Letters
Riverhead must say ‘no’ to an air cargo hub at EPCAL
Officials can require the developer to file covenants ensuring that this property will never be used for air cargo. Let's protect our environment and use our industrial land and public dollars to support employers that will benefit local workers. Long Island can have good jobs and clean air.
News
Calverton Aviation & Technology to provide update on its ‘current vision’ for EPCAL project at Riverhead IDA meeting next Monday
Representatives from Calverton Aviation & Technology will update the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency and Riverhead residents on their current vision for the proposed project at Calverton Enterprise Park on Monday, Aug. 7, immediately following the regular IDA meeting. A public comment period will be provided.
Business
Triple Five company will publicly present its current plans for Calverton development to Riverhead IDA, agency executive director says
The public information session with the Triple Five affiliate will be held “so that the agency and the public can get a more detailed understanding of its proposed project,” said Tracy Stark-James, citing Justin Ghermezian's July 11 letter to RiverheadLOCAL.
Guest Column
We must hold firm in our opposition
Guest column: Has the threat of an air cargo distribution hub at EPCAL disappeared? Or has it just been put in a memory hole? Too many questions remain unanswered.
Guest Column
Triple Five executive: ‘No cargo jetport for Calverton’
Guest column: Calverton Aviation & Technology CEO Justin Ghermezian says the company "will continue to work with the town to create a plan" for EPCAL consistent with the town's vision for the site and "these development plans will not include a cargo jetport."
Business
Hubbard says he won’t let EPCAL become a cargo jetport, believes purchaser will soon unveil modified plans, and casts doubt on...
Hubbard said even though the proposal may comply with zoning, "it's not anything we're ever going to let happen." He also said he expects CAT to present modified plans to the IDA and said he's not sure the IDA will approve the application for financial assistance anyway.
Guest Column
Hubbard on cargo jetport at EPCAL: ‘I will never let that happen.’
Guest column by Council Member Tim Hubbard: "There is no way that I or any other responsible public official would ever approve any plan that would have this type of significant negative environmental impact on our town’s quality of life."
Guest Column
The upcoming election is not about party politics. It’s about preserving our community and quality of life.
We need folks running this Town who are responsive to the people who live here. I don't care what party they belong to, just so long as they put Riverhead and its residents first.
Politics
Democratic candidates for Town Board slam administration’s handling of EPCAL, call for town to pull the plug on CAT deal ‘once...
Democratic candidates for Riverhead Town Board are calling on the town to pull out of its joint application with Calverton Aviation and Technology to the Riverhead Industrial Development Agency and to reject the developer’s plans to build an air cargo hub at the Calverton Enterprise Park.
Business
Might Calverton become an Amazon Air hub in the future? Long Island is a ‘unique difficulty’ for Amazon, researchers say
Amazon Air's growing fleet of freighters serve an expanding network of air cargo hubs across the country, but metro New York remains a weak spot for Amazon, researchers at DePaul University say. Calverton could help address that.