Downtown Riverhead

Fireworks will illuminate the downtown sky again this summer and an Oktoberfest celebration will be added to the downtown Riverhead roster of events this year.

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

The 26-question anonymous survey will be used to inform planning decisions for future downtown development.

More than 80 people turned out for a planning forum on the future of downtown Riverhead Nov. 14. They made lists of downtown's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Two men were arrested for beating and robbing another man at knifepoint yesterday in downtown Riverhead, police said.

The small-batch distillery will produce bourbon, vodka, gin and rum at the 3,800-square-foot space on Second Street, where it will also site a tasting room.

Downtown Riverhead is getting ready for its annual Halloween-themed weekend of “spooktacular” events, including trick-or-treating, coffin races, the Halloween parade, and more.

The new Italian restaurant and pizzeria is conducting a soft opening this week, which the owners hope to keep low-key while they are training staff members.

Responding officers located the two suspects in the mid-afternoon knifepoint robbery at the bus stop outside the county center.

The ninth edition of the zany popular event takes place Saturday Aug. 10 on the Peconic Riverfront in Downtown Riverhead