Riverhead News

The New York State Public Service Commission has set in motion a process to address the depletion of phone numbers with the 631 area code, which is projected to occur by the first quarter of 2016, and has scheduled public hearings on alternate strategies for doing so.

The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts and The Incorporated Village of Patchogue Present an evening of original music by the bay.

The Suffolk County 2014 capital budget has been amended to include funds for dredging the South Ferry Channel between Shelter Island and Route 114 in North Haven.

Suffolk County's 631 area code may run out of assignable telephone numbers by as early as 2016, officials say.

The pilot of a small experimental aircraft that went down in the Long Island Sound Monday morning was reportedly killed in the crash.

Thanks to Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime, you can easily catch up on old seasons of your favorite show so you will be caught ... When summer gets too hot to handle, one of the best cures to beat the heat is to stay inside, turn up the air conditioning, and put on the television.

If you are the kind of kid who loves exercise and getting dirty, then we have the perfect activity for you.

James Varney of the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, stayed at the Hyatt Place hotel in Riverhead, NY.

Marco Borghese, a prominent figure in the Long Island wine industry, was killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash in Wading River, according to Town of Riverhead police.

"Arts and Entertainments" , by Christopher Beha, out July 1st. Beha's second novel concerns Eddie Hartley, a former TV actor who achieved minimal success and now works as a drama teacher at the high school he attended.

The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation saved a leatherback sea turtle that was entangled in a lobster trap line a mile offshore on Sunday afternoon around 5. After receiving the report from the Montauk Coast Guard Station, the Riverhead Foundation gathered its biologists and disentanglement gear, as the Coast Guard confirmed ... (more)

Montauk On Friday, July 4, beginning at 9 p.m. he Montauk Chamber of Commerce will present a display of fireworks at Kirk Park Beach, behind the IGA.

Strong Island, yo! Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Lovin' Spoonful are set to perform at the Historic Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, New York on July 3 at 8PM.

Special patrols and Stop DWI checkpoints were conducted in the Town of Riverhead with 6 arrests being made.

The New York State Police arrested three men last week for drunk driving. Arrested were a Sag Harbor man, a Lindenhurst man and a Quogue man.

Closed due to accident on The L.I.E./I-495 EB between X61/Patchogue-Holbrook Rd and X62/Morris Ave in Suffolk.

John Stefanik of Sag Harbor is currently exhibiting his black and white photographs in a group show at the Elizabeth Fox Overton Gallery in the Riverhead Free Public Library.

AMAZING!! Jason "MALLETMAN" Taylor Tito Puente jr. & The most recorded drummer in history Bernard "Pretty" Purdie are performing together on Friday, June 27th,2014 at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, New York.

The New York State Police of Riverhead have charged a Shirley man with Driving While Intoxicated.

Jack Smith, an executive vice president for the William A. Smith & Son agency in Newburgh, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York for the 2014-15 fiscal year.