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1 day ago · Riverhead Faculty and Community Theatre presents “A Christmas Story —the Musical” on Friday, Nov. 22, Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 24 in the Charles Cardona Auditorium at Riverhead High School.
Riverhead adopts $73.5 million town-wide operating budget for …
1 day ago · Riverhead’s final 2025 operating budget was approved unanimously by the Town Board Tuesday night, requiring a 7.5% town-wide tax rate hike to fund spending of $73.5 million. The only change made to the budget in its final form were reductions in salary increases for the town supervisor and town ...
Public weighs in on proposed code changes to implement comp …
13 hours ago · A “gaggle” of public hearings on proposed code revisions to implement portions of the Riverhead Comprehensive Plan Update — as Supervisor Tim Hubbard put it — took place in one shot at Tuesday night’s Town Board meeting. Senior Planner Matt Charters summarized the proposed code revisions ...
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5 days ago · With the end of the 2023-2024 legislative session just six weeks away, Environmental advocates have launched a full-court press to get Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would ban the harvesting of horseshoe crabs in New York.
Attorneys argue Riverhead’s motion to dismiss lawsuit by Triple …
1 day ago · Attorneys for Riverhead Town appeared in court on Thursday ready to persuade a judge to dismiss the case brought by Calverton Aviation and Technology to force the $40 million sale of town-owned land at the Calverton Enterprise Park. Calverton Aviation and Technology (CAT), a subsidiary of the North ...
As I was saying … when I got kicked out of the last Riverhead Town ...
3 days ago · I was denied my First Amendment right to express my concerns about reckless spending by Tim Hubbard and his all-Republican Town Board during a public hearing on the Town Board’s proposed 2025 budget Nov. 7 . Story: Town Board critic ejected from budget hearing under police escort, threatens ...
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Nov 15, 2024 · RiverheadLOCAL is a news website covering local topics, community news, and COVID-19 updates in the Town of Riverhead and surrounding areas.
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5 days ago · Riverhead Supervisor Tim Hubbard today signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in the Town of Riverhead with respect to fire weather conditions existing and expected that are conducive to rapid wildfire spread.
Hearing on Riverhead’s preliminary 2025 budget draws comments ...
Nov 10, 2024 · Riverhead Financial Administrator Jeanette DiPaola opened the budget hearing by explaining the spending plan’s general terms: a tax levy increase of 7.92% in the town-wide tax levy, requiring the Town Board to adopt a local law authorizing it to pierce the tax cap by 4.14%, to support spending of nearly $74.6 million in the three town-wide funds: the general fund, the street-lighting fund ...
Riverhead officials discuss raises, tax cap override
Oct 30, 2024 · In a branching discussion of the 2025 proposed budget during last week’s work session, Town Board members defended increases to elected officials’ salaries, discussed perceived mistakes in past budgets and explored the possibility of state legislation to allow the town to use recreation fees charged to residential developers for repairs and maintenance at …