EPCAL

Police said the pair were arrested by the owner of Luminati Aerospace, which has the exclusive right to use and control the runway under an agreement it entered last year with the Town of Riverhead, which owns the site.

A 1947 Stinson 108 was forced to make an emergency landing on a runway at the former Grumman site in Calverton yesterday.

Riverhead's long, unsatisfying history is poised to take a big step in the right direction. Officials at all levels of government, starting with the governor, must pull together to make sure things finally do move forward.

An open letter to Luminati Aerospace from South Jamesport resident Larry Simms on improvements the town should make to its draft runway use agreement with the aerospace company to better protect the town's interests.

A town alcohol policy was adopted yesterday, prohibiting alcohol at all events geared toward youth. The board also approved two controversial farm stand laws.

PSEG, in need of capacity for connecting the large solar farms being developed in Calverton to its power grid, is talking with Riverhead officials about building a crucial substation in the EPCAL "Energy Park."

Despite members still having lots of questions about the unusual plan, novel zoning concept and out-of-the-ordinary process, the Riverhead Planning Board last night gave its "non-binding" blessing to a concept plan for the subdivision of 2,234 town-owned acres in the Enterprise Park at Calverton

The firm headed by former Gov. George Pataki, who is now exploring a run for the White House, has informed Riverhead "they decline to work with the town," according to Supervisor Sean Walter, who pushed for the deal. On Feb. 18, a three-member majority of the town board tabled a resolution authorizing an agreement with the NYC consulting firm, amid concerns about commission fees and lack of time to fully review the document.

A Shirley man flying a single occupancy paraglider crashed to the ground near EPCAL's inactive runway Sunday morning.

Riverhead Town will see rental revenues of more than a half-million dollars annually in a land lease or several million dollars in a sale in connection with a solar power plant proposal for the Calverton Enterprise Park selected by LIPA today.