To all our friends, family and neighbors.

May you have a wonderful, healthy and

great New Year

Inauguration Day for Riverhead

The Town has announced that it will hold inauguration ceremonies on New Years Day January 1, 2012 at the East End Hyatt House on Main Street in Riverhead starting at 1 pm.

Those Town officials who were elected in November 2011 will be officially sworn in to start their new terms of office and will include Supervisor  Sean Walter, Town Councilmen Jim Wooten and George Gabrielsen as well as the Receiver of Taxes, Town Clerk, Assessors (2) and the Town Justice. The public is invited.

(read announcement here)

Suffolk Legislature Overrides Levy Vetoes

The Suffolk County Legislature, meeting in special session on Friday voted to override Steve Levy's vetoes on 29 bills including the bill which would repeal the ban on capping the county tax on gasoline. This legislature is out of control and needs some changes in it's makeup.  This is one of the highest taxed municipalities in the nation and this group wants to be able to tax more.  Lets not forget on election day 2012.


Good News at the Curb and Checkbook
The news that the Town had selected a new trash and recycle hauler was good news to the residents.  The new contractor is European American Waste Disposal.  They have apparently negotiated a better deal meaning a $148 reduction in your tax bill for trash collection as well as an extra day of garbage pickup. (Same day as the pickup for bulk items)