Community News

“Mary was an example of how one person, with gumption and determination, can move a community.”

These times certainly are a true test of character and strength. And as usual, the people of the Riverhead community are showing what they’re made of.

Scenes from an eerily empty town after the state rolled out mandatory business closures during the past week.

The library, a community resource especially valuable to parents of school-aged kids even in the absence of a pandemic, may well be nothing short of a lifeline to people in these trying times.

In the hope of helping to stop the spread of the coronavirus, churches across the country — and across the local region —are canceling worship services.

Bread and More Kitchen, the community soup kitchen at First Congregational Church will begin serving takeout meals at the back door of the church.

Churches are responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak in New York by making changes to their worship schedules and requirements.

Riverhead Free Library has decided to close its doors for at least the next week, from March 15 to March 21.

A tiny, overgrown family cemetery tucked into the Calverton woods may soon get some long-overdue TLC, thanks to the efforts of an Eagle Scout candidate.

Riverhead High School has announced the top two students of the Class of 2020: valedictorian Christina Yakaboski and salutatorian Zachary White.