08.15.2014 Government Board to vote on $6M bridge loan, piercing tax cap Facing a $4 million deficit in next year’s budget, the Town Board will consider on Tuesday a pair of bills to keep its options open: whether or not to authorize...
08.12.2014 Government Town inks 50-year deal with NFAWL on Pfiefer building Plans to move the Riverhead Animal Shelter to the Henry Pfeifer Community Center building in Calverton have become a bit more definitive. The nonprofit North Fork Animal Welfare League,...
08.10.2014 Government Taxi cab company files appeal after license revoked After a car crash involving a Day and Night Taxi driver led to the company’s — and driver’s — taxi revocations, the company is appealing the town’s decision. The...
08.08.2014 Government Budget options: 12% tax jump, mass layoffs, or bridge loan? Riverhead Town is facing a $4 million deficit and a potential 12.5 percent tax increase, even if its spending stays at current levels next year, according to Supervisor Sean...
07.16.2014 Government Councilman has change of heart on personnel moves Riverhead Town Board members again debated the issue of political caucuses at Tuesday’s board meeting, when two council members thought the board was in agreement on three personnel moves —...
06.19.2014 Government Water ski course floated, opposed, for Terry’s Creek The Riverhead Town Board is considering allowing a slalom water skiing course in Terry’s Creek in Aquebogue, proposed by a Jamesport woman who said few such areas exist on...
06.18.2014 Government Gershow court case bounced back to Planning Board Riverhead Town’s lawsuit in state Supreme Court against Gershow Recycling is going back to the town Planning Board for the moment. Town Attorney Bob Kozakiewicz said at Tuesday’s Town...
06.13.2014 Business Parking meters coming downtown? Is there a traffic problem downtown? It depends on who you ask. But members of the town’s parking committee believe a problem exists — and that it’s just a...