05.07.2024 News Navy postpones Grumman cleanup meeting The U.S. Navy has postponed a meeting with the Restoration Advisory Board that was scheduled for Tuesday night. The RAB is comprised of citizens overseeing the Navy’s cleanup of...
05.06.2024 News Late August target for Riverhead master plan Riverhead Town’s master plan update could be finished before the end of August, according to Sara Yackel, an environmental engineer with BFJ Planning, the firm hired by the town...
05.06.2024 News Romaine adds another $5M to open space fund Suffolk County added $15 million to its capital fund last Wednesday to allow for the acquisition of more open space and farmland development rights. That number is up from...
04.29.2024 News BID ‘Alive on 25’ fireworks, laser show this summer The Riverhead Business Improvement District (BID) will have just two major “Alive on 25” events this summer, according to executive director Kristy Verity. One of them will be the...
04.19.2024 News 165-unit Riverhead apartment project gets tax breaks The Riverhead Industrial Development Agency granted a number of tax incentives for a proposed 165-unit apartment complex at its April 8 meeting. The proposal has already received preliminary site...
04.16.2024 News Town explores ways to ease Calverton traffic Riverhead Town officials are trying to solve congestion traffic problems at the intersection of Middle County Road (Route 25) and Fresh Pond Avenue in Calverton, but they acknowledge their...
04.14.2024 News Chick-fil-A development plan gets extension A proposal to build a Chick-fil-A and several other restaurants on a mostly vacant seven-acre property west of Home Depot was given a six-month extension by the Riverhead Planning...
04.11.2024 News Riverhead library budget passes, board members elected The Riverhead Free Library 2024-25 budget passed Tuesday, gaining approval by a margin of more than two-to-one. The vote was 236 in favor and 105 opposed. The budget for Baiting...