Government
Suffolk, Riverhead officials to Navy: ‘Clean up your mess’ in Calverton
Suffolk and Riverhead officials are demanding Navy action on groundwater contamination spreading from the former Grumman site in Calverton.
Guest Column
County Executive Romaine: No more delays at the Grumman-Navy site in Calverton
Guest column: The former Grumman-Navy site in Calverton is rife with pollution left over from its industrial past. The Navy must take accountability and move forward with remediation.
Guest Column
Navy: Cleanup at Calverton has been ongoing
In coordination with NY State DEC, the Navy has, since 1996, achieved all cleanup goals for 11 sites within the former Grumman facility in Calverton.
Environment
Military adopts ‘action level’ policy for PFAS cleanup that’s 3 times federal EPA standard
The Defense Department's new policy allows the Navy to further delay action to remedy drinking water contamination by plume migrating off Calverton site.
News
Navy, under fire for groundwater pollution in Manorville, may use unpublicized survey to justify dissolving Grumman cleanup advisory board
The Navy is quietly conducting a survey to measure the community's 'environmental concerns' about the former Grumman site in Calverton. A Navy rep said lack of community interest may mean a 23-year-old community advisory board should be shut down.
Greg Blass
As groundwater quality crisis worsens, it’s time to tap Pine Barrens water reserve
Ever since the undeveloped acres in the Pine Barrens started to be bought up with a specially dedicated, quarter-cent sales tax-funded bonding in 1987, the intention was as a future, rainy day kind of water resource. That rainy day is here — in spades.
