Riverhead railroad station

With people waiting for buses outside the building and buses blocking the roadway, the location is less desirable for a potential tenant.

Volunteers are wanted to help with a fall cleanup and planting at the Riverhead train Station Saturday morning, starting at 8:30 a.m.

Home Depot has donated plants for a landscape plan developed by Cornell Cooperative Extension to beautify the area around the Riverhead train station. The town is seeking volunteers to help with the planting Saturday morning.

The MTA has committed to cleaning up the appearance of the Riverhead railroad station and will again actively seek a tenant for the long-closed ticket office. The town is seeking volunteers for a clean-up and planting day at the station and has again asked Suffolk County to relocate the bus stop away from the building.

Town officials are asking the county bus company to relocate its bus stop away from the building at the Riverhead train station, which they hope will reduce loitering near the building.

Conditions at the Long Island Railroad station in Riverhead and its surrounds have troubled town officials for a long time. The station has been closed...