Riverhead News

April 16th, 2014 - Suffolk County Police have arrested a Riverhead man who was driving a stolen vehicle and then fled from police early this morning.

Out East Family Fun is a water park in Riverhead that's a lot of fun. They have many things to do.

The fifth annual Riverhead Cardboard Boat Race is coming up. This race is boatloads of fun.

A 15-foot dead pilot whale was discovered Sunday, April 13, 2014 on a beach in Southampton near Cryder Lane, according to the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, which returned to the beach Monday to conduct a necropsy on the whale.

In Amagansett long-term road construction on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Stephen Hands Path and CR-39/North Hwy/North Rd in Hampton Bays In Amagansett long-term road construction on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 WB between Stephen Hands Path and CR-39/North Hwy/North Rd in Hampton Bays In Hampton Bays new road construction layout on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 ... (more)

Police are investigating the attack Sunday on a homeless man in Riverhead by two or three assailants who police said stole $400 from the victim and left him with a fractured skull.

A young Riverhead man is recovering from a stab wound sustained during a massive brawl outside of a Calverton nightspot early Sunday morning, according to Riverhead Town Police.

The Patchogue corner where Sweezey's Department Store was once a staple under construction Tuesday, April 8, 2014, as it is being redeveloped into a housing complex.

The sixth annual Riverhead Cardboard Boat Race is coming up. This race is boatloads of fun.

REPORTER FILE PHOTO Section of the town dump burning back in April 1964, before the practice was banned in favor of a landfill operation.

Spring into action and dive head-first into a visit to Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center , where the prices have been reduced by nearly 20%, admission for children under 2 is free and also includes admission to the Butterflies and Birds exhibit.

Starting April 7, 2014, four miles of sidewalks in downtown Riverhead are to be installed or in some places reconstructed, as well as enhanced with ramps and other requirements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A St. James man struck by a car while driving his motorcycle in Mattituck last month has died from his injuries, Southold Town police said Monday.

Jean Taber, of Riverhead, who went missing along with her cocker spaniel Thursday, was found dead Sunday afternoon of natural causes in the pine barrens.

The program director of Riverhead Foundation , Kim Durham, said the harbor seal, a more common animal than the arctic seal that washed up a few miles away in March, appears to be a yearling, and was likely born last May or June.

The New York State Troopers of Riverside have issued a Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert for Jean Taber, an 82-year-old female.

Within a 30-minute span early Thursday, Southampton Town police made two drunken driving arrests -- one following a routine traffic stop, the other after an accident, authorities said.

April 2, 2014 - County Executive Steve Bellone was by joined Legislator Jay Schneiderman, Legislator Thomas Cilmi, Suffolk officials and a dozen Suffolk County veterans to announce the opening of the 2014 golf season and new fee reductions for veterans and active military personnel.

Thomas Zelezny, of Manorville, and Officer Denis O'Connor of Suffolk County police, talk about rescuing a driver trapped in a burning sport utility vehicle early April 1, 2014.

In Nassau accident. right lane blocked on The Southern St Pkwy EB between Meadowbrook Rd/X23 and Merrick Ave/X24.