1. Riverhead poised to name Petrocelli its master developer for town square project.
J. Petrocelli Development Associates unveiled ambitious plans for the development of the public space, which the group said will “activate the town,” during a town board work session this morning,
2. School board approves $169.7 million budget for upcoming school year; May 10 hearing set.
The Riverhead Board of Education Tuesday night adopted a $169.7 million proposed operating budget for the 2022-2023 school year. The budget is a 6.5% spending increase over the current year's adopted budget, and requires a 1% real property tax levy increase, bringing the total tax levy to $105.6 million next year.
3. Riverhead nursery grower among NY State’s first licensed adult-use cannabis cultivators.
Plant Connection on Sound Avenue in Riverhead was one of 52 applicants to have conditional cultivator licenses granted yesterday by the state’s Cannabis Control Board.
4. Riverhead supervisor honored by Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar was honored by the the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce with its Supervisor of the Year award at the group's first Annual Latino Leaders Luncheon on Wednesday.
5. Driver who crashed school bus carrying 10 Cub Scouts from Baiting Hollow camp last summer pleads guilty to multiple felonies.
Prosecutors said the school bus driver had a blood-alcohol content of .30% — nearly eight times the legal limit for the holder of a commercial driver's license.
6. Proposed rental dwelling code, drafted after fatal downtown Riverhead fire, has public hearing.
Riverhead's proposed rental code amendments include requirements for a second means of egress and sprinklers in homes with third-floor apartments — both of which were lacking in the home where a fatal fire killed five family members trapped in an apartment on the third floor. The proposed code had a public hearing last week.
7. Latest Special Events Law overhaul needs more work, input from police chief and fire marshal, councilman says.
The proposed Special Events Law amendments, the subject of a town board public hearing last week, would slash the time town officials would have to review and approve special event applications and drastically reduce the amount and type of information required to be provided by event promoters in their permit applications.
8. Riverhead Zoning Board asked for ruling on proposed waste-to-energy facility at EPCAL.
A developer looking to build a waste-to-energy facility at the Calverton Enterprise Park is asking the Riverhead Zoning Board of Appeals to overrule the town building department's determination that the zoning code prohibits the use. The facility, proposed by Melville-based CEA Energy, would process organic wastes and generate renewable natural gas and compostable soil amenders, according to documents filed with the ZBA.
9. BOCES preschool program helps train the next generation of early childhood educators.
The BOCES preschool program trains high school students interested in careers in early education and offers offers parents an inexpensive preschool alternative for children ages 2 1/2 to 4 at the Ward Technical Center in Riverhead.
10. Beloved security chief Don Henderson remembered and honored by school board.
Longtime, much beloved security officer Don Henderson was honored by the Riverhead Board of Education Tuesday night.
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