News
Town board balks at raceway request to show 10 drive-in movies this summer
The raceway would use a "pop-up screen" and transmit the movie audio to patrons via an FM channel on their car radios.
News
Civic groups call on Riverhead Town Board to require advance posting of all meeting agendas on town’s website
In a letter to the town board, leaders of the organizations complain that agendas are often not posted until just prior to meetings — or not at all.
Government
Riverhead Town Government Town had $300,000 shortfall in 2015, after budgeted revenues fail to materialize
Riverhead Town came up more than $300,000 short in 2015, after revenue projections in its adopted budget missed the mark by nearly $1.9 million.
Government
Riverhead Town Board wrap-up: May 3
Summary of key actions taken by the Riverhead Town Board at its May 3, 2016 regular meeting.
Government
Hearings on proposals for town board term limits, four-year supervisor term draw virtually no public comment
Something usual happened in Riverhead Town Hall yesterday. The Riverhead Town Board held a public hearing on extending the supervisor’s term of office to...
Government
Recreation fees: Town moves to legalize what it’s been doing for years
The town continues to charge beach fees higher than allowed by town code. Instead of trying — again — to raise them by changing the code, the town is trying a different approach: taking them out of the code altogether.
Government
Riverhead Town Board ‘Freak Out! Let’s Dance’ festival approved; 24-hour retail ban adopted; term limits, high-density housing hearings set
The board: approved Nile Rodgers' FOLD Festival, set for Aug. 12-14, adopted a ban on 24-hour retail operations in certain zoning districts, one affecting the proposed 7-Eleven in Aquebogue, set hearings on proposed laws to set term limits for the town board, extend the supervisor's term to four years and allow for high-density rental apartments in a new 'floating' zone that will allow for the development of the Family Community Life Center on Northville Turnpike.
Government
Residents blast Mill Road zone change request, demand farmland protection
A request for a zone change that would allow for the construction of a 162-unit assisted living housing development on a 25-acre site on Mill Road drew strong objections from the community during a two-hour public hearing last night at Riverhead Town Hall.
Government
Riverhead Town BoardFebruary 2 meeting wrap-up
Town board honors public safety dispatcher as employee of the year, thanks a child who made cards for veterans in nursing home, approves 3rd annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
Government
Town Board wrap: Nov. 17, 2015
Highlights of the Riverhead Town Board meeting on Nov. 17, 2015: law firm hired to defend federal lawsuit over use of water towers under leases with cellular companies; new accountant hired; 'World Prematurity Day' acknowledged.
