Route 58

Updated: A head-on crash on Route 58 injured two people, one seriously Tuesday afternoon, and shut down the roadway for nearly four hours.

Christmas Tree Shops, which opened a store on Route 58 in Riverhead in 2013, is closing all 70 of its stores. Liquidation sales are ongoing, with the last stores expected to permanently close by the end of August.

Burlington Stores was the successful bidder at a bankruptcy auction of 44 Bed Bath & Beyond leases nationwide, including the one in Riverhead Centre. The off-price national retailer bid $12 million for the leases. The sale could be approved by a bankruptcy court as soon as Monday.

Prestige Properties & Development Company Inc. of New York City has taken ownership of the 395,000-square-foot shopping plaza, purchased for an undisclosed sum, the seller's representative announced.

A plan to build a new 13-store outlet center on a parcel of undeveloped land in the middle of Tanger Outlets gained preliminary approval from the Riverhead Planning Board Thursday evening.

Restaurant Depot, which plans to open its fourth Long Island warehouse in Riverhead later this year, was granted financial assistance for the Route 58 development by the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency Monday.

A 23-year-old Middle Island man was struck and killed while crossing Route 58 just west of Osborn Avenue last night, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release this morning.

The developer looking to build four restaurants on the seven-acre mostly vacant site at the corner of Route 58 and Mill Road was back before the Planning Board last night to discuss new revisions to his proposed site plan.

Residents and prospective marijuana entrepreneurs applauded the Riverhead Town Board’s proposed zoning code for marijuana businesses as retail sales are poised to get underway, with one speaker calling it the most “progressive” of its kind and most friendly to the emerging industry on Long Island.

National retailer Bed Bath & Beyond yesterday announced it will close another 150 stores and cut its workforce by 20% to cut expenses and