12.06.2016 Health Overwhelming support for PBMC expansion at public hearing In November, more than 15 patients visited the emergency room at Peconic Bay Medical Center with heart attacks, according to PBMC president and CEO Andrew Mitchell.
11.27.2016 Government Suffolk lawmaker proposes shrinking size of Legislature A Suffolk County legislator from Bohemia is calling on county officials to let the public vote on reducing the size of the legislature, a proposal that has received mixed...
11.09.2016 Government Environmentalists applaud landslide victory for CPF extension Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.
10.26.2016 Columns Guest Spot: Supervisor terms should remain two years Every few years, the politicians in Town Hall ask us for permission to extend the length of a supervisor’s term from two years to four. Let me give you...
10.19.2016 Government Riverhead Town budget hearing draws minimal feedback A public hearing on a plan to pierce the state tax cap in Riverhead Town’s 2017 budget would surely generate some feedback, right? Wrong.
10.16.2016 Government Follow-up audit for town’s building department finds better results A 2013 audit of Riverhead Town’s building department found that the file for Atlantis Marine World was missing and that the department miscalculated the building fees on 42 percent of...
10.13.2016 Videos Riverhead grad honored for heroics following NYC bomb scare It’s been a whirlwind for Riverhead High School grad Peter Cybulski since the night of July 20.
10.10.2016 Government Private Oak Hills community sues town to provide additional services Residents of a private community in Baiting Hollow are suing Riverhead Town to expand services on its roads, alleging the town is in violation of state law by providing...