Calverton Aviation and Technology

Town board members should not have any private, off-the-record contact with the EPCAL applicants while the Q&E hearing is pending.

Councilwoman Jodi Giglio said she now believes company has “the experience and the wherewithal” to develop the site as an aviation technology center.

The next session of the Calverton Aviation and Technology "qualified and eligible" hearing will be held at the Pulaski Street School auditorium, which has a larger seating capacity than the town hall meeting room.

Attendance for the 'business to business' presentation on March 7 by the company seeking to buy 1,644 acres of land in the Calverton Enterprise Park is limited to members of the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, Riverhead Rotary, Riverhead BID, North Fork Promotion Council and Eastern Long Island Executives.

Principals of Triple Five, his partner in the joint venture, sought to minimize Preston's importance in the project. "He has nothing to do — he has no say — he has no power, no nothing,” Triple Five chairman Nader Ghermezian stood up and told the board. Preston's longtime lawyer Robert Hasday blamed his client's absence on 'a hatchet job of an article' published on RiverheadLOCAL yesterday.

The public hearing on the proposed purchase of 1,643 acres of land at the Calverton Enterprise Park by an aviation startup company will be held on Feb. 27 beginning at 7 p.m.

The proposed contract of sale was filed in the town clerk's office for public review yesterday. Here's a rundown of its terms and a copy of the document filed in the clerk's office.