Laura Jens-Smith

One thing was clear from a candidate discussion hosted by RiverheadLOCAL last night and streamed live on Facebook: the town supervisor candidates disagree on just about everything.

A State Supreme Court judge today ruled in favor of Laura Jens-Smith in the action she brought challenging signatures on Supervisor Sean Walter’s Independence Party petitions.

Democratic candidate Laura Jens-Smith has filed a lawsuit challenging the Independence Party designating petitions filed by Republican incumbent Sean Walter.

Eventually you have to ask yourself who is going to pay the taxes in this town? And that finger seems to point directly to the already-overburdened homeowners and small businesses of Riverhead.

The 30-day deadline for coming to terms with Luminati Aerospace for the sale of land at the Calverton Enterprise Park has come and gone, but there is still no agreement “in principle” as contemplated by a letter of intent signed by the parties in April.

It's a first in Riverhead's 225-year history: a ticket of three women seeking election to the town board.

The widespread negative reaction to an architect's rendering of apartment buildings planned for downtown made it perfectly clear: Riverhead residents don't want our historic downtown to be turned into Queens.

Laura Jens-Smith said the town is not properly vetting suitors for land at the park and criticized the supervisor for using the site's potential as "a political football."

Smart growth is needed. This takes planning and a strong commitment to encourage development that provides a variety of housing types, not just rental apartments.

Former town board candidate Laura Jens-Smith, Democrat of Laurel, last night announced her candidacy for Riverhead town supervisor at an event she hosted at a downtown restaurant. She came out swinging, blasting the incumbent Sean Walter for "false promises" on downtown revitalization, EPCAL redevelopment and fiscal stability.