EPCAL

After five-and-a-half years and more than $600,000, Riverhead Town is at last in the home stretch of a long, difficult and sometimes contentious process of subdividing, zoning and marketing the remaining land it owns at the former Grumman plant in Calverton.

Riverhead Town has landed another $150,000 to help it complete a biking/hiking trail at the Calverton Enterprise Park, but what to do about an unpaved section of the trail remains in dispute.

Riverhead Town has completed a five-and-a-half-year environmental review process on a new development plan for its remaining property at the former Grumman facility in Calverton. The...

America's conversion to a gambling nation has fed government's addiction to growth. A tribal casino for L.I. is not as far-fetched an idea as it may have seemed — and the Calverton Enterprise Park continues to be the subject of discussion among developers, real estate brokers, bankers and politicians.

Luminati's ultralight aircraft, capable of perpetual flight — being developed to bring internet connectivity to unserved regions of the world — also has "obvious" military applications for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. The company, now readying to move into a much larger facility at EPCAL, will seek defense contracts, its founder said.

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.