Riverside

A woman is facing a felony robbery charge and other charges after she slapped and kicked a clerk at a Peconic Avenue gas station in Riverside Friday morning, Southampton Town Police said in a press release Saturday.

The $5 million appropriation is targeted for construction of the sewage treatment plant, which will cost an estimated $20 million to build. Covering the cost of construction with grants is crucial, Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said.

The wastewater treatment plant is essential to the implementation of the Riverside Action Plan, a revitalization plan adopted by the Southampton Town Board in 2015 and codified in a zoning overlay district that same year, that calls for high-density mixed-use development in portions of the hamlet.

A Riverside man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop on Route 105 and Flanders Road early this morning, when he was found in possession of heroin and cocaine, according to a Southampton Police press release.

Local residents again voiced objections — this time at a ZBA hearing Thursday night — to a proposed 7-Eleven gas station and convenience store on the Riverside roundabout, where a blighted, long-abandoned gas station now stands.

Southampton Town Police said they located the suspect in the area of the 495 service road in Calverton last night after the stole an idling vehicle at a gas station on the Riverside traffic circle.

Jason Langhorn of Riverhead, along with two other members of the Bloods, fired 39 shots into a car parked on Old Quogue Road in Riverside hey thought was occupied by a rival gang member in November 2015 and instead killed Thomas Lacolla, 27.

Southbound traffic on Flanders Road in Riverside was diverted while PSEG repaired a severed pole and downed wires after the crash, police said.

A Riverhead man was arrested in Riverside early this morning on a felony drug charge when police found him in possession of crack cocaine after a traffic stop.

Worried about the impacts of a proposed 7-Eleven gas gas station and convenience store on the Riverside Revitalization Action Plan, residents ask the Town of Southampton for a one-year moratorium on new gas stations and related uses in the Riverside hamlet center.