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Local remembrance services today honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, including three Riverhead residents, and the first responders who risked and gave their lives that day.

Colleen Card, hired as Riverhead's assistant superintendent for business in May, has been appointed school business administrator by the Sag Harbor Union Free School District, effective Nov. 1.

A former Riverhead resident pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in a fatal 2022 drunken driving crash in Cutchogue after fleeing to Poland and being extradited.

A new lawsuit in Suffolk Supreme Court challenges Riverhead's 2,500-foot separation requirement between retail cannabis dispensaries and accuses town officials of delaying one licensed applicant while advancing a nearby proposal.

Riverhead officials are preparing to seek proposals for a townwide parking management system that could eventually tie together downtown enforcement, beach permits, code enforcement and the town justice court.

Keep an eye on trends in local real estate values with the weekly report of real estate title transfers in Riverhead Town and adjacent hamlets in Southampton Town.

The Riverhead Planning Board granted conditional final plat approval to the Summerwind Farms subdivision in Aquebogue, despite objections from neighbors who urged a delay until pending code violations are resolved.

Suffolk County Police said a Riverhead man was arrested Sept. 4 after detectives executed a search warrant at a Duryea Street home and seized multiple cell phones. He was charged with possessing and promoting a sexual performance by a child.

As Riverhead students head back to school this week, Superintendent Bob Hagan says his second year begins with a deeper understanding of the district, its schools and the community.

Federal records show the projected end date for the PFAS cleanup study was pushed back repeatedly over the past few years, without public disclosure.