Riverhead Fire Department

Riverhead firefighters spend much of the night battling a large mulch fire in Calverton.

Two people escaped injury when the car they were riding in on Northville Turnpike caught fire this morning. Riverhead Fire Department knocked down the flames in short order.

Firefighters responding to the call at about 10:20 a.m. found a fully involved pickup truck in an eastbound lane of the county highway, just west of Kroemer Avenue.

The Riverhead Fire Department’s "Santa Run" has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 13, beginning at 12 noon.

Beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Santa and his helpers will travel through the town aboard a Riverhead Fire Department truck to kick off the holiday season.

Riverhead firefighters extinguished a structure fire on Trout Brook Lane in Aquebogue this afternoon.

Motorists are asked to avoid Roanoke Avenue and Northville Turnpike Wednesday and Thursday for the drive-by services of Judge Allen M. Smith.

Riverhead Fire Department is coordinating a seven-department parade past Peconic Bay Medical Center Tuesday evening at 6:30. Jamesport, Wading River, Flanders, Manorville, Mattituck and Eastport fire departments are scheduled to participate, Riverhead Fire Chief Tim Corwin said today.

Firefighters were called to the scene at about 4:10 p.m. after a neighbor saw smoke coming from the home on Glynwood Drive.

Riverhead Fire Department knocked down a fire at the rear of the vacant former Toys R Us store on Route 58 early Monday morning.