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The Riverhead Fire Department commissioned three new vehicles today during a traditional wet-down ceremony at department headquarters. Photos and video.

Eleven topics, from tax incentives to storm preparation, framed the Oct. 15 Riverhead supervisor candidates forum where Halpin and Rothwell staked out their positions.

Local fire districts will hold public hearings next week on their proposed budgets for 2027. Here's a rundown of the budgets district commissioners have proposed.

Council Member Ken Rothwell has proposed six amendments to Supervisor Jerry Halpin’s tentative 2027 budget that would reduce the proposed townwide property tax levy increase from 2.79% to about 1.73%.

An unauthorized release of water — such as an opened fire hydrant — is believed to have disturbed the system and churned up sediment, causing rusty water in Calverton and Wading River, the water district superintendent said.

The Riverhead Water District will its flush water mains in Wading River and Calverton Oct. 18 through Nov. 6.

Mugs on Main in downtown Riverhead is closing after its landlord won a court judgment for possession and nearly $100,000 in unpaid rent, attorneys' fees and disbursements.

“I’m not going to leave money on the table when it could help our kids,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday when she announced her decision to opt into the federal scholarship tax credit program.

The North Fork Breast Health Coalition is hosting its first local #LightUpMBC event Tuesday evening joining a worldwide observance of Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Several local landmarks will be lit in teal, green and pink.

Riverhead police said Marcus Belcher, 34, was charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal mischief after an alleged stabbing and dispute at the 7-Eleven on Old Country Road Monday morning.