An adaptive children’s playground on downtown Riverhead’s Peconic River waterfront can now be built as designed, after a ...

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.

Marie Jeanne Downs of Riverhead died Aug. 16, 2026. She was 81 years old. Born and raised in Riverhead, she was the daughter of Ernest D. Downs and Patricia McKinnon Downs. She graduated from ...

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%.

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

A 2006 Riverhead High School graduate was arrested after running onto the field at Yankee Stadium waving Palestinian flag ...

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