07.06.2015 Business Long Beard Brewing Company seeks IDA tax breaks The owners of a fledgling brewery that’s proposed for the former Second Street firehouse are seeking tax exemptions from the Riverhead Town Industrial Development Agency to help them get...
05.14.2015 Government $125K deal for East Lawn Building falls through for town A plan for Riverhead Town to sell the historic and dilapidated East Lawn Building for $125,000 has fallen through — but the deal won’t be going all the way...
03.15.2015 Government Suffolk Theater owner in line to purchase East Lawn building Although he wasn’t the highest bidder, Suffolk Theater owner Bob Castaldi appears to be the Riverhead Town Board’s choice to purchase and restore the dilapidated East Lawn building on...
09.19.2014 Business Castaldi pictures a brewery in Second Street firehouse A brewery is one of the uses Suffolk Theater owner Bob Castaldi says he’s considering for the Second Street firehouse, which he has offered to buy from Riverhead Town...
08.05.2014 Government No public referendum coming on firehouse sale There will be no townwide referendum on the town board’s decision to sell the Second Street firehouse to Suffolk Theater owner Bob Castaldi for $500,000. The 30-day permissive referendum...
07.05.2014 Editorials Editorial: At this point, firehouse sale doesn’t add up In February, amid concern about the high cost of finding a new home for the town’s Justice Court, a majority of Town Board members backed out of a deal...
07.01.2014 Government Recap: Town Board OK’s firehouse sale The Second Street firehouse finally appears to have a willing buyer — and a willing seller. After a previous attempt by Supervisor Sean Walter to sell the house failed...
06.06.2014 News Sale of Second St. firehouse on the table — again Forget about moving Town Hall to the Second Street firehouse. The new plan is to sell that building to Suffolk Theater owner Bob Castaldi. Which, ironically, was the old...