Riverhead News Review

07.18.2025 News

Mermaid finds a home in Riverhead

A mermaid has landed just a few blocks from Long Island Sound. She’s standing nine feet tall, carved out of a locust tree in Andrea Rubino’s backyard in Riverhead....

07.18.2025 News

Riverhead considers zoning change to boost affordable housing

Revisions to a particular Riverhead Town zoning code could authorize more essential affordable housing projects in the area, and specifically help get the decades-long proposal for the Riverhead First...

07.17.2025 Sports

SWR soccer team has visions of a state title

After a 13-5 season last year and a 9-1 record within League VIII, the Shoreham-Wading River boys soccer team, already a perennial powerhouse, decided to enroll in the Town...

Featured Stories

07.17.2025 Sports

Sports spotlight: Jason Davis, Riverhead baseball

07.17.2025 Real Estate

Real Estate Transfers: July 17, 2025

07.17.2025 Community

Community Calendar of Events: July 17, 2025

The Siliatos bring Ben & Jerry’s to Riverhead, serving scoops and hoping for family tradition

Hedley Studios brings a cache of cars to the Parrish

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Community

07.17.2025 Community

Community Calendar of Events: July 17, 2025

Arts and crafts Monday, July 21, 6-8:30 p.m.: ‘Swan Song’ paint night, Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild, Cutchogue. Acrylic...

07.16.2025 Community

2025 Alive on 25 summer fest kicks off Friday

The first installment of the highly anticipated — and newly transformed — Alive on...

07.10.2025 Community

Photos: 2025 Jamesport Civic Association Fourth of July ceremony

The Greater Jamesport Civic Association carried on with its annual Independence Day Commemoration on...

Obituaries

07.17.2025 Obituaries

Anthony David Hughes

Anthony David Hughes, longtime Peconic resident, passed away at home, surrounded by his loved...

07.14.2025 Obituaries

Susan Warner

Susan Warner of Riverhead died July 11, 2025, at Peconic Bay Medical Center in...

07.14.2025 Obituaries

Bessie Ruth Turner

Bessie Ruth Turner of Riverhead passed away at the Kanas Center Saturday, July 12,...

07.11.2025 Obituaries

Brendan Dunnigan Kelly

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Captain Brendan Kelly,...

07.07.2025 Obituaries

Liselotte (Hildebrand) Urist

Mattituck resident Liselotte (Hildebrand) Urist died July 6, 2025 at the age of 90.

07.07.2025 Obituaries

Vincent “Vinny” Villella

Vincent “Vinny” Villella — a devoted husband, loving father, proud grandfather, fun-loving uncle, lifelong...

Sports

Latest Sports

07.17.2025 Sports

Sports spotlight: Jason Davis, Riverhead baseball

The varsity baseball team at Riverhead High School made the playoffs for the first time in 10 years this...

07.11.2025 Sports

SWR boys sharpen skills in summer hoops league

The Shoreham-Wading River boys basketball, currently playing in a summer league, started out the...

07.07.2025 Featured Story

Riverhead High School A.D. steps down after successful run

After nine years as the director of health, physical education and athletics at Riverhead...

Opinion

07.13.2025 Riverhead News-Review

Editorial: Ignoring the facts

07.13.2025 Riverhead News-Review

Letters to the Editor: Protecting the new Town Square

07.06.2025 Nicole Wagner

Reporter’s Notebook: Jinx! You owe me a soda!

07.05.2025 Reader Submission

Letters to the Editor: Acts of kindness

07.04.2025 Riverhead News-Review

Editorial: Independence Day 2025