Denise Civiletti
Denise is a veteran local reporter and editor, an attorney and former Riverhead Town councilwoman. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including a “writer of the year” award from the N.Y. Press Association in 2015. She is a founder, owner and co-publisher of this website.
County announces grant and low-interest loan programs to help homeowners install advanced septic systems
The grant-loan program aims to provide incentives for homeowners to upgrade from septic systems that pollute groundwater.
North Fork Breast Coalition benefit gala will honor DeGrasses and Garstens
The organization's founders, Ann Cotten-DeGrasse and her late husband Antonio will be honored with the Pink Pearl Community Service Award. Supporters Irwin Garsten and her late husband Irwin will receive the Pink Pearl Spirit Award.
Riverhead strikes deal to sell former Grumman property to Luminati Aerospace
Luminati will pay the town $40 million cash for the town's remaining acreage at the Calverton Enterprise Park, where it will build commercial and military ultralight unmanned aircraft.
Bellone, citing lack of clarity, withdraws bill restricting public assembly
The local law proposed by the county executive would have imposed permit requirements criticized as onerous and expensive and in violation of the First Amendment.
LaValle: State Parks Department will withdraw Taste-NY request for proposals
The State Parks Department is withdrawing the request for proposal it issued earlier this month for the Taste NY retail concession at Hallock State...
State DEC declares all of Suffolk County an ‘oak wilt protective zone’
In an effort to stop the spread of the deadly oak wilt fungus, the state has imposed restrictions on the shipment of firewood out of Suffolk and banned the shipment of oak trees and any portion of an oak tree.
‘Stronger together’: Crowd packs Unity Town Hall in search of social justice
An overflow crowd of about 150 people packed a meeting room at a Riverhead hotel yesterday to begin organizing for social justice in the local community.
Plan to serve alcohol at state park’s new visitors center on Sound Avenue infuriates town officials
The Hallock State Park visitors center on Sound Avenue will sell N.Y.-produced alcoholic beverages and visitors will be able to drink them on-site, including on an outdoor patio and picnic area, according to a document released last week by the state parks department.
Family Service League to host suicide prevention training
The "Suicide Alertness Seminar," also known as SafeTALK, will take place April 20 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. at the Peconic Lane Community Center in Peconic.
Peconic Bay Medical Center adds to its leadership team with a brand new post: vice president for clinical transformation
PBMC's vice president for clinical transformation is a newly created position to oversee the development of advanced clinical services at the hospital, which has tapped the former president of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital to fill it.
