Riverhead News

Railex LLC has changed tracks for development of a proposed 310-job Southside distribution center, bypassing a Philips Highway location for a nearby Powers Avenue site owned by the Skinner family.

The Brooklyn woman, accused of killing a neighbor then distributing dismembered body parts on Long Island is behind bars after pleading not guilty at her arraignment Thursday in Riverhead.

Members of East End motorcycle clubs gathered at East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday to support one of their own, who was injured by a drunken driver, police say.

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime.

A New York City correction officer was killed in a freak skydiving accident on Long Island a day before his birthday, law-enforcement sources said.

Riverhead police say it happened Wednesday afternoon at Calverton's Skydive Long Island company, which says it offers the highest jumps on Long Island at 13,500 feet.

The Suffolk County Arson Squad is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a new house on Seven Ponds Road in Southampton during the evening of Tuesday, July 29. According to Southampton Town Fire Marshal Al Tyczkowski, the fire at 18 Seven Ponds Road started at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday.

In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25. Stopped traffic from Willis Ave/X28 in Roslyn Heights In Riverhead closed due to accident on Rt-24/Suffolk County WB between CR-51 and CR-94 in Suffolk.

In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25. Stop and go traffic from Shelter Rock Rd/X27 in North Hills In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25.

In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25. Stopped traffic from Willis Ave/X28 in Roslyn Heights In Lake Success accident on Northern State Pkwy WB east of Lakeville Rd/X25.

Susan Fisher, a cashier at the IGA in Southold helps shopper Carol Pearce from East Marion pack her groceries using the plastic bags which will soon be banned, on Friday, July 25, 2014.

Town police in Riverhead report making two of those arrests during a weekend crackdown that included sobriety checkpoints and random patrols town-wide.

Late blight, a fungal-like pathogen that affects potato and tomato crops, has been confirmed on Long Island for the sixth consecutive year.

Before you go to a winery, brush up on your wine knowledge so that you come in knowing the nuances of drinking wine.

Stand-up paddle boarders, kayakers, and canoeists from Long Island take part in Paddle Battle LI, a waterfront event in downtown Riverhead set to raise money for two East End not-for-profits, the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the East End Tourism Alliance, on Saturday, July 26, 2014.

Edward Walsh supposedly has extraordinary powers. As chairman of Suffolk County's Conservative Party, he's a judicial kingmaker and patronage purveyor.

Caitlin Randberg, 12, of Tack N' Go Farms of Oakdale, shows off her pony, decorated in festive green ribbons, at Country Fest Long Island.

A Noyac acupuncturist, Michael P. Gohring, was charged last week with sexual abuse of a patient.

The naked body of Tangredi was found on Nov. 2, 1993, in a wooded area off Esplanade Drive in East Patchogue, police said.

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation has invited the public to join it at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, in Hampton Bays for the first sea turtle release of the season.