Police surveillance cameras are coming to the Railroad Avenue and Grangebel Park areas due in part to federal Community Development Block Grants, Riverhead Town officials said Thursday. (more…)
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Riverhead Town has issued more than 100 violations to properties in downtown Riverhead and the owners of three downtown properties have been issued notices to remedy unsafe conditions, according to Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith. READ
More apartments are being planned for downtown Riverhead.
This time, a company called G2D Development is seeking to build 35 luxury apartments in a four-story project on land that once had a Subway sandwich shop on East Main Street. READ
Our Main Street should be a source of pride in our community, but it has struggled for a long time now.
Over the past 20 years we have seen Route 58 grow and box stores replace our Main Street small businesses. READ
The Long Island Science Center has officially returned to Riverhead and is celebrating with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday at 4 p.m. It opens to the public at 11 a.m. Saturday.
An interactive Leonardo da Vinci model exhibit and history of video games are among the new attractions the center has added since it left Riverhead in 2016. READ
How tall should new buildings in downtown Riverhead be?
That’s been a hot topic recently since the Riverhead Town Board in November discussed a draft proposal to limit the height of downtown buildings. READ
Using a mix of Community Development Block Grant and Suffolk County Downtown Revitalization funding, lighting improvements are planned for downtown Riverhead. READ
For years, Riverhead Town officials have been trying to come up with ways to revitalize downtown, which many feel has suffered as a result of the onslaught of big box retail stores on Route 58.
In the past year or so, many of the national chain stores that had Route 58 locations ran into financial difficulties that many feel were brought on by online shopping. As a result, a number of big box stores on Route 58 closed. READ