07.29.2020 Government More than a decade later, Riverhead Town will take ownership of EPCAL roads As Riverhead Town prepares to expand its highway system, Highway Superintendent George “Gio” Woodson said his department doesn’t have adequate staffing to take on additional roads. The roads to...
12.10.2018 Government Board green-lights purchase of dump trucks Town officials are gearing up for winter. At a Town Board meeting Tuesday, the board approved two resolutions authorizing the highway department to purchase two dump trucks that will...
06.30.2016 Government Board to discuss architectural review, surplus cars The Riverhead Town Board is scheduled to discuss its architectural review board code, surplus cars and a highway department program at its work session on Thursday, as well as...
01.22.2016 Weather Highway supe: Help the highway crews fight snow The cooperation and understanding of all residents is essential for the town highway department to achieve its objective of maintaining or restoring the roadways so they are open and...
11.20.2015 Community Loose leaf pickup beginning Nov. 30 Sick of all those leaves cluttering up your property? Worry not: relief is around the corner. Starting on Nov. 30, the Riverhead Highway Department will begin picking up piles of...
01.28.2015 Top News First blizzard after debate over plowing private roads. So?… So how did those private roads that Riverhead Town has been plowing in the past fare with this week’s 20-inch monster snow storm?
12.05.2014 Editorials Editorial: Road plowing debate needs more input Town Board members say they plan to unveil a list later this month that will outline which private roads in Riverhead Town will get minimal highway services and which...
10.18.2014 Government Town Board floats plan to get private roads plowed The town may be changing its code so it could plow private roads. But only during supervisor-declared snow emergencies, according to a proposal to list such roads in the...