Local fire districts will host public hearings on their 2020 budgets Tuesday.
The districts raise tax money for fire department equipment and facilities, while the majority of the members of the fire departments are volunteers. The hearings are required before the budget can be approved. READ
A Smokey Bear sign installed in Manorville in August was cut down and stolen during the week of Oct. 7 and DEC officials are seeking the public’s help to locate it. READ
James Richard Nowack, 40, of Riverhead was arrested last Tuesday around 1:51 a.m. near Riverleigh Avenue in Riverside for a first-offense robbery, using or threatening the use of a dangerous instrument and for obstructing governmental administration in the second degree. READ
Donald Flannery, 47, of Hampton Bays was arrested Friday evening in Riverhead for driving without a license, police reports said. (more…)
A multi-vehicle crash in Wading River closed a portion of Sound Avenue near Hulse Landing Road Friday afternoon. READ
The defense attorney for the Holbrook man accused of killing a Wading River boy in an alleged drunken driving crash in Manorville last year argued at a two-day hearing in Riverside this week that Suffolk police lacked probable cause to make an arrest. READ
Six alleged Bloods gang members who “terrorized” the Riverhead area for nearly a decade were arrested Wednesday morning on multiple charges, including murder, following an investigation by the FBI Long Island Gang Task Force. READ
Three Riverhead Town police officers were honored Tuesday for their role in disarming a man with a shotgun in Sunken Pond Estates on Sept. 25. READ