08.08.2018 Government Town Board revisits extending supervisor’s term limit It was only two years ago that Riverhead Town voters defeated a proposal to increase the town supervisor’s terms to four years as opposed to two. That vote saw...
04.20.2016 Government Riverhead Town Board approves term limits; Dunleavy now ‘termed out’ Riverhead Town Board members will now be subject to 12-year term limits under a new law adopted Tuesday.
04.19.2016 Government Recap: Board to vote on term limits, Alive on 25, rail spur grant The Riverhead Town Board is expected to vote on 12-year term limits for Town Board members and scheduling a public referendum on extending the term of the supervisor from two...
04.05.2016 Government Recap: Hearings planned on term limits, four-year supervisor term The Riverhead Town Board will hold public hearings on two separate term limit proposals, one written by Councilman John Dunleavy, who’s term would be cut short by the other...
02.26.2016 Editorials Editorial: No special exemptions for proposed term limit rule Just when you think a councilman’s recent proposal to offer Town Board members a raise was another unfortunate example of a politician putting his own interests ahead of taxpayers’,...
02.22.2016 Government Dunleavy offers change to proposed term-limit law After recently expressing opposition to term limits for elected officials, Councilman John Dunleavy has proposed an amendment that would grant him one more term in office if he gets...
02.12.2016 Editorials Editorial: Tweaking Riverhead Town Board terms deserves public’s support It’s a topic of discussion that rears its head in Town Hall every few years: how long elected officials should serve in office. The issue boils down to the...
02.04.2016 Government Town Board considering term limits, extending supervisor’s term Riverhead Town Board members are considering maxing out term limits for the supervisor and members of the Town Board while also extending the term for town supervisor from two...
