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Developer of proposed ‘logistics center’ on Middle Road invites neighbors to meeting

by Feb 23, 2022
A national real estate developer has purchased a 37-acre site on Middle Road in Calverton with plans to develop it with a logistics center. The site is being advertised by a regional real estate agency as a 640,000-square-foot industrial warehouse space.

Riverhead seeks state grant funding for another public water extension in Calverton, where PFAS, 1,4-dioxane pollute private wells

by Nov 5, 2021
Riverhead is seeking grant funding from New York State to help the Riverhead Water District provide public water to an area of Calverton near the terminus of the Long Island Expressway where health-threatening contaminants have been identified in private drinking water wells.

Aguiar says she would support making Calverton drag strip permanent

by Sep 14, 2021
Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar said today she would support making an unused airstrip at the Enterprise Park in Calverton a permanent site for racing. 

Former councilwoman: Riverhead Town ‘failed miserably’ by not participating in state review of major solar project in Calverton

by Jul 8, 2021
Former Riverhead Councilwoman Barbara Blass of Jamesport told the town board the record in the application of the major solar energy project approved by the state last month is "another embarrassment for the town" because a "dereliction of duty...has once again, shortchanged the people of Riverhead."

Fourth large solar energy facility in Calverton clears major hurdle

by May 7, 2021
The Riverhead Planning Board last night granted preliminary site plan approval to the proposed Calverton Solar Energy Center, a 22.9 megawatt commercial solar energy production facility to be built on approximately 198 acres off Edwards Avenue in Calverton.

Navy to update community on groundwater pollution in Calverton at meeting Thursday

by Apr 28, 2021
Navy representatives will discuss their investigation into groundwater contamination on and near the former Grumman manufacturing facility in Calverton during a virtual meeting of the Calverton restoration advisory board Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m.

Riverhead at a crossroads on NextEra solar energy proposal

by Mar 12, 2021
The town is faced with a gnarly decision, but everything about this application has been gnarly right for the beginning. Here's why.

Town Board set to vote on special permit for new commercial solar facility in Calverton

by Nov 30, 2020
The approval of a new 22.9 megawatt solar energy facility on 198 acres in Calverton is on the town board’s agenda tomorrow.

Newly released data disclose Navy knew of toxic PFAS chemicals in groundwater at Grumman ‘fence line’ in 2016

by Nov 21, 2020
Data released by the Navy this week for the first time show significant detections of toxic PFAS chemicals at the southern border of the former aerospace manufacturing site.

Planning board to consider scope of review for 423,964-square-foot industrial complex at meeting tonight

by Nov 5, 2020
The Riverhead Planning Board will hold a public scoping meeting tonight for a massive industrial development proposed for a 30-acre parcel on Middle Country Road in Calverton.