Government
Town board abolishes personnel department; two council members call it retribution against ‘whistle-blower’
Council members Jodi Giglio and George Gabrielsen say Supervisor Sean Walter sought to abolish personnel department to punish department head for blowing the whistle on financial administrator, who "has the supervisor's ear," according to Gabrielsen.
Government
Riverhead Town Board wrap: Nov. 5
Riverhead's 'Supervisor for a Day" presided over Wednesday's town board meeting, where the board: held a hearing on the 2015 budget, set a Dec. 2 hearing on the issue of private roads maintenance by the highway department, authorized a $350,000 grant application for WaterFire Riverhead and more.
Government
Let public speak on plastic bag ban: Riverhead town board majority
A split Riverhead Town board will hold a public hearing on a proposed regional ban on single-use plastic grocery bags.
Government
Town Board meeting wrap-up
Riverhead Town Board unanimously approves change of zone for old Second Street firehouse site after contentious discussion, hears comments on proposed flyboarding regulations, approves RFP for East Lawn building, approves NFAWL's two-day spay-neuter clinic at Pfeifer Center.
