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10.25.2021 Government

Riverhead will use grant money to improve lighting in Grangebel Park, downtown lot

Riverhead Town has received two Suffolk County Downtown Revitalization grants totaling $93,000, Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said Thursday. The Downtown Revitalization Round 19 grant will update and enhance the lighting...

10.23.2021 Government

Riverhead Town wants to remove electric cars from EPCAL

Riverhead Town officials plan to ask Insurance Auto Auctions to remove electric cars from the runway and taxiway at Enterprise Park at Calverton, where IAA has been storing flooded...

10.19.2021 Government

Riverhead rally calls for Congress to act on immigration reform

Around 250 people gathered to march in Riverhead Saturday, calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to deliver a pathway to citizenship in an event organized by the New...

10.18.2021 Business

Clearing the way for a Town Square in downtown Riverhead

The demolition of two vacant buildings on East Main Street in Riverhead — including the former Swezey’s Home Furnishings — commenced Monday morning and is expected to continue “for...

10.18.2021 Government

Early voting in local elections is set to begin this Saturday, Oct. 23

Early voting is set to begin next Saturday ahead of the Nov. 2 general election. The early voting period will be held between Saturday, Oct. 23 and Sunday, Oct....

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10.16.2021 Government

Demolition of two downtown buildings set for Monday to begin Town Square project

Two buildings slated for demolition in order to create Riverhead Town’s Town Square project are scheduled to come down at 10 a.m. Monday, according to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, who...

10.14.2021 Government

Town Board candidates face off in Jamesport debate

The Republican and Democratic candidates for Riverhead Town Board faced off before the Greater Jamesport Civic Association last Thursday at the Jamesport Meeting House. Incumbent Republican Supervisor Yvette Aguiar...

10.12.2021 Government

Planners offer environmental concerns over subdivision proposed for Jamesport

Preliminary plans to subdivide nine acres of vacant land along Peconic Bay Boulevard in Jamesport have sparked some environmental concerns. Peconic Farms LLC, which according to state records is...

10.12.2021 Government

Governor signs bill authorizing referendum for affordable housing tax in East End towns

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation that will allow East End towns to establish a new real estate sales tax for community housing funds. The new law,...

10.10.2021 Government

Town abandons proposal to move town offices into former Kmart building

A proposal to move several Riverhead Town offices into the former Kmart site on Northville Turnpike has been rejected, according to Councilman Tim Hubbard. “It’s over with now,” he...

10.07.2021 Government

Former Southampton councilman replaces Taldone as FRNCA president

A familiar face has returned as president of the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association. Brad Bender, a former FRNCA president and Southampton Town councilman, has taken over the...

10.06.2021 Government

Riverhead considers uses for $3.67 million in federal ARPA funding

A new $2 million water storage tower in Wading River is the big-ticket item on Riverhead Town’s wish list for American Recovery Plan Act funding. The town received $3.67...

10.06.2021 Government

Downtown developer lands contract to raze Main Street buildings

The company that’s been responsible for building up parts of downtown Riverhead has now been awarded a contract to tear some of it down. J. Petrocelli, the Ronkonkoma developer...

10.05.2021 Government

Town Board unanimously approves ‘puppy mill’ law

The Riverhead Town Board on Tuesday approved a law to ban the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits, completing an effort to curb what some residents have...