Government
Town Board meeting wrap-up: Sept 1
PBMC site plan, ambulance facility bond approved, more: Sept. 1 Riverhead Town Board meeting wrap-up.
Government
Riverhead board challenges water authority’s immunity claim on North Fork pipeline route
Riverhead Town on Tuesday again challenged Suffolk County Water Authority's claimed immunity from local land-use regulation as well as the adequacy of SCWA's environmental study.
Government
Riverhead moves ahead with eminent domain of science center property, approve $1.95 M offer
Riverhead Town's acquisition of 111 E. Main Street moved forward Tuesday as the Town Board authorized a $1.95 million offer to The Place for Learning, the property's owner and operator of the science center.
Government
Riverhead Town Board, school district clash over who pays for school resource officers
Days before the first day of school, the town and the Riverhead school district remain at odds over funding for two uniformed police officers in the secondary schools.
Government
Town Board poised to approve PBMC women and infants center site plan
The Riverhead Town Board reviewed site and facade improvements for Peconic Bay Medical Center's new women and infants center at its Aug. 27 work session and is poised to grant administrative approval to the hospital's site plan.
Denise Civiletti
Riverhead knows what accountable public safety looks like. ICE should not be exempt.
Documentation is not obstruction. OLA’s proposed Public Safety and Accountability legislation deserves a serious discussion by the Town Board responsible for what happens on Riverhead streets.
Government
Town Board Aug. 18 meeting wrap-up
Riverhead Little League district champs were honored by the Town Board Tuesday, plus: legislation, purchases, budget transfers OK'd.
Government
Proposal to expand Roanoke Avenue commercial uses meets neighborhood resistance
A proposed code change to allow personal service uses in the Professional Business zoning use district along Roanoke Avenue south of the traffic circle drew pushback from residents during a public hearing Tuesday night.
Environment
Riverhead weighs code changes after groundwater contamination near East Hampton BESS fire
Riverhead officials are revisiting the town’s battery energy storage rules after PFAS contamination was detected in public water supply wells near the site of the 2023 East Hampton BESS fire.
Denise Civiletti
Riverhead settled a tax lawsuit last week, but officials wouldn’t disclose the terms
When the Town Board votes to approve a tax lawsuit settlement, taxpayers have the right to know what it will cost.
