01.26.2021 Business Lidl approved for former Toys ‘R’ Us site on Route 58 A proposal to convert the former Toys R Us building on Route 58 into a Lidl supermarket received unanimous administrative approval from the Riverhead Town Planning Board last Thursday. ...
01.26.2021 Business Cohen’s Fashion Optical relocates to new digs on Route 58 One day, as a teenager working at a clothing store at the Smith Haven Mall, Charlotte Smilovich marched next door to the Pearle Vision counter, ready to complain about...
01.18.2021 Government Does a proposed shopping center on Route 58 need a sound wall? At its meeting last Thursday, the Riverhead Planning Board discussed whether Long Island Cauliflower Association’s proposed 42,058-square-foot retail project should be required to have a sound wall to protect...
12.19.2020 News Riverhead woman arrested after driving truck into vacant furniture store A 21-year-old Riverhead woman with a suspended license was arrested after crashing into a vacant storefront at the Route 58 traffic circle Friday night. Damionna Henderson said she was...
11.20.2020 Business Town officials look to speed up process of bringing Lidl store to town The Riverhead Planning Board is recommending it “fast track” its review of a proposal to convert the former Toys “R” Us building on Route 58 into a Lidl store,...
08.23.2020 Government Riverhead Town considering plan to allow conversion of empty big box stores into apartments Large vacant retail store sites like those occupied by the former Kmart, Walmart and Toys R Us on Route 58 would be “recycled” into other uses such as “micro...
08.11.2020 Government Neighbors say Riverhead doesn’t need another car wash A proposal to build a car wash on the southeast corner of Route 58 and Pulaski Street Extension ran into some opposition from neighbors, who fear it will increase...
08.16.2019 Business Chase to close one of three Riverhead branches The Chase Bank branch at 655 Old Country Road in Riverhead will be closing for good Thursday, Sept. 5, according to the company.
