RiverheadLOCAL

RiverheadLOCAL is dedicated to reporting on the Town of Riverhead, New York, which is situated on the East End of Long Island, about 70 miles east of New York City. The website was established in January 2010 by Peter Blasl and Denise Civiletti, a married duo of accomplished journalists. They recognized the importance of providing genuine local news online for the Riverhead community.

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Heat advisory, air quality health advisory in effect again Wednesday

3 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

An air quality health advisory will be in effect again Wednesday for the Long Island and New York City Metro regions, where ground-level ozone will make the air unhealthy for sensitive groups, including young children, people with cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease such as asthma. A heat advisory will also be in effect on the East End Wednesday for heat index values of 101º. A UV alert is in effect Wednesday as well, for a forecasted UV index of 10.
After stop-work order is posted, Patriot Recycling truck enters Youngs Avenue site

3 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

A Patriot Recycling truck carrying materials entered the former Warner Nursery site on Youngs Avenue this afternoon, in spite of the posted stop-work order on the fence at the entrance, prompting a visit from Riverhead Police. The stop-work order was posted on the fence next to the gate earlier today, Riverhead Town Attorney Erik Howard told RiverheadLOCAL.
Riverhead issues new stop-work order to Youngs Avenue composting operation

3 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

Riverhead Town has issued a new stop-work order to the Nassau County waste processor that’s been dumping yard wastes on a site of Youngs Avenue in Calverton. The stop-work order, issued today, states that the property owner is in violation of chapters 301 and 229 of the Riverhead Town Code for the alleged “use of the property as a storage facility for mulch/yard waste with no active farming being done.”The Town on April 24 issued a use permit to the property owner for a tree farm.
Heat wave will intensify Tuesday, with heat index values as high as 104º and another air quality alert for ozone pollution in effect

4 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

With afternoon temperatures forecast to reach 99 degrees locally Tuesday and heat index values as high as 104, the area remains under a heat advisory through 8 p.m. tomorrow evening. Most of Suffolk County west of Riverhead Town, as well as Nassau County and the New York City metro region are under an extreme heat warning tomorrow. The current heat advisory remains in effect until 6 a.m. tomorrow. An air quality health advisory is in effect for the Long Island and metro New York regions tomorrow.
Immigrants and allies march against mass deportation in Riverhead

4 days ago | riverheadlocal.com | Denise Civiletti

Parishioners came pouring out of St. John the Evangelist Church in Riverhead Sunday evening after the weekly Spanish-language mass. The sanctuary was packed — as it is every Sunday evening — with a standing room-only crowd. Those who exited by the front doors plucked a rose from the floral arch that graced the walkway there, and greeted friends and neighbors, as usual. Then, they did something very unusual.
Air quality, heat advisories in effect locally through Tuesday evening as heat wave moves east

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.
Douglas M. Terry, 86

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.
From trees to trash? Odors, complaints follow composting move to Calverton

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.
An end of an era: David Enos retires after 27 years as Riley Avenue principal

1 week ago | riverheadlocal.com | Alek Lewis

At the start of every school year, Riley Avenue Elementary School Principal David Enos has greeted students for their first day with a big smile and his jovial personality. Next year will mark the end of that 27-year-long tradition. Enos, 60, is retiring after a career in education spent primarily as the leader of the Calverton public elementary school.
Photos: Riverhead celebrates Juneteenth at the Butterfly Effect Project campus

1 week ago | riverheadlocal.com | Alek Lewis

The Riverhead community celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday with food, dance and fun at the Butterfly Effect Project’s campus on Main Road in Jamesport. Juneteenth — also known as Freedom Day and Jubilee Day — marks the date of June 19, 1865 when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger led troops into Galveston, Texas, to inform the people of Texas that slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.