RiverheadLocal

Riverhead Local

Your hometown news and civic companion — local headlines, civic context, and the tools to stay on top of what's happening in Riverhead. Riverhead Local is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any single news publication. It aggregates trusted Riverhead-area RSS sources into a single, fast, distraction-light reader and pairs them with practical civic tools: meeting notes, agenda tracking, topic alerts, a community events keeper, and a local map. Built for residents who want to actually keep up with their town — not just scroll. This is nonprofit educational, noncommercial use only.

What you can do:

Headlines:

A unified feed of local stories aggregated from multiple Riverhead-area RSS sources.

Search across titles, summaries, authors, and topics Filter by unread, saved, or topic, and sort by newest or relevance Trending now — see which topics are gaining coverage this week and tap to focus the feed Author and source bylines on every story Mark all as read to clear the unread state in one tap Pull to refresh, with a live "last updated" status and at-a-glance desk stats

Sections:

Browse aggregated news by topic and section, with per-section summaries so you can jump straight to the coverage you care about.

Community

Town Desk — aggregated coverage of public meetings and civic follow-ups Local Signals — official civic sources and community alerts pulled straight from primary sources

Saved Bookmark stories to read later, with summaries and full search across your saved library. More tools

Morning Brief — a daily snapshot of unread saves, followed topics, upcoming meetings, and events Events — save local civic events and keep important community dates close Agenda Watch — track public agendas and turn line items into your own meeting notes Topic Alerts — follow local beats like traffic, weather, schools, and town government Map — find civic places and community sources around Riverhead Collections — organize saved stories into working folders Offline — keep saved headline summaries available without a connection Notes — capture your own meeting notes with reminders, polishing, and exports Recents — pick up reading right where you left off

Built for everyone

Adjustable text size and full Dynamic Type support High-contrast mode and reduce-motion options VoiceOver labels throughout and "differentiate without color" support Option to open links in your browser of choice Available in English and Spanish Home Screen widget and tap-through notifications that deep-link to the story

Riverhead Local is an independent local news aggregator and civic toolkit, not affiliated with, operated by, or endorsed by any other publication featured in the app.