🌱 Patch AM: How will Riverhead’s new $120.9M budget affect your tax bill?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Riverhead's new $120.9M budget affect your tax bill?
• Meet the local hardware manager making Main Road drivers laugh
• Why a repeat DWI offender was picked up again in Riverhead

Also on today's calendar: Cutchogue Old Burying Ground Tour and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two favorite words for a shark to hear? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Windy; rain becoming steadier, with a high of 67 and low of 61 degrees.
• Monday: Occasional rain and drizzle, temps: high: 64, low: 57.
• Tuesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Riverhead pitches $120.9M budget that stays under tax cap (newsday.com) — Riverhead officials have proposed a $120.9 million 2027 town budget that stays within the state tax cap for the first time in four years, raising the townwide tax levy by 2.8%. For an $800,000 home, that's about $101 more in annual town taxes. The plan leans on retirement incentives, staff raises, and several new positions, with a public hearing still ahead.
   

• The woman behind North Fork True Value roadside signs that keep drivers laughing (timesreview.com) — Just down the road in Jamesport, North Fork True Value's ever-changing roadside sign is giving Riverhead-area drivers a quick laugh on their commute. Manager Katie Sorady dreams up monthly, seasonally themed one-liners that have turned a simple hardware store sign into a small local landmark people photograph, share and look forward to seeing.
   

• Repeat felony DWI offender sentenced to up to 7 years in prison (riverheadlocal.com) — A repeat DWI offender has been sentenced to up to seven years in state prison after a Southampton arrest, with Riverhead figuring into the case when investigators later caught him driving near Main Street despite a license ban. The Suffolk district attorney says immigration authorities plan to seek custody after his sentence, highlighting ongoing enforcement around serious drunk driving cases.
   

📸 Around Riverhead

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Riverhead

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Cutchogue Old Burying Ground Tour →
  Old Burying Ground, 32770 Main Rd, Cutchogue
  2:00 am
• Country Fair at Hallockville →
  Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Ave, Riverhead
  10:00 am
• open house →
  jamesport fire department, 25 manor lane, jamesport,
  12:00 pm
• Richard Kurin on History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and Solving a 200-Year-Mystery →
  North Fork Arts Center at the Sapan Greenport Theatre, 211 Front St, Greenport
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday September 27
• The Young Dubliners →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  8:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Asi Wind's AWE →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  9:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• A Night with the Cast of The Sopranos →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Five For Fighting with String Quartet →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  9:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Rock & Roll Car Show →
  Cutchogue Village Green, 27320 Main Rd, Cutchogue
  10:00 am
• The Machine →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  9:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Uptown →
  The Suffolk, 118 E Main St, Riverhead
  8:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Journeyman - A Tribute to Eric Clapton →
  118 E Main St, Riverhead
  8:00 pm

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• The North Shore Injury Lawyer — (631) 495-9435
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• The Hamptons Collective — (631) 800-7275
• Heart & Soul Community Counseling, Inc. — (631) 321-7011
• CLOS, Inc. — (631) 298-4588

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Riverhead. Apply here.
• Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Bookkeeper in Riverhead. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Riverhead here.

🗞 Nearby News

Calverton

• Brian Thomas Rafferty, Sharon, PA (wkbn.com)

Wading River

• States of emergency declared in Nassau & Suffolk Counties ahead of nor'easter (news12.com)

Westhampton

• More Than 12K Still Without Power As Nor'easter Ramps Up Across LI (patch.com)

Ok Riverhead! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "MAN OVERBOARD!" (Thank you M J. for sending it in!)
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