Riverhead Chamber of Commerce

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.

New this spring in Downtown Riverhead: A Peconic River cleanup sponsored by Riverhead Rotary, an outdoor job fair, an expanded Shakespeare in the Park moving to Grangebel and a contest to create new art on downtown fire hydrants.

They glided, they splashed, they capsized, they sunk. There were plenty of surprises and lots of excitement as boats made of cardboard and duct tape raced along the Peconic Riverfront in downtown Riverhead today. Photo gallery.

The Colorado blue spruce will grow to be about 50 feet tall, said Jim Warner of Warner Nursery, which donated the tree to the town. “Every town needs a Christmas tree,” he said.

Riverhead Chamber of Commerce members and guests had a chance to hear updates from Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, County Legislator Al Krupski and State Assembly Member Jodi Giglio during the Chamber's 'legislative breakfast' meeting at the Wellbridge Addiction Treatment Center in Calvertonon June 29.

Connie Lassandro of Baiting Hollow has been installed as president of the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce.

The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce hosted a “Shark Tank” style competition for Riverhrad High School business students. The students pitched their ideas to a panel of "sharks" and the winners were were announced Tuesday at an event at the Residence Inn.

The laser light show planned by the Chamber of Commerce at the Calverton Enterprise Park has been postponed, chamber president Robert Kern told RiverheadLOCAL this morning.

A three-night laser light show at the Calverton Enterprise Park next week is being advertised though it lacks town approvals.

On the eve of the Long Island region entering into Phase Two of the New York Forward four-phase reopening plan, a coalition of East End chambers of commerce gathered in Riverhead today to ask the governor to recognize the “micro-economy” of the East End and accelerate the area’s progression into Phase Four.