News
Owner of home where five family members were killed in a fast-moving fire pleads guilty to town code violations for lack...
The owner at the home of the time of the fire that killed five family members trapped in a third-floor apartment has pleaded guilty to renting three apartments in the Second Street home without permits and assessed penalties totaling $1,500.
Community News
One year later: Community remembers the five family members killed in Second Street blaze
Community members gathered on East Second Street last night for a vigil in memory of the five members of the Rivera family, who perished in a house fire one year ago.
Government
Town Board adopts revised rental housing code with increased safety measures, after fatal downtown fire
The Riverhead Town Board amended the town's rental dwellings code last week to require all third-floor rental units have increased safety measures, including a second means of egress, sprinklers and interconnected smoke detectors.
News
Georgica Green will submit scaled-back apartment plan for new E. Main St. site
The developer has scrapped plans for the former Sears building due to historic preservation rules and signed a contract to buy former Dinosaur Walk Museum, where it will seek to build 90 workforce housing rentals above ground-floor retail.