Julia-Anna Searson

Permanent pickleball courts, new playground equipment, water at dog parks and a new hamlet park in Jamesport are among the projects authorized by the town board this week.

Riverhead Town omitted a local church food pantry from its Community Development Block Grant funding application, with board members and community development department staff at odds over the request.

Voters have rejected the idea of a four-year term for the town supervisor three times since 2005. A town board majority voted today to call a new public hearing on the proposal. It will be held Dec. 17.

Residents can help make the holiday special for local families in need by donating unwrapped toys, gifts for children, and other items at East on Main in Mattituck for the restaurant’s “Stuff-the-Trailer” charity event for Kait’s Angels.

Downtown Riverhead is one of two federally designated opportunity zones in the Town of Riverhead. The other is in Calverton, including the Calverton Enterprise Park. The zones allow investors to defer or altogether avoid capital gains taxes, providing an incentive to invest in designated areas.

Wading River Fire Department vols are conducting their annual Stuff-A-Bus food drive between Thanksgiving and New Year’s to help restock empty shelves at local food pantries for the winter. They will make the rounds with Santa Claus Dec. 8 to visit children and collect nonperishable food items to help stuff the school bus that’s parked outside headquarters, where they will also accept donations.

St. John Paul II school held an early Thanksgiving feast for students and members of the community. Photo slideshow.

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Give the best gift this holiday season, give the gift of life by donating blood at the Riverhead Firehouse’s Blood Drive on...

North Fork Chocolate Company is in danger of losing their store in Aquebogue. They have until Dec. 31 to get $1.25 million to buy their building.