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An outbreak of avian influenza at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has forced the farm to cease operations and begin to euthanize its entire flock, jeopardizing the future of Long Island’s last remaining duck farm.
Riverhead contracting company and its owner face felony charges …
Dec 16, 2024 · A Riverhead contracting company and its owner have been indicted for willful failure to pay the prevailing wage rate on a public works contract in the Town of Brookhaven in 2018, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced today.
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Jan 16, 2025 · An auto repossession business operating without permits at the former Blackman Plumbing site on West Main Street was the center of controversy at the Jan. 9 Zoning Board hearing.
Riverhead Water District rates going up Jan. 1 for biggest …
Dec 19, 2024 · Riverhead Water District’s Tier 2 rates will be going up Jan. 1 from $2.75 per 1,000 gallons to $3 per 1,000 gallons. Tier 2 rates apply to water in excess of 90,000 gallons in a three-month billing cycle for customers with 5/8 -inch and 1-inch lines —residential customers.
Locals spread holiday cheer to neighbors in need
Dec 20, 2024 · ‘Tis the season for giving! And in Riverhead Town, local people are embodying the spirit of the holidays and giving back to their community. Here is a sampling of the things locals are doing to give back this holiday season: Riverhead Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski delivered an estimated ...
UPDATE: Grand opening of Riverhead’s first recreational cannabis ...
Nov 19, 2024 · Update- Nov. 28, 7 a.m.: The grand opening of Strain Stars has been postponed to a date in early December, a company spokesperson said in an email late yesterday afternoon.
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 …
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 Police blotter: Dec. 1-7, 2024 - RiverheadLOCAL
Dec 11, 2024 · Riverhead Police reported arresting 13 people on 19 criminal charges between Sunday, Dec. 1 and Saturday, Dec. 7. Among the charges filed were two burglary charges, two criminal possession of stolen property charges, two criminal possession of a controlled substance charges, three DWI charges, three petit larceny charges, two town code violation charges, and one charge for criminal obstruction ...
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A Glen Cove man was found dead yesterday in Riverhead after the car he was driving crashed into a retaining wall in a Route 58 shopping center parking lot “at a high rate of speed,” according to Riverhead Police.