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Weekly Wrap-Up: Store Closings, Unidentified Body Found in Barn
A roundup of the biggest news in Riverhead during the week of Oct. 23.
1. Stores Announce Closings in Riverhead
OMG! How Cute, Boulder Creek, and the Lobster Roll all announced they would be closing this week. , while on Monday. if the property 1s sold at auction in November.
2. Boutique Owner Donates Toys
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The closings didn't bring all bad news, as the owner of OMG! How Cute will to local homeless shelters and nonprofits for children.
3. Decomposing Body Found Inside Barn
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Riverhead Police said an on Tuesday. Police have not released the identity of the victim, though they say they do not suspect foul play.
4. Highway Super Denied Funds, Criticizes Chargebacks
Town Highway Supervisor George "Gio" Woodsen was at the Town Board's work session meeting on Wednesday, leading him to call the town's "chargeback" policy, which charges a blanket rate to certain taxing districts to cover administrative charges, unfair.
5. Parents Urge School Board to Avoid Cuts
against a comment made by school board president Ann Cotten-Degrasse that claimed schools may have to make cuts in programs due to a $4 million difference in school budgets from last year to 2011-2012. Parents urged the board not to make the cuts, while the school board said they would not target individual programs and said they have not started planning the 2011-2012 budget yet.
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