RiverheadLOCAL

Riverhead Town officials are asking residents and business owners to self-report damage from the Sept. 26-27 nor’easter using a New York State online form to help document impacts and support potential federal assistance requests.

Town Clerk James Wooten says he may revise — or end — his practice of publishing residents’ correspondence with Town Board agendas after declining to publish two letters criticizing Council Member Joann Waski’s Facebook post about 9/11 survivor Kevin Shea. Shea has since filed an ethics complaint against Waski.

The Navy has begun a pilot study treating PFAS-contaminated Calverton plume, but the last study needed to plan a final cleanup won't be done until 2039.

Despite rainy, windy weather from a lingering nor'easter, a good crowd turned out Sunday for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition's 28th annual 5K walk at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead.

No members of the public attended Monday’s Riverhead IDA hearing on tax breaks for the proposed $35 million Town Square hotel. The agency will accept comments through Oct. 5, amid notice and disclosure gaps.

Riverhead escaped major structural damage from the weekend nor’easter, but the storm left beach erosion and debris, damaged some crops and cost local farms a crucial fall weekend of sales.

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 Sept. 25, 2026.

Coastal flood and high wind warnings remain in effect Sunday, as a slow-moving storm lingers near the coast, bringing gusting winds, heavy rain and widespread power outages across the region.

A slow-moving nor'easter has begun battering the Riverhead area with strong, gusty winds and rain, bringing down limbs and power lines, toppling some trees and flooding roads, yards and parking lots across town.

An adaptive children's playground on downtown Riverhead's Peconic River waterfront can now be built as designed, after a state grant of nearly $2.4 million completed its funding, town officials said.