In recent years, the hearing on the town’s preliminary budget has often been brief, drawing little public input. Not this ...

How apropos my birthday this year falls on Thanksgiving Day. I get to share a holiday as grand as Thanksgiving with those I ...

Firefighters are back at the scene of an earlier brush fire in Baiting Hollow tonight working to knock down a flare-up in the ...

Firefighters have been working since 12:30 a.m. to control a wildfire on a large tract of woodlands along the coast in ...

Residents near the fire department headquarters told the Town Board they are worried about safety, health and aesthetic ...

Riverhead Town Police have charged a 49-year-old homeless man in a robbery on Lincoln Street Wednesday morning and are ...

A red flag warning is in effect across Long Island, New York City and the lower Hudson Valley today from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

What was on the minds of the Republican Party faithful at the election night watch party in Patchogue last night? Here’s what ...

Carol M. Terry of Riverhead died on Nov. 5, 2024, in Acadia, New Hampshire. She was 92 years old.

Election Day is a state holiday in New York. State and local government offices, including courts, will be closed.

Maureen Beth Gengler of Wading River died Nov. 1 2024, due to respiratory complications. She was 79 years old. She was born in Oceanside on Jan. 2, 1945, the daughter of Robert and Florence Milford.

Sophie S. Tyte of Riverhead died on Nov. 6, 2024, at home. She was 95 years old. She was born on April 25, 1929, in Mattituck to John and Apolonia (Czajkowska) Moisa. Sophie worked as a title searcher ...