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Public safety advisory: Bow hunting underway at EPCAL
Visitors to Veterans Memorial Park and other parts of the EPCAL site are advised to stay on the walking path and should not enter wooded areas where active deer hunting is taking place.
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Voting in the Nov. 3 election: Here’s what you need to know
Learn about using Suffolk County's new touchscreen voting machines, plus: important deadlines this week, and early voting times.
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At civic forum, Halpin and Rothwell lay out competing visions for Riverhead
Eleven topics, from tax incentives to storm preparation, framed the Oct. 15 Riverhead supervisor candidates forum where Halpin and Rothwell staked out their positions.
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Local fire districts to hold 2027 budget hearings next week: Here’s the rundown
Local fire districts will hold public hearings next week on their proposed budgets for 2027. Here's a rundown of the budgets district commissioners have proposed.
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Rothwell offers budget amendments trimming 2027 proposed tax levy increase to 1.73%
Council Member Ken Rothwell has proposed six amendments to Supervisor Jerry Halpin’s tentative 2027 budget that would reduce the proposed townwide property tax levy increase from 2.79% to about 1.73%.
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Riverhead investigates rusty water affecting about 200 water district customers
An unauthorized release of water — such as an opened fire hydrant — is believed to have disturbed the system and churned up sediment, causing rusty water in Calverton and Wading River, the water district superintendent said.
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New York to join scholarship tax-credit program starting in 2027
“I’m not going to leave money on the table when it could help our kids,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday when she announced her decision to opt into the federal scholarship tax credit program.
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Hearing held on federal block grant requests: Oct. 6 Town Board meeting wrap
A rundown of actions taken by the Riverhead Town Board at its Oct. 6 meeting: hearings held, resolutions passed, public comments.
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Riverhead seeks developers for ‘destination attraction’ at former science center site
Riverhead Town is issuing a request for proposals for the redevelopment and operation of 'a destination attraction' at 111 East Main Street on the west side of the town square.
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Riverhead demands easements, permits for SCWA water main along Main Road
The Riverhead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to require the Suffolk County Water Authority's proposed North Fork water main along Main Road to comply with town zoning and land-use rules.
