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Riverhead Town celebrated its 232nd anniversary this month, an event memorialized by Town Historian Georgette Case at this week's Town Board meeting.Here are the March 19 meeting highlights.

The development of the town square advanced this week with the hiring of a landscape architect and its team of consultants to design the town square and streetscape improvements and prepare the documents needed for permitting and bidding.

A developer pitched a 165-acre RV park for the town-owned EPCAL site during the Town Board work session this morning and got a warm reception from board members.

Parents criticized the Riverhead school district for gutting the elementary dual language program and reducing instructional staff in the administration's proposed 2024-25 budget, complaining about the district’s reliance on grant funding officials knew was not permanent.

Riverhead Police used a Taser to subdue a suspect following a traffic stop on West Main Street Monday morning, Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller said.

Riverhead schools will see significant cuts to class offerings, programs, teaching assistants and support staff as a result of cutbacks proposed in the administration’s budget for the coming school year.

The New York State Legislature is pushing back on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal, introducing alternative plans that would raise taxes on wealthy earners and increase funding for schools across the state. 

The Riverhead Charter School is withdrawing its bid to buy the Sound Avenue acreage after stiff opposition and intense debate, including “direct attacks on our students,” affected charter school students’ “psychological safety,” according to Riverhead Charter School Board President David Edwards. The board’s “resolve to find a new space” for its growing school “stands firm,” he said.

Peconic Bay Medical Center's Executive Director Amy Loeb gave an update on the hospital's expansion plans to the Greater Jamesport Civic Association Saturday morning.

Riverhead Recreation Department has launched a new online system in time for its spring/summer season registration which begins Wednesday. DaySmart Recreation provides a streamlined online/website experience that will be easier to navigate, the recreation department.