Acquiring new Town Hall building opens path for much needed expansion of Justice Court, officials say

Riverhead Town’s proposed acquisition of Peconic Bay Medical Center’s Robert Entenmann Campus as a centralized Town Hall site will allow for the much needed expansion of the Riverhead Town Justice Court, which officials have long said is too small and unsafe.

Councilman Tim Hubbard said creating more space for the Justice Court is “the catalyst” for what the Town Board is doing in proposing to move to a new Town Hall on West Second Street.

The justice court would move into the current Town Hall building on Howell Avenue under the proposal, he said.

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