🌱 Riverhead Daily: Riverhead BOE Adopts $169.7M Proposed Budget

Happy Friday, Riverhead! Diane Witek here to get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 62, low: 49.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Tuesday night, the Riverhead Board of Education adopted a $169.7 million proposed operating budget for the 2022-2023 school year. The budget is a 6.5 percent spending increase over the current year's adopted budget and requires a 1 percent district levy tax. Voters head to polls May 17. (Subscription: Riverhead News Review)
2. Amendments to the Special Events Law would reduce review and approval time as well as reduce information required by event promoters' applications for town events. Do you think that is a good idea? Let your voice be heard at the next town meeting. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. Riverhead School District honored the late Donald Henderson, school security, by retiring his number, 101. Henderson died March 20 at Peconic Bay Medical Center. (Riverhead News Review)
4. Riverhead High School has a new assistant principal, William Galati. Galati was hired by the school district Thursday night as executive director of secondary education, grants and student outcomes, a new administrative position. (Riverhead News Review)
5. Could the Calverton Enterprise Park be the location of a waste-to-energy facility? That's what a developer is hoping. Unfortunately, the zoning code prohibits the land for that type of use. The developer has requested that the ruling be overturned. (RiverheadLOCAL)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! April 10-16 is a time dedicated to celebrating and honoring the people helping others during some of the worst moments of their lives. We salute our Sheriff's Office dispatchers." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Sheriff Toulon enjoyed the Islanders-Penguins game the other night with Dr. James Vosswinkel and five Suffolk County police officers who were seriously injured in the line of duty. #SCSO, #SCPD, #nyislanders, New York Islanders Pittsburgh, PA." (Facebook) (Website)
• East End Food Market: "Spend $100 at our Virtual Farmers Market and receive a free gift! Shop our online marketplace with hundreds of products from local food, farm, and craft businesses, including EEFI’s own line of specialty jams, preserves, dips, and more." (Instagram)
• Rotary Club of Riverhead: "A great meeting with our District Governor Mary Ellen Elwood’s homecoming and two new members we’ve inducted! Welcome home Mel and congratulations to Vanessa and Vito! #RotaryDistrict7255, #riverhead, #riverheadrotary, #ServiceAboveAll, #Riverhead." (Facebook) (Website)
• Riverhead Chamber of Commerce: "Marco Barrila Insatiableeats." (Facebook) (Website)

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— Diane Witek

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