Chris Francescani, Author at Riverhead News Review

01.04.2025 News

Area officials react to rash of drone sightings, press for federal support

A rash of more than two dozen recent drone sightings — some “as big as cars” — over or near Francis Gabreski airport in Westhampton Beach prompted local officials...

01.03.2025 People of the Year

2024 Public Servants of the Year: Mike Zaleski and the Riverhead Highway Department

When Town Councilman Ken Rothwell heard that Riverhead Highway Department Superintendent Mike Zaleski and his staff are being honored with Riverhead News-Review’s Person/People of the year award for 2024,...

01.03.2025 People of the Year

Mark McLaughlin: 2024 Community Leader of the Year

Mark “MK” McLaughlin is a Swiss army knife of community engagement: chairman of the Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force, chief of staff to state Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, media point man...

01.02.2025 People of the Year

2024 People of the Year: Kevin Davis and Tom Najdzion

In August, a grand and cherished tradition returned to Polish Town after a five-year hiatus. For decades, the Polish Town Street Fair and Festival has celebrated a community whose...

12.27.2024 2024 Year In Review

Year in review: Sound Avenue agri-resorts plan nixed amid widespread pushback

Riverhead officials pressed pause on plans to allow for the development of agritourism resorts along Sound Avenue after the town and the farming community were unable to come to an agreement on...

12.27.2024 2024 Year In Review

Year in review: The battle over the planned development of Riverside

Earlier this year, the Town of Riverhead sued Southampton Town in an effort to force the neighboring town to rethink its planned creation of a large-scale, high-density development project...

12.09.2024 News

Patchogue man charged in Main Street burglaries

Riverhead police have arrested a Patchogue man suspected of burglarizing two Main St. businesses this fall, and stealing from an outlet store and a downtown apartment complex. Saquon Blount,...

12.09.2024 Environment

Whistleblowers expose illegal dumping in the Pine Barrens

Two Long Island men were arrested this week for allegedly violating Suffolk County’s new Evergreen Initiative Law by dumping a pile of construction materials and household debris in a...

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