Swimmers race in the Riverhead Rocks Triathlon Sunday morning. (Credit: Bill Landon)
To the editor:
I had the pleasure of being in Riverhead over the weekend, volunteering for the triathlon for the third year running. (more…)
Tag: letters to the editor
This map uses pie charts to break down the various sources and levels of nitrogen pollution found in the Peconic Estuary from Calverton to Montauk and Orient. Click on map to enlarge. (Credit: The Nature Conservancy)
To the editor:
Controlling nitrogen in groundwater and the bays. As a former Suffolk County Health Department employee, I am familiar with the nitrogen in groundwater and its impact to surface water. I applaud the county for looking at wastewater discharges, specifically on-site disposal, and studying the latest nitrogen removal technologies. (more…)
The state Armory building on Route 58. (Credit: file)
I write to correct your July 3 editorial. You write, “The price tag for moving the court to the Route 58 Armory remains high.”
This is not true. (more…)
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Senator Ken LaValle. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch file)
To the editor:
Your editorial with the comment that you didn’t have a single letter or phone call against legalizing marijuana is a bald-faced lie! (more…)
The Gershow Recycling plant on Hubbard Avenue in Riverhead. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file)
To the editor:
You would think that after running a highly negative campaign that yielded just 21 percent in last year’s Republican primary, Tony Coates would alter his snarky approach to Riverhead politics. But after having read his June 27 submission to the Riverhead News-Review, it’s apparent that Mr. Coates is doubling down on his pit bull politics. (more…)
To the editor:
The Town Board warming up to mixed uses at the Enterprise Park at Calverton.
Before we embrace mixed-used residential development at EPCAL, let’s remember why we Riverhead taxpayers were promised that there would never be any residential development in that zone: Every home costs the taxpayers more than those homeowners pay in property taxes. Our schools are already overburdened. (more…)
Yard sales can prove to be quite the hassle, one reader discovered. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file)
To the editor:
Last week, I went through one of the most terrifying experiences known to man: a tag sale.
With the aid of a local company specializing in these things, I watched helplessly as literally hundreds of people descended on my house and garage, leaving what resembled the remains of a locust plague straight out of the Old Testament. (more…)
A man was airlifted last weekend at the DeLalio Sod Farm. (Credit: Grant Parpan)
To the editor:
With regard to the motorcycle accident that occurred Sunday, June 1: Mill Road in Calverton off Edwards Avenue is used as a speedway for motorcycles. There have been several bad accidents. There are no police patrols, even though all the homeowners have complained. (more…)
