Julio Xajapsinai, 23, of Hampton Bays was arrested last Wednesday around 2:18 a.m. for driving while intoxicated, according to Southampton Town police. READ
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The Riverhead Town Board on Wednesday backed off a plan to declare a “negative declaration” for a proposed 191-acre solar farm in Calverton, a move that would have removed the requirement for an environmental impact study of the project. READ
Two Riverhead Town residents were arrested outside Peconic Laundromat on East Main Street last Wednesday for criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to Riverhead Town police. READ
UPDATE (7 p.m.): Mr. Thomas was located unharmed, police said. READ
A third lawsuit has now been filed against the Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch in Riverhead by a former resident claiming that the ranch allowed him to be physically and sexually abused by older boys as a result of poor supervision. (more…)
A proposal to strengthen Riverhead Town’s building and housing code that was put forward by Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith before the election was rejected by a short-handed Riverhead Town Board last Wednesday, when she and Councilman Jim Wooten were absent. READ
The Riverhead woman accused in September of shooting her estranged boyfriend was angry he wouldn’t marry her and she threatened to kill him and herself moments before firing the gun, a prosecutor alleged at her arraignment in Suffolk County Court Thursday. READ
Riverhead Town officials held a press conference Tuesday to encourage residents to attend a forum Thursday on the “pattern book” planned for downtown Riverhead. READ