Town Notebook: Sports, Business, Government

Town Hall was quiet this week, with no board meetings or work sessions. But here's a recap of some headlines from around town this past week:

LADY BLUE WAVES DOWN, UP, AND THEN OUT

• After over William Floyd on Monday, the Riverhead girls' basketball team lost its quarterfinal game at Sachem East on Thursday evening. Facing a four-point deficit in the closing minutes of its opening round game, the Lady Blue Waves turned to Shaniece Allen, who scored the team's final seven points en route to a 52-48 win on Monday. But the team's fourth quarter on Thursday at Sachem East took a different route, as the Flaming Arrows outscored the Blue Waves, 24-6, en route to a. But with zero seniors on the roster, the girls' hoops team showed a promising run to say the least. 

FEDERAL REPS SUPPORT HORTON AVENUE FLOOD VICTIMS

• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Rep. Tim Bishop, D-Southampton, both supported an application for Federal Emergency Management Agency funds made by the town. The application for funding, specifically through the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program, would acquire and demolish several homes in the Horton Avenue lowland area, allowing area residents displaced by last year's flooding to move outside the flood area. Deputy Supervisor Jill Lewis, who helped write the application, said, "It will be much more cost effective in the long run to relocate the residents than to keep doing upgrades."

HUFF-PO VISITS TWEED'S

• Downtown restaurant owner Ed Tuccio welcomed a Huffington Post reporter recently to document the highlight of his menu - bison. Take a look at the video here. 

LOSQUADRO EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR COST-SAVING MEASURES

• Assemblyman Dan Losquadro, R-Shoreham, offered his support this week for a few cost-saving measures in Albany. One bill would allow homeowners to receive their tax statements via e-mail if they so choose; another would allow local governments to send electronic copies - as opposed to requiring hard copies - of proposed laws to each other, should they so choose. Lastly Losquadro expressed support for legislation that would allow contiguous towns to jointly purchase equipment for their highway departments.