Amanda Olsen, Author at Riverhead News Review

10.14.2025 Election 2025

Halpin promises open ears and community collaboration in supervisor office

Jerry Halpin, a local pastor challenging incumbent Tim Hubbard for Riverhead Town supervisor, said last year’s hefty tax increase drove him to run for office. Mr. Halpin is an...

10.13.2025 Community

Phillips Avenue students flying high after helicopter visit on Police Day

Around 600 students at Phillips Avenue Elementary erupted in cheers Thursday as a Suffolk County Police helicopter came in for a landing on the school’s back field for the...

10.12.2025 News

OCM calls Riverhead’s dispensary moratorium ‘unreasonably impracticable,’ town pushes back

The state Office of Cannabis Management slapped down Riverhead’s proposed moratorium, zoning and positive municipal opinion requirement for new dispensaries as “unreasonably impracticable” — a ruling that town officials...

10.08.2025 Election 2025

Riverhead Town Board candidates

Four candidates are vying for two open seats on the Riverhead Town Board. Incumbent councilmen Kenneth Rothwell and Bob Kern are both running for second, four-year terms. Both were...

10.08.2025 News

Kevin Shea brings care for community to Town Board candidacy

Kevin Shea, a 20-year resident of Baiting Hollow, is a retired New York City firefighter and 9/11 first responder running for Riverhead Town Board as a Democrat. Mr. Shea said he...

10.08.2025 Election 2025

Mark Woolley, seasoned government liaison, makes bid for Riverhead Town board

Mark Woolley, a Riverhead native, is running for Riverhead town board as an independent on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Woolley recently retired from 30 years of public service working...

10.07.2025 Community

Butterfly Effect Project celebrates fifth season at new Jamesport garden

The flowers have faded and most of the vegetables have been picked, but things have never been greener for the Butterfly Effect Project‘s intergenerational community garden. Now in its...

10.07.2025 Keeping Track of History

Keeping Track of History: Wading River Station

Train stations are built for many reasons: economic, convenience, congestion. But the Long Island Rail Road track extension from Port Jefferson to Wading River was built for revenge. Austin...

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