Riverhead Justice Court

The Riverhead Town Board dedicated the future site of the town’s new justice court to the late Judge Allen Smith in a ceremony of tears and laughter on Tuesday.

Excerpts from Riverhead Town Justice Court docket for the month of May 2023, Justice Lori Hulse and Justice Sean Walter presiding.

Excerpts from Riverhead Town Justice Court docket for the week of March 6, 2023: There was a total of 360 criminal and traffic cases on the court’s docket, Justice Sean Walter presiding.

Excerpts from Riverhead Town Justice Court docket for the month of January 2023, Judge Sean Walter presiding. There was a total of 218 criminal and traffic cases on the court’s docket.

Excerpts from Riverhead Town Justice Court docket for the month of January 2023, Judge Lori Hulse and Judge Sean Walter presiding. There was a total of 1,537 criminal and traffic cases on the court’s docket.

The site, originally developed by Suffolk County National Bank, includes a three-story office building, a two-story office building, a bank branch currently leased to M&T Bank and a two-story wood frame house that has been converted to office space.

Opinion: The very long saga of the town’s “space problems” is a classic example of how not to plan and execute capital improvements if you happen to be the governing body of a growing municipality.

Town officials are considering building a three-story town hall on vacant land at the corner of Howell Avenue and Brook Street, and renovating and repurposing two existing buildings for town court and police department use, at an estimated cost of $30.8 million.

A portrait of the late Town Justice Allen Smith was unveiled during a ceremony in Riverhead Justice Court yesterday afternoon.

The town board has nixed the plan to move town facilities to the Kmart building. With safety and security concerns over the town justice court "first and foremost," more ideas for construction and renovation are discussed.