Breaking News
Wrong-way crash leaves car hanging over bridge on I-495 in Riverhead
A wrong-way driver on the Long Island Expressway in Riverhead lost control and crashed on a median, his car coming to a stop with its front end hanging off a bridge abutment.
Government
Town board wrap: budget hearing, new hires, and a housing code enforcement action
A rundown of the Nov. 6 town board meeting, including a hearing on the proposed 2020 operating budget, new staff hires and authorization of a Supreme Court action over alleged code violations at a Harrison Avenue home.
Community News
Victim says thanks to ambulance crew that saved his life after motorcycle crash
Last month, Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps members had the rare chance to meet a young man whose life they saved after he was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Manorville June 7.
Letters
Ambulance president says thank you to emergency services personnel
RVAC president thanks emergency services personnel who made sure all calls for medical assistance were promptly answered during Riverhead Ambulance District’s recent radio problems.
News
Riverhead ambulance communications system back up and running ‘loud and clear’
The Riverhead Ambulance District's communications equipment supplier got the communication system up and running this afternoon with a loaner repeater to replace the one that failed last week.
News
Riverhead ambulance district has critical communications equipment failure
A critical equipment failure in the Riverhead Ambulance District's last week left the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps without reliable communications capability. The problem has not yet been addressed, the ambulance president says.
News
Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps swears in new chief and line officers
The new crop of line officers is “one of the best crews I’ve ever seen at the ambulance,” says RVAC's new chief Bill Wilkinson, a 23-year EMS veteran. Wilkinson, a past president of the organization also previously served two terms as chief.
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck by car on Middle Road
A male pedestrian was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident this morning near the entrance of John Wesley Village in Riverhead.
Breaking News
Woman and cats escape house fire in Glenwood Village Tuesday morning
Riverhead firefighters made a quick stop of a house fire in the Glenwood Village community this morning.
Breaking News
Crash at downtown intersection sends three people to hospital
A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Court Street and Osborn Avenue just before 8 a.m. this morning sent three people, including a child, to the hospital and briefly shut down both roads just north of West Main Street.
