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New York State · New YorkRiverheadLOCAL took home five awards at the Press Club of Long Island’s 2025 Media Awards held last night at the Inn at Fox Hollow in Woodbury. Reporter Alek Lewis won first place in the Government and Politics category for his reporting of “Busloads of migrants never came, but Riverhead’s emergency order may continue indefinitely” (Aug. 1, 2024). The judge said, “Story didn’t stop with… SourceSee the Story
RiverheadLOCAL Wins Awards at 2025 Press Club of Long Island Journalism Contest

Infrastructure · WestburyBy Sahana Shastry, Qingxuan Bao, Hannah Mudry and Cristopher Caba The Village of Westbury has undergone significant infrastructure and community upgrades since receiving a $10 million grant through the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative in July 2016. In November 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the completion of the six projects funded by the DRI. The Downtown Revitalization Initiative started in 2016 and aims to transform small busines…Read Article