09.03.2014 Government Cuts coming: Board opposes bridge loan & piercing tax cap The town won’t be taking out a $6 million line of credit to cover a $4 million structural hole in its general fund budget next year, nor will it...
09.03.2014 Government RECAP: Opposition to housing, retail suggestions for EPCAL The Riverhead Town Board heard overwhelming opposition to allowing housing and retail uses at EPCAL. Those uses are suggested in the proposed reuse plan for EPCAL and the draft environmental impact study...
08.22.2014 Editorials Editorial: It’s a bridge loan to nowhere Over the past decade, Riverhead Town leaders in current and previous administrations have dipped into financial reserves to balance town budgets. Those funds have now run out and hard...
08.19.2014 Government Town holds off on bridge loan, tax cap vote With Councilman Jim Wooten absent and representing the swing vote, the Riverhead Town Board at its meeting Tuesday night held off on voting on resolutions that authorized a $6...