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A 47-year-old Riverhead man and a 57-year-old Moriches man were arrested on grand larceny charges after they stole items from the Route 58 Home Depot, Riverhead Police said.

The Riverhead Planning Board heard proposals for an expansion of a PODS warehouse and the construction of a 641,000-square-foot warehouse/ logistics facility in Calverton, and a revised plan for an Islamic center on Harrison Avenue at its May 19 meeting.

Splish Splash in Calverton will open for the 2022 summer season on Saturday, with a new tube ride called 'Hyperlight' and cashless service throughout the park.

Riverhead Superintendent Augustine Tornatore said the new assistant superintendent, whom Tornatore hired last year while at Liberty K-12 School District in Newburgh, “was not the top financial person“ in the Rochester City School District when it overspent its revenues by $42 million in 2018-19, leading to a state comptroller’s audit and the appointment of a state monitor. Rodney Asse did “a fantastic job” at Liberty as its business official, Tornatore said, and has “a good reputation.”

The State Department of Health today announced its recommendation that children ages 5 to 11 should receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster five months after completing their initial two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine series.

The new expansion is set to increase critical care capacity by more than 75% and implement a dual-bay trauma unit, additional cardiac response services, and a dedicated pediatric treatment area, incorporate advanced radiology capabilities and enhance patient privacy, according to PBMC. The hospital hopes to open its doors in the first quarter of 2024.

Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps celebrated National EMS Week with an open house at its headquarters Sunday.

Here's a rundown of actions taken at the May 18, Riverhead Town Board meeting. The board set a June 7 hearing on a code to implement the 2008 LI Workforce Housing Act, approved $10.5 million in bonds to fund a sludge reduction project at the sewer plant and upped the ante in its dispute with the county over sewage rates for county facilities in riverside.

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn has suspended her campaign for Congress. Hahn made the announcement on Twitter Sunday afternoon.

Youngsters in grades K-6 competed in Riverhead PAL's annual bike rodeo yesterday at Stotzky Park, testing their bicycle-handling skills in the hope of winning a brand-new bicycle or one of dozens of other prizes like tickets to Splish-Splash and the Long Island Aquarium.