Joseph Oliver

Heidi's Helping Angels will honor RVAC paramedic Joseph Oliver and the late Thomas Lateulere at its annual fundraising dinner coming up on Oct. 6.

After a car drove over the guardrail of the CR 105, a man returning to the campground at around midnight happened upon the wreck on the pitch-black exit ramp for Indian Island County Park. Luckily for the driver, who was severely injured, the Good Samaritan was a paramedic and an ex-chief of the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

RVAC elected a new chief at its general membership meeting, filling a post that was vacant for nearly half of 2014 after the ex-chief's suspension.

Riverhead ambulance corps chief was suspended by the corps board of directors in July. RVAC members upset by lack of information, question the suspension.

Riverhead school's 'panic alarm' not reported to town police by alarm company for seven minutes after building principal pressed the button.

Riverhead’s police and emergency services will put themselves through the paces Saturday in a school shooting drill, RiverheadLOCAL has learned. The location and time of...