Town Hall Notebook

The town board held the hearings open at the request of the town's new business advisory committee.

Riverhead will retain new outside legal counsel to advise the town about its options in the Calverton land deal in light of the legal troubles of Luminati Aerospace, a principal in the deal and the centerpiece of the purchaser’s development plan for the site.

Town board wrap-up for the meeting of April 2, 2019.

Fees for land subdivisions, special permits and variances will be going up for the first time in years — in some cases, decades — under proposed code revisions scheduled for public hearings on April 16.

Special events taking place before June 18, like the Riverhead Rotary Club's annual garden festival, will be able to get permits under the old rules, if the town board approves an 'amnesty period' proposed by Councilwoman Jodi Giglio. The plan is set for an April 2 public hearing.

After coming under fire over new rules for special event permits, town board members are scrambling to amend the rules so a popular consignment sale can go forward next month.

A run-down of actions taken at the March 5, 2019 town board meeting.

The developer of a proposed 7-Eleven on West Main Street near Osborn Avenue works to resolve conflicting requirements of different agencies. Planners approve offices in Wading River and Aquebogue, Lavender by the Bay farm stand on Manor Road in Calverton and set a public hearing on four-lot industrial subdivision off Manor Road. Rundown of actions taken at the Feb. 21 planning board meeting.

The town board put on quite a show for a packed house Wednesday night in a night of squabbles and arguments among board members.

After an outcry from the Calverton community over a proposed waste-to-energy plant at the former animal shelter site on Youngs Avenue, the Riverhead Town Board put the brakes on the idea pending further investigation.