Downtown

The local community donated more than $10,000 via GoFundMe to replace the cash stolen from Star Confectionery by a burglar this week. "I'm so overwhelmed," said Anthony Meras, the third-generation owner of the iconic Main Street, Riverhead luncheonette.

Investors in a stalled downtown Riverhead apartment building are committed to taking the project over the finish line without its troubled original developer, a lawyer for the investors said in an interview Monday.

Consultants hired this spring to design the town square, riverfront park and streetscape improvements — the centerpiece of Riverhead Town’s massive downtown revitalization effort — presented plans and drawings at a public information meeting at Riverhead Town Hall Wednesday night.

Town Board members said condo developments should be exempt from law that allows a maximum of 500 dwelling units in the core downtown area, and the town should continue to allow 5-story buildings.

The L.I. Science Center’s president wants to know why the town is apparently ready to start eminent domain procedures to take the organization’s East Main Street building on the town square. At last week's Town Board meeting, his questions and comments were met with only silence.

Chalk artists transformed a portion of East Main in Riverhead into a colorful canvas during the Mosaic Street Painting Festival yesterday, a celebration of the arts hosted by East End Arts on Memorial Day weekend since 1996.

Casa Dorado Deli Taqueria, a new Latin American eatery, has opened at 221 East Main St. in downtown Riverhead. Owned by a husband and wife team, the new restaurant has been in the works for about two years.

The Riverhead BID's president, Steve Shauger, and its executive director, Kristy Verity, are leaving the organization, town officials announced Thursday.

Police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing that occurred about 1 o’clock this afternoon in the area of the parking lot across from the Riverhead railroad station.