Long Island Science Center

The L.I. Science Center’s president wants to know why the town is apparently ready to start eminent domain procedures to take the organization’s East Main Street building on the town square. At last week's Town Board meeting, his questions and comments were met with only silence.

L.I. Science Center president Larry Oxman expressed surprise at the resolution added to meeting agenda Friday. It may signal town will seek title in a condemnation proceeding, as former Supervisor Yvette Aguiar stated in November

The point of the program is to “get the next generation of engineers and scientists into the pipeline," said L.I. Science Center robotics coach Chris Pinkenburg, a physicist at Brookhaven National Lab.

Supervisor Yvette Aguiar criticized the Long Island Science Center's president this week, alleging he delayed the development of a new museum on East Main Street and secretly trying to sell the property.

A downtown parking garage and a new Long Island Science Center museum were among four projects in downtown Riverhead that were awarded a total $3.35 million in Suffolk County grant funding.

“We were very, very surprised," said L.I. Science Center President Larry Oxman. “I don’t know the outcome. We really haven’t figured out where we go from here.”

Participants investigate a crime scene using techniques of fingerprinting, chromatography and various clues.

Why do ships float? The science of density and buoyancy comes alive with demonstrations and hands-on activities using a water tank in the L.I. Science Center's online STEM class March 25.

Plans for a riverfront town square in the heart of downtown adjoining a new and vastly expanded Long Island Science Center were rolled out today at the science centers temporary quarters in Summerwind Square.

The science center's new location will include more than 6,000-square-feet of exhibition space, a new dedicated MakerSpace, and four classrooms.