The Riverhead Town Board honored longtime highway department employee and labor crew leader Eddie Reeve on his retirement during its meeting last night.

Reeve was presented a proclamation from the board for his nearly 32-year tenure as an employee of the town.

“Eddie was the master of his craft and a real role model for the younger members of the highway department,” Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said. “In addition to being dependable, knowledgeable and having the ability to fix just about anything that was mechanical, he was an outstanding plow driver. Yes, and they do really exist and it is an art,” she joked.

Council Member Tim Hubbard read the proclamation celebrating Reeve’s commitment to public service. “Eddie has always been extremely dependable and always going above and beyond for the mission of the highway department, making it a fitting tribute that in 2005, he was the recipient of the employee of the quarter award,” he said.

“I’d like to thank everybody for putting up with me all these years, to Mike [Zaleski], friends out there and family,” Reeve said to the crowd in the boardroom, which included highway crew members. “I’ve spent almost half my life here at this, inside the highway yard, so it’s been a long time coming.”

Also during the meeting, the Town Board promoted Construction Equipment Operator Richard Bates to fill Reeve’s vacant position as the highway labor crew leader.

During the meeting, the Town Board also:

• Scheduled a public hearing on a new local...

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