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What you need to know about what's going on in Riverhead in the week ahead.

The lottery takes place Monday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. at Riverhead Town Hall and is open to Riverhead Town residents and real property owners only.

Eleven mosquito samples in Suffolk County have tested positive for West Nile virus, the county health department announced today.

Huntington developer G2D Group is proposing 36 one- and two-bedroom, market-rate rental apartments and 37 parking spaces.

Officers Cameron Oswald, left, Craig Vasey, Peter Anderson and Daniel Clark were appointed by the Riverhead Town Board Sept. 4.

Those of us who experienced the events of that day as they unfolded — even from a great distance — will never forget them. We have a solemn responsibility to make sure that the new "day of infamy" and people who perished in those attacks are not forgotten.

The planning board approved a 31,146-square-foot, two-story building for auto sales and service at 1716 Old Country Road.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today he will pursue legislation to ban flavored e-cigarette products in New York.

Optimum phone service was impacted locally, while Optimum customers in New York City, Westchester and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut were left without phone, TV or Internet service.

State health department investigators believe the cases of vaping-related lung disease being reported across New York are tied to an additive in cannabis vape products, the agency announced yesterday.