08.04.2023 Community Cardboard Boat Race shoves off Aug. 5 The 12th annual Cardboard Boat Race will kick off this Saturday, Aug. 5, in downtown Riverhead. The boat race has traditionally been one of the most popular events of...
05.08.2023 Business Nail salon and spa joins growing list of Hispanic-owned downtown businesses Merary Rodriguez’s journey from working out of her car and knocking on the doors of Riverhead residents offering her services as a cosmetologist, to owning the town’s newest nail...
05.03.2023 Business Skye’s Hampton Hair celebrates opening in former Main Street Haircutters in downtown Riverhead When you walk into Skye’s Hampton Hair, a new beauty salon at 36 West Main St. in Riverhead, for a brief moment you step through history. Customers pass between...
04.17.2023 Community Vail-Leavitt Music Hall to host talent show this summer An upcoming audition night at the Vail-Leavitt theater could prove whether Riverhead’s Got Talent. East End residents of all ages with performance skills to showcase are being encouraged to...
04.12.2023 Government New five-story apartment complex proposed would offer river views from West Main Street in Riverhead Riverhead has another five-story apartment proposal on its plate. This one — dubbed “The Vue” — is planned for the northeast corner of West Main Street and Sweezy Avenue. ...
03.28.2023 News ‘Zero tolerance zone’ could mean 90 days in jail for drinking in public Town officials are hoping some tough new regulations will help improve the quality of life in downtown Riverhead. Proposals aimed at increasing penalties and fines for offenses such as...
03.24.2023 Business Victoria’s Helado, a new frozen dessert shop, opens in downtown Riverhead When Riverhead’s Cristobal Espinoza — a painter — was without a job last year, he wasn’t sure what to do until his 11-year-old daughter, Victoria, suggested he start making...
03.23.2023 Business North Fork Chocolate Company opens downtown sweets boutique in Riverhead The sign on the front door says “chocolate,” but that’s hardly the full story of what’s behind the counter at 309 East Main Street in Riverhead. North Fork Chocolate...