Though the plan was adopted unanimously, board members warned that without uses like agritourism resorts to grow the tax base and limit residential development, the town faces financial stress and tax increases. buff.ly/3Zg7Drl

Kevin Shea of Baiting Hollow, who responded to the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center as an NYC fireman, will star in a play next week about eulogizing firemen who died in the attack. buff.ly/4cTHh1p

When the community gets organized people turn in force to let Town Hall know what they think, they will be heard — and they will make a difference. buff.ly/3AOr3JE

Riverhead Police arrested a Middle Island man yesterday in connection with a burglary at a deli on Hulse Landing Road in Wading River May 27. buff.ly/3Xn7no6

The Riverhead Town Board had other things on their meeting agenda this week besides the comp plan update. Here's a rundown of actions taken Sept. 4. buff.ly/3AXpRUE

Riverhead native Justin Harris, arts academy director at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, earned an honorable mention from the Tony Awards in June for a special award celebrating theatre educators. buff.ly/3ATcaG1

What's going on in the local real estate market as spring arrives? Keep an eye on trends in local property values with our weekly report of the most recent title transfers available from the county clerk. buff.ly/3yXkNis

Riverhead PAL football has a new strategy for stimulating interest in football and supporting Riverhead's football program: coordinating instruction and plays with the Blue Waves teams. buff.ly/47kBbGv

This spring, wildlife biologist Mike Bottini was working at Montauk County Park when, beneath an eagle’s nest, he came upon a dead adult bald eagle. A necropsy report done on the dead bird established it had died from rat poison. buff.ly/4cXlyFV

Music has a magical way of transporting us back in time: a tribute to good tribute bands. Column by Celia Marszal-Iannelli buff.ly/3zdIpzf

Selling out Riverehad's future, one bad idea at a time. Guest column by Robert Gass. buff.ly/4cWjC0p

Late at night on July 7, the defendant fired five shots into the home of a person he had been disputing with while the occupants were asleep inside, according to charges announced by Suffolk DA Ray Tierney. buff.ly/3XhkkiZ

A proposal for a café on Edgar Avenue across from Aquebogue Elementary School drew concerns about traffic congestion, pedestrian safety and parking at a Riverhead Planning Board meeting Thursday. buff.ly/3MFEE8Y

Riverhead Town officials are considering moving both the police department and justice court to the town-owned West Second Street property purchased last year, Supervisor Tim Hubbard said Saturday. buff.ly/3MDYbXf

The developer of the first building going up in a special district created to revitalize the area around the Riverhead railroad station is mired in debt totaling more than $16 million, according to pending lawsuits, judgments and contractors’ liens. buff.ly/3XAOWNV

Everyone who lived through that day will never forget the terror, the heroism, the sorrow or the way life as we knew it was forever changed. We will never forget the terror attack victims or the heroes who perished trying to save them. buff.ly/3MCqmpE

School officials look to head off rumor: A Snapchat post naming a Pulaski Elementary School among a list of schools that had received a threat was referring to a school by that name in Savannah, Georgia, Interim Superintendent Cheryl Pedisich said. buff.ly/3MFIZsF

A 20-year-old Riverhead man was sentenced to 22 years in prison yesterday following his June 27 guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of a man near the Riverside traffic circle last year. buff.ly/3zeHxuc

Local officials and other community members gathered at the town’s World Trade Center Memorial Park in Calverton this morning for a prayer ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. buff.ly/3ziwTCJ

Kellyann Parlato, an assistant principal at Riverhead High School, will start as the new middle school principal on Oct. 1. She's replacing Joseph Pesqueira, who was recently hired to be a principal in Kings Park. buff.ly/3B3LQcr