03.06.2024 Business Riverhead town board approves retail cannabis plan On Tuesday, the Riverhead Town Board unanimously voted to approve the zoning it recently created in an attempt to increase available retail sites for the sale and on-sight consumption...
02.27.2024 Education Charter school controversy dominates Town Board meeting More than 50 speakers made public comments at last Wednesday’s Riverhead Town Board meeting — and many more jammed Town Hall to capacity. The hot topic was the Riverhead...
02.13.2024 News Town Board OKs new biz options at Tanger The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously last Tuesday to approve a zoning amendment that will allow a host of new types of businesses at Tanger Outlets on Route 58,...
12.14.2023 Government Outgoing Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar reflects on her tenure When Yvette Aguiar first entered the Riverhead political scene in 2019, she said many officials in government never believed she would be elected town supervisor. She was a complete...
12.13.2023 News Riverhead police chief gets a 8.5% pay raise Riverhead Chief of Police David Hegermiller got a new contract — and an 8.5% pay raise — when the Town Board last week unanimously approved a compensation package with...
10.13.2023 News New uses proposed for long-vacant building on East Main Street An East Main Street storefront that’s been vacant and in disrepair for many years is now being proposed as a deli, convenience store and barber shop. The Riverhead Planning...
09.29.2023 News Tim Hubbard, Angela DeVito debate in first public forum The two candidates for supervisor in this year’s Riverhead Town elections spoke at a public forum Sept. 21, and expressing sharply different viewpoints on nearly every issue. The forum,...
09.09.2023 Business Long Island Republicans demand that Gov. Hochul rescind state’s sanctuary status Representative Nick LaLota and state Sen. Anthony Palumbo were among a half-dozen Nassau and Suffolk County Republicans who called on Gov. Kathy Hochul last Thursday to rescind New York’s...