Route 58

Riverhead Town Code requires cannabis dispensaries to be located at least 1,000 feet from any school. Since Riverhead High School is only 735 feet south of the proposed site, the applicant needs permission of the ZBA. It met resistance at a hearing last week.

Opa! The quick service Greek-American restaurant Hampton Gyro opened this week in a Route 58 shopping center in Riverhead.

Five people have been arrested over the last several days as a result of investigations into retail theft at 16 stores in Riverhead, according to a Riverhead Police Department press release.

A crash between a 2024 Kawasaki Ninja and a 2006 Yamaha R6 killed the operator of the Kawaski Sunday morning on Rt. 58 in Riverhead, police said.

A proposal for a café on Edgar Avenue across from Aquebogue Elementary School drew concerns about traffic congestion, pedestrian safety and parking at a Riverhead Planning Board meeting Thursday evening. Sept. 5 meeting wrap-up.

The property owner has plans to subdivide the building occupied by the Riverhead Friendly's Restaurant for nearly 40 years. The Riverhead location will likely close when its lease expires at the end of 2025.

The owner of the Route 58 building occupied by Friendly’s Restaurant is seeking approvals to renovate the building to create two separate restaurants, raising questions about the future of the last Friendly's location on the East End.

Hampton Gyro, which will open a second location in Riverhead, serves a variety of Greek foods, including gyros, platters, souvlaki, falafel, as well as American foods like burgers, chicken sandwiches and wings, owner Mike Dzanoucakis said.

Riverhead Centre was required to comply with the town's 'Dark Skies' code by Dec. 31, 2017. It hasn't. And now officials are considering allowing the NYC company that bought the 50-acre property for $71 million last year to continue to pollute the night skies with bright light.

The off-price clothing and home fashions retail store, longtime tenant at the Roanoke Plaza shopping center is moving to the store formerly occupied by Christmas Tree Shops, at 1791 Old Country Road.