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Ethics board finds no violation for town planner working as consultant on Riverside project A rendering of the proposed 7-Eleven at the Riverside roundabout. The Riverhead Town Ethics Board found no ethics violation with town Building and Planning Administrator Jeff Murphree working as a consultant on a proposed 7-Eleven and gas station at the Riverside roundabout. Vince Taldone, the president of the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association, which opposes the project, filed the ethics complaint April 6 with Riverhead Town. Mr. Taldone sai...

Civic group files ethics complaint against town planner Jeff Murphree, Riverhead’s building and planning administrator, is currently working as a consultant for a project in Riverside, which is part of Southampton Town. (Credit: Tim Gannon) The Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association has filed an ethics complaint in Riverhead Town seeking an opinion on Riverhead’s building and planning administrator, who appeared as a consultant before the Southampton Town Planning Board on a project proposed for the Riverside traffic circle.  “We...

Town Board to extend outdoor dining permits by six months Outdoor diners in Riverhead last summer. (Credit: Tara Smith) Riverhead Town’s initiative to ease the process for restaurants to obtain outdoor dining permits helped eateries cope with the capacity restrictions set by the state as a result the COVID-19 pandemic. But those approvals expired at the end of December. And the Town Board is hoping to get a jump on next summer by extending the outdoor dining permits for another six months. The board discussed the issue at Thursday’s work session and a...