The Riverhead Planning Board on Thursday approved the final site plan for Twin Forks Beer Company’s brewery and tasting room, set to be built on Raynor Avenue in Riverhead. READ
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A long-shuttered gas station at the southeast corner of Route 58 and Ostrander Avenue may become a gas station once again. READ
Signage at Speedway by the Tanger Outlets was being changed over on Friday. (Credit: Paul Squire)
Drivers heading to their local Hess station today might have noticed something different: It wasn’t a Hess station. (more…)
Update, noon, Tuesday: Police declined to comment further on the case, saying they did not want to compromise an ongoing investigation.
Original story: Riverhead Police are investigating a reported robbery at a Wading River gas station that took place early this morning.
According to police, an armed man entered the Valero gas station at 4904 Route 25A around 12:45 a.m. and demanded cash from the clerk.
The man then fled the store with cash and cigarettes and has yet to be located since.
Det. Mike Henry said police will soon be reviewing video surveillance to obtain more information about the robbery.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the Riverhead Police Department at 727-4500, ext. 302.
Police are investigating an attempted robbery involving a handgun at a Riverhead gas station early Friday, police said.
Riverhead police received word about 12:30 a.m. that a male suspect displaying a black semiautomatic handgun and approached another man from behind while in the Mobile Gas parking lot on Route 58, police said.
The suspect demanded the victim to get into his own car, which the victim was unlocking, according to the report.
When the victim refused to comply, the suspect — described as a 35 to 40-year-old black male, about 5-foot-10-inches tall, wearing a black mask and a gray hooded sweatshirt — took off on foot, police said.
State police and Riverhead police officers searched the area with the help of a K-9 unit, but were unable to locate the suspect, police said.
The case was turned over to the detectives division, according to a report.