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 United Riverhead Terminal withdraws Northville expansion plans United Riverhead Terminal owner John Catsimatidis has officially withdrawn controversial plans to expand the Northville facility’s operations.
04.23.2015 Editorials Editorial: Commandeering sign is bad form on URT’s part This editorial is not a statement about what should or shouldn’t be built at the United Riverhead Terminal property on Sound Shore Road in Northville. It’s not an editorial...
04.15.2015 Government Civic association and oil terminal both say: We own that sign! The dispute between Northville’s community association and the local oil terminal over its proposed expansion plans has spilled over into a strange new battleground: a tiny plot of land...
03.26.2015 Letters Featured Letter: Board members make a gutsy call To the editor: The approval rating of elected officials is at an all-time low in our country. Not so in Riverhead, after the Town Board meeting regarding the proposed...
03.18.2015 Government RECAP: Board appears likely to reject terminal expansion plan The Riverhead Town Board appears poised to reject United Riverhead Terminals’ proposed expansion at its Sound Shore Road fuel tank farm following a nearly four-hour public hearing in which...
03.18.2015 Government Planned terminal expansion has neighbors on edge in Northville Safety. Traffic. The environment. Residents of the Northville area of Riverhead and beyond have been concerned about all three ever since United Riverhead Terminal Inc. first appeared before the...
03.16.2015 Opinion Featured Letter: Attend terminals hearing, reject proposal To the Editor: The United Riverhead Terminal, or URT, on Sound Shore Road in Northville stores over 160 million gallons of heating oil. It is a “pre-existing, non-conforming use,”...