10.24.2014 Government Debate over private road plowing headed to public hearing The discussion over whether the Riverhead Town highway department should continue to plow private roads will open up beyond the Highway Superintendent and Town Board, heading to a public hearing...
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...
09.25.2014 Government Town says it’s filled looming $1.6 million budget gap Town officials are saying that over the past week, they’ve filled a $1.6 million budget hole and solved the budget crisis, though filling that gap will rely heavily on...
09.23.2014 Police Man found dead in home after town mandates cleanup Riverhead Town employees who had arrived at a Roanoke Avenue home last Thursday morning to demand its 72-year-old owner clean up his yard got a shock when they discovered...
09.04.2014 Government EPCAL plan blasted for housing, retail components The thought of placing housing and retail uses at the Enterprise Park at Calverton weren’t very popular at a public hearing Wednesday night on Riverhead Town’s reuse plan for the...
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...
08.21.2014 Government Recap: Board set to move forward with DEC riverfront application Riverhead is expected to apply for a special Department of Environmental Conservation classification for acres of land along the Peconic River on Route 25.
08.20.2014 Government Votes delayed on looming budget gap The Riverhead Town Board’s anticipated vote on authorizing a $6 million, two-year bridge loan to stave off a double-digit tax increase next year was put on hold Tuesday, because...