🌱 Riverhead Daily: Rideshare Robbery Arrest: PD + Vote On Planner

Hello, people of Riverhead! Diane Witek here with a brand-new Riverhead Daily.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 56, low: 46.

Here are the top stories today in Riverhead:

1. Based on previous projects and their preliminary design plan for a boutique hotel, condos and museum, the Riverhead Town Board unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday to designate J. Petrocelli Development Associates the master developer for the Town Square project. (Riverhead News Review)
2. Three people are competing for two open seats on the Riverhead school board: Laurie Downs and Matthew Wallace and newcomer Andrew Nadeau, a 2007 Riverhead graduate. Trustees on the board are elected for three-year, unpaid terms. The budget vote and trustee election will take place on May 17. (RiverheadLOCAL)
3. Wednesday in Yaphank, Long Island Compost, a waste-to-gas facility, broke ground despite neighbors objecting to the plan. The facility will turn food waste into biogas and fertilizer. (Subscription: Newsday)
4. According to Riverhead Town Police, on April 13, in Wading River, a rideshare driver was robbed at gunpoint and had his vehicle stolen from him by a 15-year-old male rider. The teen was taken into custody and charged with first-degree robbery; he was transported for arraignment purposes to Suffolk County Court -Youth Part, police said. (Riverhead Patch)
5. On April 30, at the William Ris Gallery in Jamesport ,“Hearts & Souls: An Exhibit of Solidarity” will open to benefit Ukraine war victims. (RiverheadLOCAL)
6. A Kansas City-based company, NorthPoint Development, that "acquired 39.7 industrially zoned acres on Middle Road in Calverton has filed a site plan application for the development of a 641,000-square-foot warehouse facility." (RiverheadLOCAL)

Today in Riverhead:

• Spring Beach Walks (Babylon) — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (6 a.m.)
• Spring Beach Walks (Babylon ages 6-12). (6 a.m.)
• Aussie Sleepover. (6 a.m.)
• Hummingbirds in your Garden — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (3 p.m.)
• Flavors of Tomatoes — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office was honored to participate in this joint effort to remove fraudulent License plates from Suffolk County's roads. We look forward to continued collaboration in the future! Suffolk County Police Department." (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "Join us as we launch the Junior Rangers Ball Hockey League this spring geared for kids ages 5-10 across the tri-state area!" (Facebook) (Website)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Deputies recently made the attached warrant arrests. #SCSO, #SuffolkSherif.f" (Facebook) (Website)
• East End Women's Network - EEWN:✨"Joint networking event! ✨The Riverhead Chamber of Commerce & EEWN are hosting a networking event on April 27, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Privet’s Consignment Warehouse in Riverhead. Meet new friends and enjoy some appetizers." (Facebook) (Website)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County: "For Earth Month, let's celebrate one of the most popular fruits it gives us. Happy National Banana Day! Bananas are a great source of vitamin B and produce sucrose, fructose, and glucose to give the body energy. That's why it's the perfect fruit!" (Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Diane Witek

About me: Impassioned Writer, Website Designer, Social Media Marketer and newly proclaimed Baker. Lover of nature and animals of all kinds.