A proposal to bring the “World’s Biggest Bounce House” to Calverton won a split vote of approval from the Riverhead Town Board Tuesday. READ
Government
The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to terminate a June 2012 agreement that has allowed several downtown business owners to locate a “dumpster corral” on town-owned land in the riverfront parking lot. READ
Northville residents have raised concerns once again about a proposal from United Riverhead Terminal, the company that owns the Northville tank farm on Sound Shore Road. READ
Riverhead Town is considering adopting a new approach to dealing with blighted properties in town.
The proposed system, which is already in use in other towns, would assign a specific number of points to various types of code violations, and if a particular property racks up a total of 100 points, it is declared blighted. READ
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved downtown Riverhead and the Enterprise Park at Calverton as “Opportunity Zones,” based on a recommendation from New York State earlier this year. Riverside, which was not among the state’s nominees from the state, was again not included. READ
The Long Island Science Center, which left Riverhead in late 2016 for Rocky Point, is coming home, according to Larry Oxman, a member of the Center’s board of trustees. (more…)
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) sat down with this newspaper’s editors and reporters last Monday to talk about issues, both national and local, including immigration, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the gun debate and allegations surrounding Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, including his asking a staffer to contact a Chick-fil-A executive about securing a franchise for his wife. READ
The Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association is considering hosting a second food truck festival this year after rain washed out most of the three-day festival last month. READ
