RiverheadLOCAL

Heat index values up to 112º are expected Thursday and Friday. Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. An extreme heat warning is in effect through Friday night with an extreme heat watch posted for the 4th.

Residents are asked to place all waste curbside by 5 a.m. Thursday and Friday, as pickup will being one-hour earlier due to expected extreme heat.

Riverhead officials say the Community Preservation Fund has enough money to retire the town’s remaining land-preservation debt five years early.

Riverhead Town is opening a cooling center and extending beach hours at town beaches on Thursday and Friday due to the extreme heat in the forecast.

Shake Shack opened its first East End location today at Tanger in Riverhead, with opening-day sales supporting a local food pantry.

Riverhead High School Key Club members turned a safety concern along the Peconic River into a service project.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the challenge to New York’s Even Year Election Law, throwing out the government plaintiffs’ claims.

Riverhead resident Evelyn Hobson-Womack, a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and retired town police detective, was honored by Suffolk County.

Long Island faces dangerously hot and humid conditions from Wednesday afternoon through Friday evening, with heat index values expected to reach between 105 and 110, the National Weather Service said.

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. Here's this week's report from Suffolk Vision title service.