Guest Column
Petition from ‘EPCALWatch’ group: Remove ‘undevelopable’ 1,000 acres from sale
By including this land in the contract without conservation protections, there is no definitive assurance that this land will forever be safe from development.
News
Riverhead cancels Luminati runway use agreement, licenses EPCAL taxiway to rocket engine start-up Launcher
Riverhead Town has canceled the runway use agreement it signed with Luminati Aerospace and has authorized a license agreement with tech start-up Launcher Inc. for use of part of the runway taxiway.
News
Status update meeting with Calverton Aviation and Technology set for Oct. 17
Calverton Aviation and Technology representatives are scheduled to return to a Riverhead Town Board work session on Oct. 17 to update the board on the company's development plans for the Calverton Enterprise Park.
Denise Civiletti
The Great Grumman Giveaway II
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the “Great Grumman Giveaway” election campaign of Republicans running for town board in 1999 on the platform that the Democratic majority in office had sold off the town’s most valuable asset for a song.
News
Buyer in Calverton land deal sketches out vision of ‘Silicon Valley of the east’
"We are looking to transform the economy of the East End and one day this region could be recognized as the Silicon Valley of the east. It's a big goal, but it starts with a first step." Chris Kent, attorney for Calverton Aviation and Technology, laid out the company's vision for the Calverton Enterprise Park in general terms at Thursday's town board work session.
News
What to do about EPCAL? Town board meets with special counsel for advice
Representatives from Calverton Aviation and Technology will make a public presentation to the town board at its Aug. 1 work session, following the town board's closed-door meeting with its special counsel this morning to discuss its rights under the contract of sale with CAT, an affiliate of Triple Five Group.
Greg Blass
Riverhead’s stewardship of the EPCAL site spins further out of control
One thing is clear: the public wasn't supposed to see the detailed maps, plans and drawings submitted to the DEC by Triple Five. What do they really tell us?
Business
Triple Five maps show 10 million sq. ft. of development along both EPCAL runways
The document, obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the State DEC, shows "an initial layout" and "a work in progress," according to the developer’s representatives.
News
EPCAL subdivision gains preliminary approval from planning board
An eight-lot subdivision that will allow the Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency to sell 1,644 acres of vacant land at the Calverton Enterprise Park gained preliminary approval today from the Riverhead Planning Board.
Government
Town hires new special counsel for advice in EPCAL sale
Riverhead officials moved ahead on the much-debated appointment of a new outside counsel to advise the town on its rights under the EPCAL contract of sale.