Community News
Riverhead Country Fair returns Sunday, Oct. 9 with contests, carnival, food and vendors
The Riverhead Country Fair, one of the largest fairs in New York State, will return Oct. 9 with vendors, carnival rides, contests and food.
Community News
Update: Oktoberfest’s outdoor festivities canceled due to forecast, but costumed ‘beer crawl’ at downtown breweries will be held instead
The second annual Oktoberfest event in Grangebel Park has been canceled due to potential inclement weather this weekend, but indoor celebrations will still be held on location at participating local breweries.
Community News
Civic invites public to ‘informal conversation’ with Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar will be the guest of the Heart of Riverhead Civic Association at its meeting on Saturday at Riverhead...
Government
Town Board sets hearing on code to reduce parking time limits from two hours to one hour along Main Street
Town officials want to reduce parking time limits on Main Street from two hours to one hour to increase the “flow” of the downtown area. The Town Board last week scheduled an Oct. 4 public hearing on an amendment to parking rules downtown.
Community News
Illuminated art, live music draw visitors to Grangebel Park for season debut of ‘Reflextions’
The free event features a walkable gallery exhibiting various forms of light art, including sculptures made of LED lights, reflective materials, luminescence, fire and a walk-through black light mural. Photos,
Community News
Riverhead Cardboard Boat Races set sail Aug. 13
Cardboard boats will set sail — or not — in the Peconic River on Saturday, Aug. 13 in Riverhead's Cardboard Boat Races, a crowd-pleasing summer event in downtown Riverhead since 2010.
Community News
Crowd packs downtown Riverhead for festival & fireworks Friday night
A huge crowd turned out for the 2022 debut of Riverhead's Alive on 25 summer street festival last night. Check out our photo gallery of the fun kickoff to the holiday weekend.
Government
Town adds four proposals for $10 million downtown grant funding, bringing total number of projects seeking money to 13
The town’s new proposals include an East Main Street prototype project, streetscape improvements along Griffing Avenue, expansion of the downtown signage program, and a flood mitigation green infrastructure project in a portion of the Peconic River parking lot.
Government
Vocal residents ask board to adopt pattern book code; new parking code needs more work, committee members say
Residents urged the town board to codify the already-adopted downtown pattern book into law, while parking district committee members asked the board to tap the brakes on a proposed new parking code that would mandate off-street parking or payments in lieu of parking for new residential development.
Government
Riverhead poised to name Petrocelli its master developer for town square project
J. Petrocelli Development Associates unveiled ambitious plans for the development of the public space, which the group said will “activate the town,” during a town board work session this morning,
