The Riverhead Town Board on Wednesday authorized Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith to execute a “community benefit agreement” with sPower Solar that will give the town over $1 million for a variety of projects.
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The Southold Town Planning Board is moving forward cautiously with the proposed Tuthill conservation subdivision — four parcels totaling 112 acres in Orient — as archaeological research, evaluation and field testing continue to reveal multiple “historic remains” on the property. (more…)
The Riverhead Town Board once again failed to garner three votes to hire an outside attorney to review its agreement with Calverton Aviation & Technology. (more…)
Riverhead Councilwoman Catherine Kent is being asked by the town’s Ethics Board to make a public disclosure every time her former husband, Chris Kent, represents a new client or application before the Town Board.
(more…)After a winter season that produced below-average snow totals, the highway departments in both Riverhead and Southold saved money on snow removal costs. But the highway superintendents aren’t celebrating just yet.
(more…)Despite calls from residents to postpone the vote — in part on the basis of new information that hadn’t been available previously — the Riverhead Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a consistency analysis and finding statement for an eight-lot preliminary subdivision at the Enterprise Park at Calverton.
(more…)For the first time, Suffolk County employees will contribute toward their health care plan under a new agreement reached with County Executive Steve Bellone last week.
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Republicans have controlled the New York State Senate for most of the past 50 years.
But last year, they ceded control of the state Senate to Democrats, who retained the governorship and a majority in the Assembly.
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