Election 2015

Election day is approaching fast. Get to know the candidates running for town government with RiverheadLOCAL’s 2015 Election Guide.

Riverhead Democratic candidates for supervisor and town board have received the endorsement of the Long Island Environmental Voters Forum, the group announced in an email this morning.

Riverhead town board candidates faced off in the first debate of the election season since the Republican slate was set by a party primary...

Riverhead Town’s 2015 local elections have not even been held and already this year is one for the history books. For starters, the November general...

The debate, hosted by the Jamesport-South Jamesport Civic Association, will be open to all candidates for the Riverhead Town Board. Another debate next Wednesday will be held for candidates for town supervisor and town justice.

Councilwoman Jodi Giglio has won the Republican primary for town supervisor. A final canvas at the Suffolk County board of elections this morning determined that she won by 41 votes.

Riverhead Republicans head to the polls tomorrow to pick their candidates for town supervisor and town council, while Republican, Conservative and Independence Party members select their choices for town justice.

A “super PAC” created by the Suffolk County police union has Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter in its crosshairs. The question is: Why? Walter says his opponent will move to have the county take over the Riverhead PD — which challenger Jodi Giglio and the county PBA president vigorously deny.

A uniformed Riverhead Town police officer’s appearance in two photos on Councilwoman Jodi Giglio’s new campaign website drew fire from her political rivals and consternation from the Riverhead Chief of Police.

No one will claim responsibility for a phone poll asking Riverhead Republican voters what they think of Supervisor Sean Walter's 'temperament,' which Councilwoman Jodi Giglio says was done by either Walter or Democrat Anthony Coates to make her look bad. She insists the two are working together against her.