RiverheadLOCAL
Upcoming
CANCELED: Riverhead Fire Department open house
The free family event will offer fire truck tours, live demonstrations, fire safety education and children’s activities. Meet local volunteer firefighters, with fire truck tours and live demonstrations.
Crime
Police: Vape and tobacco compliance checks in Riverhead find no violations
Riverhead Police said all 23 retail establishments checked during a Sept. 16 tobacco and vape compliance operation were found to be in compliance with the law prohibiting sales to people under 21.
Obituaries
Alfred Bruce Madsen, 78
Alfred Bruce Madsen of East Quogue died Sept. 14, 2026, at Stony Brook University Hospital. He was 78 years old.
Obituaries
Fred J. Gallo, Jr., 79
Fred J. Gallo Jr. of Riverhead died Sept. 13, 2026. He was 79 years old.
Obituaries
Benedict Michael Santacroce, 26
Benedict M. Santacroce of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, died Sept. 12, 2026, surrounded by family. He was 26 years old.
Crime
Cops: Man used phone to take pictures under a woman’s dress at Riverhead Walmart
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man they say used a cellphone to take unlawful photos of a woman at Walmart in Riverhead on Aug. 7.
Crime
Police: Trio wanted for Target shoplifting in Riverhead
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify two men and a woman accused of stealing $320 worth of clothing from Target on Old Country Road on Aug. 4.
Breaking News
Police: Manorville man charged with drug-impaired driving after LIE crash
A Manorville man faces drug-impaired driving and drug possession charges after a Sunday crash on the Long Island Expressway in Melville that seriously injured a pedestrian, police said.
Crime
Cops: Undomiciled man charged in Calverton vehicle, garage larcenies
Riverhead Town Police said a 34-year-old man was arrested and charged with felony burglary, grand larceny and criminal mischief following reports of vehicle and garage larcenies in Calverton.
Obituaries
Terese L. Blasko, 63
Terese L. Blasko of Southold died Sept. 9, 2026, at Amy Brew Living Hospital. She was 63 years old.
