Government

02/27/15 7:31am

Riverhead ZBA denies apartment plan for former Bayview Inn

02/27/2015 7:31 AM

Bayview Inn, Riverhead, South Jamesport, Zoning Board of Appeal

The Bayview Inn & Restaurant in S. Jamesport may become apartments. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

The former Bayview Inn & Restaurant in S. Jamesport. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

A proposal to convert the former Bayview Inn and Restaurant building in South Jamesport into apartments was shot down by the Riverhead Town Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday night.

The property’s new owner, a group headed by Southampton attorney Richard Mathew, sought a special exception from the ZBA to change the use of the property from one use that didn’t conform with current zoning (the restaurant and hotel) to another (apartments), which is something Riverhead’s town code permits so long as a special exception is obtained from the ZBA. (more…)

02/26/15 12:15pm

Riverhead issues $10K in tickets for uncleared Route 58 sidewalks

by Joseph Pinciaro

02/26/2015 12:15 PM

Forty businesses were cited this week for failing to clear their sidewalks. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro)

With sidewalks impassable along much of Route 58, leaving pedestrians to either walk on the road or atop snow and ice, Riverhead Town code enforcers have issued $10,000 in fines to property owners, saying they have properly failed to clear their sidewalks. (more…)

02/26/15 9:30am

RECAP: Debate over potentially hazardous material dumped at EPCAL

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Councilman George Gabrielsen inspecting the material at EPCAL. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

An attempt to get free material to help complete a recreation path at the Enterprise Park at Calverton might have turned out to be a toxic decision.

Town Highway Superintendent George Woodson said at Thursday’s work session that the call to use free crushed concrete from a site on Nugent Drive in Riverside was his to make in an effort to save on costs for the project. However, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has not approved its use, since the agency doesn’t know where the material came from.

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02/25/15 9:10pm

‘State of the Town:’ Walter proposes cutting assessor; GOP chair possibly out

02/25/2015 9:10 PM

Sean Walter, State of the Town

Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter giving his State of the Town speech Wednesday. (Credit: Tim Gannon)

During his sixth annual State of the Town address Wednesday night at The Birchwood restaurant in Polish Town, Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter proposed consolidating certain town positions and departments in order to reduce spending.

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02/24/15 1:40pm

Town starts ticketing for uncleared sidewalks along Rt. 58

by Joseph Pinciaro

02/24/2015 1:40 PM

A woman makes her way up Route 58 on Tuesday morning before stepping into a parking lot. (Credit: Joseph Pinciaro)

Winter is getting old for pretty much everyone at this point: record-lows have been recorded in the tri-state area on multiple occasions in February.

Week after week, more snow seems to be in the forecast.

But for those walking along Route 58 to get to a bus stop, or to work, the cold isn’t all that’s getting old. The winter can be a dangerous time for a pedestrian walking Route 58; many property owners along the busy corridor have not shoveled their sidewalks, as per town regulations, leaving pedestrians to either maneuver over ice and snow or just walk on the road itself. (more…)

code enforcement, Route 58, sidewalks, town code

02/23/15 10:00am

DeVito won’t seek another Riverhead supervisor nomination

by Michael White

02/23/2015 10:00 AM

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Sean Walter and Angela DeVito on the Suffolk Theater stage during a debate in 2013. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch file photo)

There will be no rematch for Riverhead Town supervisor in 2015.

Longtime civic leader and former school board member Angela DeVito of Jamesport said she won’t be seeking the Democratic nomination to run again this fall.

Instead, she’s going to focus her time on establishing a grassroots community group akin to the Organizing for America concept that followed the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009. (more…)

02/23/15 8:00am

Densieski says EPCAL plans amount to ‘cricket sanctuary’