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 ...

A man convicted of his fourth felony DWI in 10 years was sentenced Tuesday to 2⅓ to seven years in prison, the Suffolk County ...

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

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.

Riverhead Town failed to record a $3.57 million federal grant transaction and did not adequately oversee how the money was spent, according to a 2025 audit completed by the town’s independent auditing ...

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

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and the Riverhead Town Police Department are asking for the public’s help to identify and locate a man they say stole merchandise from a Riverhead store last month.

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 ...

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 ...