William Downing, the Riverhead man who was initially arrested for driving while intoxicated after hitting a child, despite not being given a blood test, has filed a notice of claim against Riverhead Town, its police department, the Suffolk County Police Department, a number of unnamed individual police officers as well as unnamed officers who are responsible for disseminating information to the media. READ
Riverhead Town officials are urging residents to prepare as the National Hurricane Center is tracking a potential hurricane. READ
Riverhead Town will host its annual bow hunting lottery at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at Town Hall. READ
Riverhead Town will now have a point system and an ongoing registry for dealing with blighted and unkempt properties in the town under two new requirements approved Wednesday. (more…)
Wastewater upgrades, funded partly by the Suffolk County Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program, are coming to Reeves Beach in Riverhead.
An introductory resolution authorizing the project passed during a Suffolk County Environment, Planning and Agriculture Committee meeting Monday and will head to the county legislature at the general meeting next week. READ
Residents of Lewis Street will be tasked with deciding whether to permanently rename their road in honor of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs. READ
There will be no proposition on the November ballot asking Riverhead Town residents if they want to extend the term of the town supervisor from two years to four years. READ
For several elected officials from Riverhead and Southampton towns, the former Howard Johnson’s that stood at the south side of the Riverside traffic circle brings back memories of yesteryear. (more…)
