Government
Planning Board OKs Mazda dealership site plan, hears comments on proposed mosque and graveyard in Wading River
The Riverhead Planning Board last week approved the site plan application of an auto dealership on Route 58 and a two-lot subdivision on Fresh Pond Avenue in Calverton. It also held a hearing on a site plan application for a place of worship and graveyard in Wading River.
Government
Town Board OKs permit for portable classrooms at Riverhead Charter School high school campus
The Town Board voted Tuesday to allow the Riverhead Charter School to expand its high school on Sound Avenue with three temporary portable trailers.
Riverhead Charter School
Riverhead Charter School unveils plan to build middle school, high school and athletic fields in Calverton
The Riverhead Charter School unveiled its plan this morning to build a middle school, high school and athletic fields on the corner of Middle Country Road and Fresh Pond Avenue in Calverton.
Community News
Riverhead Charter School looks to buy property in Calverton for new high school campus
The Riverhead Charter School is looking to buy property on the east corner of Middle Country Road and Fresh Pond Avenue in Calverton to site a new high school.
Editorial
Don’t like how charter schools are funded? Then work to fix it
Editorial: The charter school system in New York is broken. The school district, the Town Board and the charter school need to be working together to fix how charter schools are funded instead of feuding with each other.
Government
Town Board nixes code change that would allow Riverhead Charter School to build on industrially zoned land
After pushback from the community and the school district, the Town Board has decided against allowing private schools in industrial zones, which could have allowed the Riverhead Charter School to build a new high school on land near its main campus in Calverton.
Board of Education
Speakers opposing private schools on industrial land dominate comp plan hearing
Opposition to allowing private schools in industrial districts dominated Monday night's public hearing on Riverhead’s draft comprehensive plan update, with many speakers taking aim at a change that would expand the Riverhead Charter School's options for locating a new high school.
Board of Education
Riverhead teachers union decries town effort to help charter school find new site for high school
The president of the Riverhead teachers union had harsh words for the Supervisor Tim Hubbard and the Town Board at Tuesday's school board meeting for considering a zoning code change to allow private schools in industrial zones.
Government
Final draft of Riverhead’s comp plan update will have public hearing Monday evening
Analysis: How the final draft of the comp plan is different from the first draft that was released in February.
Government
Riverhead Charter School seeks permit for portable classrooms at high school, as it works to find permanent home for larger facility
The charter school is currently talking with the owners of two properties suitable for a new, larger high school, attorney Kimberly Judd told the Town Board Thursday. It needs the portables until it can move out of its rented space on Sound Avenue in 4-5 years.
