Yvette Aguiar

In her first "state of the town" speech, Supervisor Yvette Aguiar chronicled the impacts the COVID-19 crisis had on her first year in office, arriving as it did just nine weeks after she took the oath of office last January 1.

Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar will give her first "state of the town" address on Monday, Feb. 8 at Riverhead Town Hall.

"We're not going to let the public be the pawns in a water battle." A decade-old dispute simmering just beneath the surface has come to a rolling boil and residents in a remote section of Manorville worry about getting caught up in a fight that could delay their community’s access to public water.

Riverhead Town has signed on to an amicus brief in an appeal being defended by Southampton Town in a sand-mining case that could have implications for towns across the region.

Former councilman James Wooten is returning to Riverhead Town Hall as a part-time legislative aide to Supervisor Yvette Aguiar.

COVID-19 test positivity rates in Riverhead have averaged over 4% for 10 days, according to Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar. Total confirmed COVID cases among Riverhead Town residents have increased by 134 new confirmed cases in the past two weeks, according to data provided by the Suffolk County health department.

The supervisor said putting together a budget within the property tax cap, despite a $1.9 million reduction in revenues, was an "arduous task."

Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar is pushing for direct federal aid to towns in the next coronavirus relief bill — though the fate of additional relief is still in doubt.

Riverhead Town officials joined in prayer and reflection for a wreath-laying ceremony at the World Trade Center Memorial in Calverton this morning.

Aguiar will ask the town board to consider allowing vacant retail spaces to be redeveloped with “micro” apartments, which she says would fill a need for a variety of household types without impacting the school district.