Residents are asked to place all waste curbside by 5 a.m. Thursday and Friday, as pickup will being one-hour earlier due to expected extreme heat.

Riverhead Town is opening a cooling center and extending beach hours at town beaches on Thursday and Friday due to the extreme heat in the forecast.

Riverhead officials are proposing to use Community Preservation Fund balance to pay off the town’s remaining land-preservation debt five years ahead of schedule.