The Navy has begun a pilot study treating PFAS-contaminated Calverton plume, but the last study needed to plan a final cleanup won’t be done until 2039.

Despite rainy, windy weather from a lingering nor’easter, a good crowd turned out Sunday for the North Fork Breast Health Coalition’s 28th annual 5K walk at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead.

No members of the public attended Monday’s Riverhead IDA hearing on tax breaks for the proposed $35 million Town Square hotel. The agency will accept comments through Oct. 5…

Riverhead escaped major structural damage from the weekend nor’easter, but the storm left beach erosion and debris, damaged some crops and cost local farms a crucial fall weekend of sales.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man they say stole $1,094 worth of Nike footwear from the Nike store on West Main Street on July 4.

Riverhead officials issued a weather and travel advisory Sunday as the National Weather Service extended coastal flooding advisories for the area, with minor flooding possible through Monday…

Transfers of real estate in the Town of Riverhead and selected hamlets in the Town of Southampton reported for RiverheadLOCAL by Suffolk Vision title service on Sept. 25, 2026.

Coastal flood and high wind warnings remain in effect Sunday, as a slow-moving storm lingers near the coast, bringing gusting winds, heavy rain and widespread power outages across the region.

A slow-moving nor’easter has begun battering the Riverhead area with strong, gusty winds and rain, bringing down limbs and power lines, toppling some trees and flooding roads, yards and parking lots…

A weekend nor’easter is expected to dump 3-4 inches of rain, drive strong winds and cause widespread coastal flooding across central and eastern Long Island, according to the National Weather Service.

An adaptive children’s playground on downtown Riverhead’s Peconic River waterfront can now be built as designed, after a state grant of nearly $2.4 million completed its funding, town officials said.

A man convicted of his fourth felony DWI in 10 years was sentenced Tuesday to 2⅓ to seven years in prison, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said.

A wind advisory is in effect for Long Island from 2 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday, as a coastal storm Is expected to impact Long Island and New York City with wind gusts as high as 55 mph.

Supervisor Jerry Halpin’s tentative 2027 budget proposes $120.96 million in spending across Riverhead Town’s operating funds, with a townwide tax levy increase of $1.7 million, or 2.79%.

Auditors found accounting and oversight failures involving Riverhead’s $3.575 million EPA grant to extend public water to 64 Manorville homes.

Riverhead added $4.9 million to its general fund balance in 2025 as revenue outpaced spending, driven largely by higher property-tax revenue.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man they say stole about $1,580 in Nike clothing and sneakers from the Nike outlet store in…

Two Riverhead Town Board members during last week’s work session called attention to state laws and policies they said negatively affect policing.

Riverhead police reported 177 criminal incidents and 98 arrests in July 2026. Domestic incidents rose, while summonses declined from July 2025.

Riverhead police reported 197 criminal incidents in August 2026, up from 155 a year earlier. Arrests and motor vehicle accidents declined.

Posing as a teenage boy on Snapchat, a former Riverhead High School teacher solicited nude images from underage girls and sent them explicit images of himself, prosecutors said in announcing his…

A retired FDNY firefighter who lost 12 members of his firehouse on 9/11 shares his perspective on a Riverhead Town Hall clash and calls for ethical local leadership.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine has proposed a $4.59 billion budget for 2027 that would hold the county’s general fund property tax levy steady while relying on more than $2.2 billion in sales…

Riverhead awarded a $328,000 community center HVAC contract and approved sewer financing, technology grants and records digitization.

The League of Women Voters will host a Sept. 28 debate between the candidates for New York’s 1st Senate District and a Sept 30 forum on voting rights and the 2026 midterm elections.

Wading River Fire Department First Lieutenant Matthew Jakubowsky was honored by the County Legislature for his achievements as a Wading River volunteer firefighter.

What’s the local real estate market doing? Stay up to date on the latest trends with the weekly report of title transfers in Riverhead Town and adjacent hamlets in Southampton Town.

Laura Jens-Smith argues that Council Member Joann Waski’s Facebook post about Kevin Shea’s July 21 Town Board remarks omitted his immediate correction and turned a verbal mistake into a partisan…

The free family event will offer fire truck tours, live demonstrations, fire safety education and children’s activities. Meet local volunteer firefighters, with fire truck tours and live…

Riverhead Police said all 23 retail establishments checked during a Sept. 16 tobacco and vape compliance operation were found to be in compliance with the law prohibiting sales to people under 21.

Suffolk County Community College trustees authorized the purchase at their Sept. 17 meeting.

Five Riverhead school board members accused town officials Wednesday of making false statements and politicizing negotiations over funding two school resource officers assigned to the high school and…

Riverhead and Brookhaven will split the cost of an engineering assessment of the Wading River Duck Ponds, where sediment, stormwater runoff and deteriorated infrastructure have accumulated over…

By law, all real property in a town must be assessed at a uniform percent of value — but in Riverhead, that figure has fallen to 7.73% of market value, 46 years after the last town-wide update.

The Riverhead Town Board on Tuesday tabled a resolution authorizing a renewed school resource officer agreement, prolonging a dispute over who should pay for officers assigned to the district’s high…

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man they say used a cellphone to take unlawful photos of a woman at Walmart in Riverhead on Aug. 7.

Beginning in 2028, New York students will no longer have to pass Regents exams to earn a high school diploma, under a change approved Monday by the State Board of Regents.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of most Biden-era greenhouse gas limits for fossil-fuel power plants.

Bow-hunters can enter Riverhead Town’s 2026 lottery in person at Town Hall on Sept. 17, with slots available at EPCAL, Sound Avenue and Middle Road properties.

Rep. Nick LaLota knows the safeguards built into our election system, yet campaigns on fixing a system that’s not broken.

Letter: Golf cottage zoning should require a minimum 300-foot setback from golf course property line.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are seeking the public’s help to identify two men and a woman accused of stealing $320 worth of clothing from Target on Old Country Road on Aug.

Riverhead Town Police said a 34-year-old man was arrested and charged with felony burglary, grand larceny and criminal mischief following reports of vehicle and garage larcenies in Calverton.

A 2006 Riverhead High School graduate was arrested after running onto the field at Yankee Stadium waving Palestinian flag during 9/11 Yankees-Mets game.

Three youth anglers swept the top spots in Riverhead’s annual snapper tournament Saturday, each landing a 10-inch-plus snapper. Photo gallery.

Street artists Patrick Voorhees and Zach Sieglinger of Medford returned to the Railroad Museum of Long Island to paint a Sept. 11 memorial mural marking the attacks’ 25th anniversary.

A memorial wreath was laid at the base of a monument made from steel recovered at the World Trade Center site as Flanders honored the victims and first responders of 9/11 Friday evening.

Local residents gathered Friday evening at 9/11 Memorial Park on Sound Avenue to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, sharing memories of lost loved ones.

Riverhead Town’s annual 9/11 memorial ceremony drew a large crowd to Calverton Friday, where speakers shared vivid memories of the attacks that shook the nation in 2001.