Giglio seeks fourth term as she targets Albany spending, public safety
Republican incumbent Jodi Giglio is eyeing her fourth term in the state’s 2nd Assembly District, with public safety, the cost of living and runaway government spending among her top priorities. Ms....
View ArticleRiverhead Charter laces up cross country teams
Riverhead Charter School recently started cross-country competition for boys’ and girls’ teams. Senior Jakub Sobzcak led the boys’ squad with a time of 27:51 at Indian Island County Park in Riverhead...
View ArticleRiverhead man charged after stabbing, bat attack at 7-Eleven
A Riverhead man stabbed another man in the knee and smashed his car window with a baseball bat during a heated dust-up at the 7-Eleven on Old Country Road on Monday morning, police said. Marcus...
View ArticleLeandra North finds the right touch to give Riverhead volleyball Senior Day win
Facing a 2-0 deficit on Friday night against William Floyd, the Riverhead girls varsity volleyball team had to win three straight sets to come out victorious. In front of a packed crowd at Riverhead...
View ArticleRiverhead coffee shop Mugs on Main to abruptly shut doors after persistent...
A popular downtown Riverhead java joint announced Friday that it is abruptly shutting its doors — with the owner citing the high cost of repairing damage from persistent flooding, including the deluge...
View ArticleWoman killed in Wading River crash identified as 58-year-old grandmother of...
Riverhead police on Thursday identified the victim of Saturday’s fatal Wading River crash as Laura Gullotti, who family members say was a married mother of six and grandmother of 17. Ms. Gullotti, 58,...
View Article5 Questions: For chef Jerry Dicecco, the sea is his culinary muse
As chef and owner of Jerry and the Mermaid (469 E. Main St., Riverhead, 855-445-3072), Jerry Dicecco Jr. is a chip off the old block and then some. Started by his father, Jerry Sr., in 1994, Dicecco...
View ArticleHallockville, Old Mill Inn explore North Fork’s rum-running, Prohibition past
It hasn’t always been vineyards and tasting rooms on the North Fork. Booze flowed through the region in a much more secretive way during Prohibition. The story of the dry years in the area can be...
View ArticlePass the sugar! ‘Coffee with a Cop’ slated at four Riverhead Town java joints
Riverhead police are trading the patrol car for the coffee bar — at least for a couple of hours. The Riverhead Town Police Department will participate in “Coffee with a Cop Day 2026” Wednesday, Oct....
View ArticleRiverhead boys golf finds its new No. 1 as pursuit of seventh straight title...
With perennial All-County performer Colby Baran now graduated, the Riverhead boys golf team’s No. 1 spot was open for the first time in half a decade. The title would be decided the only way head...
View ArticleAfter loss of grandparents, fourth generation keeps Schmitt’s Farm growing
Philip and Anne Schmitt spent decades turning a family vegetable farm — Schmitt’s Farm — into an East End institution. Their deaths, two months apart, have not altered the plan. Their grandson Matt...
View ArticleWading River crash kills woman, seriously injures man
A woman died and a man was seriously injured in a car crash in Wading River on Saturday night, Riverhead police said. Police received reports of the accident on Wading River Manor Road, north of...
View ArticleStorm-delayed Turtle Rescue fundraiser crawls into Riverhead
Jamesport-based Turtle Rescue of the Hamptons has moved its annual fundraiser to Thursday, Oct. 8 after last week’s nor’easter hammered the region, postponing the popular event. The rescue is already...
View ArticleHow to report damage from massive nor’easter
The Town of Riverhead and the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management are asking residents to report any damage to homes or businesses from last weekend’s powerful nor’easter. Substantial indoor...
View ArticleRiverhead cleans up after powerful nor’easter downs trees and floods downtown...
Well, that soaked! Riverhead crews cleared fallen trees and reopened roads Monday after a weekend nor’easter tore through the East End — with flooding leaving some downtown businesses all wet. Mugs on...
View ArticleOvertime goal gives Riverhead soccer first league win in three years
With the rain falling down, soccer jersey soaked and dripping, Riverhead junior midfielder Rony Yanes repositioned the ball on a free kick 30 yards out Monday night at Longwood High School. The score...
View ArticleRiverhead faces another high-tide threat as nor’easter winds ease
The nor’easter finally began loosening its grip Sunday, but Riverhead isn’t out of the water yet. Town officials warned Sunday evening that another round of tidal flooding could hit vulnerable...
View ArticleNor’easter knocks out power in Riverhead as flood threat persists
More than 130 Riverhead customers were without power Saturday morning as a nor’easter battered Long Island, with more rain and coastal flooding still ahead. As of 11:30 a.m., PSEG Long Island’s outage...
View ArticleStorm update: Halpin declares state of emergency as nor’easter whips toward...
This story has been updated with latest state of emergency declarations for the region. Thar she blows! Riverhead officials and event organizers raced to make final preparations Friday ahead of a...
View ArticleRiverhead football growing but still learning after tough loss
Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. The Riverhead Blue Waves varsity football team has been learning of late, as second-year head coach Don Nelson continues to pick up the pieces in hopes of...
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