RiverheadLOCAL covers the communities in the Town of Riverhead, New York and surrounding areas located on the East End of Long Island approximately 64 miles east of New York City.
This website was launched in January 2010 by Peter Blasl and Denise Civiletti, a husband and wife team of award-winning journalists who saw the need for authentically local online news in the Riverhead community.
RiverheadLOCAL’s mission is to provide accurate, timely local news for the community, to keep citizens informed about important issues, to tell the stories of the people who live and work here, and to give locally owned businesses the opportunity to reach a very targeted audience of local residents and tourists alike.
Contact and legal information:
Please email all inquiries, comments and suggestions about the content of this site to editor Denise Civiletti. For advertising inquiries, and submission of events, obituaries and letters to the editor, please visit the contact page.
RiverheadLOCAL is published by East End Local Media Corp., Peter Blasl, president. The corporate mailing address is P.O. Box 919, Riverhead, NY 11901-0919. Telephone: 631-282-8060.
All content on this site is owned or controlled by East End Local Media Corp. and protected by United States copyright law. All rights reserved. See Copyright Notice.
Use of this site constitutes acceptance of the RiverheadLOCAL Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Professional affiliations:
RiverheadLOCAL is a member of LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers) and the New York Press Association. Editor and co-publisher Denise Civiletti was a member of the founding board of directors of LION and is currently a member of the board of directors of the Press Club of Long Island, a chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Recognition and awards:
The RiverheadLOCAL team has earned recognition in regional and statewide journalism contests, including awards for investigative reporting, coverage of local government, coverage of crime/police and courts, coverage of education, editorials, best news story, community news story, best column, best humor column, cub reporter of the year and writer of the year. The website earned a best website award (2015) and a best use of social media award for its coverage of Superstorm Sandy (2013) from the Press Club of Long Island.
RiverheadLOCAL has been honored with a “Spirit of Riverhead” award from the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce.
The RiverheadLOCAL team:
Denise Civiletti and Katie Morosky – co-publishers
Peter Blasl, Jill Lewis – advertising sales
Denise Civiletti – editor, reporter
Alek Lewis – reporter
Courtney Blasl – art director
Amy Davidson – business manager
Greg Blass, Eileen Benthal, Celia Marszal-Iannelli – columnists