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BJ’s expansion with gas station gets preliminary approval: Sept. 18 Planning Board wrap-up

by Sep 23, 2025
The Riverhead Planning Board gave preliminary approval Thursday to an expansion of BJ’s Wholesale Club, and the addition of a 16-vehicle gas station there.

Rebranded and refreshed, Riverhead’s par-3 Sandy Pond Golf Course to reopen under new ownership March 1

by Jan 30, 2023
The nine-hole, par-3 Sandy Pond Golf Course on Roanoke Avenue, a mainstay in Riverhead for more than half a century, has been purchased by Brian Stark and Earl Truland, who are already working on upgrades and plan to add a mini-golf course and a new clubhouse on the 18-acre site.