Catherine Kent

Former Riverhead Council Member Catherine Kent represented eastern Suffolk Democrats last week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, helping to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president.

The First Legislative District race looks to be a battle between two women named Catherine. Former Riverhead Council Member Catherine Kent has announced her candidacy for the seat being vacated by Legis. Al Krupski. She will face longtime Krupski aide Catherine Stark.

Aguiar retained more than $21,000 in contributions in excess of the statutory election limit, according to finance disclosure reports.

Supervisor candidate Catherine Kent and council candidate Evelyn Hobson-Womack on Tuesday criticized the Aguiar administration for the pace of progress on a security camera program downtown, where cameras installed in Grangebel Park remain inoperable. Today, the supervisor revealed that internet provider Optimim/Altice says it will have the connection installed by July 30.

Retired Riverhead Police Detective Evelyn Hobson-Womack, a Democratic candidate for town council, is questioning why the security cameras purchased by the town and installed in Grangebel Park remain inoperable.

Peconic Green Growth has donated $5,000 worth of irrigation equipment to the Riverhead Central School District for use at the district’s main campus, where the irrigation of athletic fields can consume more than 5 million gallons of water during the months of July through September.

Supervisor Yvette Aguiar defends the wall erected at the Town Hall entrance and accuses Councilwoman Catherine Kent of 'intentional distortions' for political gain.

Councilwoman Catherine Kent is running for supervisor. The first-term council member was tapped by the Riverhead Town Democratic Committee Tuesday night, the committee announced in a press release.

The Riverhead Town Board's lone Democrat will move a resolution on Tuesday to appoint Marylin Winter to the vacancy left by the resignation of departing Councilwoman Jodi Giglio, who was elected the State Assembly. It's not clear Kent's motion will have a second.

Councilwoman Catherine Kent urges all residents to attend the second downtown forum Thursday evening and complete the online survey about the future of downtown.