Denise Civiletti

4 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

An air quality health advisory for ozone and a heat advisory are in effect through Tuesday evening for all of Long Island except the South Fork. Heat index values are expected to reach 100 across the Long Island region, with more moderate temperatures on the South Fork. The New York City Metro region is under an extreme heat warning through Tuesday evening, where forecasted heat index values of 102 to 104.

5 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

Douglas M. Terry, eldest son of the late Richard C & Sara B (Hill) Terry, US Navy Veteran, direct descendant of the founders of Southold, Long Island, whose pedigree includes Hallock, Reeve, Young, & many other first families, passed June 16, 2025 after a brief illness. He was 86 years old. Surviving are his wife Betty, children Boonie, Leisha, and Scott, brothers Richard and Frederick and sister Jean, and numerous grand and great-grandchildren.

1 week ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

It stinks. That’s the consensus of Calverton residents living near a new composting operation on a portion of the former Warner Nursery off Youngs Avenue. The property owner has obtained a use permit from Riverhead Town to operate a tree farm there. “There’s no farming going on here. There’s just dumping,” Bob Hering, whose Youngs Avenue property is bordered on two sides by the former nursery property, said outside his home Wednesday afternoon.

1 week ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

How come, instead of focusing on the positive, we bring attention to the negative? When we meet someone, we should not focus on their faults but instead their good qualities — otherwise, no one would like each other. We are taught that it is better to form our own opinions about people instead of relying on others’ judgments. If this is true then how come we let other opinions determine what Riverhead High School is all about, rather than seeking out the truth for ourselves?

1 week ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

To the Editor: What a difference three years makes, and in a good way. Readers might remember this piece I wrote back at that time, Town Should Have Had Police at Protest Thank you Riverhead Democratic Committee, Southampton Town Democrats, and Indivisible North Fork for organizing and executing a peaceful exercise of the constitutional rights to free speech and assembly this past Saturday at New York State Supreme Court, Riverhead for the worldwide No Kings Day.