OLA of Eastern Long Island asked the Riverhead Town Board to consider legislation aimed at public safety during ICE activity.

Gerard (Jerry) Nightingale of Riverhead, died Feb. 18, 2026, at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 82 years old.

Esaul Cordova Garcia, a father of three young children, was detained and removed by federal agents Wednesday after leaving the county courthouse in Riverside.

Riverhead police are asking for the public’s help locating Felix Alexander, 43, who left the Concern for Independent Living facility on W. Main Street on Feb. 17 and has not returned.

Riverhead Town police are asking for the public’s help locating three juveniles reported missing from the Timothy Hill Ranch after leaving the facility on foot Feb. 18, police said.

The State DEC is warning the public against contact with dead or sick birds, after receiving “numerous reports of dead or sick waterfowl throughout Long Island… and along the Peconic ...

The fire suppression system at BJ’s gas station in Riverhead was accidentally activated this morning, coating customers, vehicles and much of the site with a dry chemical agent that’s used ...

New law locks in an “entrance-to-entrance” standard statewide, after a court order blocked Albany’s revised guidance adopting a property line standard.

Suffolk County Community College paramedic students have begun a hospice-specific rotation at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center, described as a New York first.

Kathleen Harrison Trent, 63, of Riverhead, has been identified as the woman found dead in a wooded area in Manorville on Feb. 11, Suffolk police said.