06.08.2015 Government Southampton Town Board expected to drop garbage district plan A proposed garbage district for Flanders, Riverside and Northampton appears to be heading for the dumpster itself. The Southampton Town Board is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on a resolution...
05.19.2015 Government More opposition voiced at garbage district meeting “For everybody to get up here and say the same things over and over again is ridiculous.” So said Mike Brewer, a former president of the Flanders, Riverside, and Northampton Community...
04.30.2015 Uncategorized Town Board to discuss garbage district, gas terminal The Riverhead Town Board is expected to discuss rebidding its residential garbage collection district, which has been in place since 1991. The cost of the district, currently at $274...
04.27.2015 Government Southampton sets informational meeting on garbage district Southampton Town will be holding an informational meeting on its proposal to create a garbage district in the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton hamlets on Friday, May 15, at 7...
04.20.2015 Government Proposed garbage district will likely need to be re-bid If a controversial proposed garbage district in Flanders, Riverside and Northampton is going forward, the town will likely need to first re-bid it, according to Councilman Brad Bender of...
04.17.2015 Editorials Editorial: Put the trash aside; it’s time to work together Nearly 20 years ago, a News-Review article about Riverhead Town’s decision to create a townwide garbage pickup program started with the following sentence: “There are two sides to every...
04.15.2015 Government Tempers flare as garbage district opponents flood civic meeting What’s stinky, inside everyone’s house and able to draw more people than ever — not to mention the police — to a Flanders, Riverside, and Northampton Community Association meeting?...
04.04.2015 Government Garbage district opposed at Flanders civic meeting A proposed garbage district in Flanders, Riverside and Northampton was met with overwhelming opposition from those in attendance at a Waters Edge Civic Association meeting last Friday night in...
