Riverhead Highway Department

Wintry weather left about four inches of snow in the local area. Roads are in good shape this morning, Highway Supt. Mike Zaleski said.

In a brief special meeting, the Riverhead Town Board approved a $331,485 plow truck purchase and shifted $75,000 in grant funds for Vail-Leavitt roof repairs.

Town highway crews worked overnight to clear main roads and are working on side streets and developments Saturday morning, Riverhead Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski said.

Riverhead highway crews battled snow drifts all night to keep roads open, while town police officers and public safety dispatchers were going full tilt responding to calls from disabled motorists stuck in snow drifts or involved in minor accidents.

Riverhead Town’s annual residential loose-leaf pickup will begin the week of Dec. 1, the Highway Department announced. Here's what you need to know.

The Riverhead Highway Department will be repaving Middle Road from Northville Tpk. to Roanoke Ave. and from Osborn Ave. to Mill Rd. Monday and Tuesday. The road will be closed to most traffic in those areas while the project is underway.

Kids got to explore dump trucks and earth movers — and play with toy versions of them — at the Riverhead Highway Department's second annual truck show for kids on June 21. Photos.

The Riverhead Highway Department has received top honors in a statewide invention competition for a device its workers use to remove snow fence poles.

The Riverhead Highway Department truck show for kids has been postponed to Saturday, June 21 due to this week's rainy forecast.

Independent candidate Jessica Werner of Baiting Hollow is challenging Riverhead Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski in the race to run the town’s Highway Department