebogue has been added to the NYS Birding Trail after habitat restoration and trail improvements. Photos of the preserve.