Sound-front resorts

Riverhead Town has a history of being dysfunctional. People build without permits yet get forgiven as they are given the permit for...

To the Editor: In 1973 I was working nights at a cargo terminal at Kennedy Airport. A man came...

Local residents are forever stuck in the traffic, water pollution, habitat destruction, commercial sprawl, and service demands that too many developers and their consultants have repeatedly assured us and our leaders would simply never occur. 

Alan Weissman, CEO of Alfred Weissman Real Estate, explains his company's proposal for "a low-rise, low density, high-end, eco-friendly farm-to-table hotel and spa on an active farm."

The Riverhead Town Board is set to adopt the town’s new comprehensive plan during a special meeting on Wednesday at 6 p.m.. The plan is a long-ranging document to guide town policy for the next 15-20 years.

There are countless ways to honor the land, to keep the North Fork’s heartbeat steady and strong, without selling its soul for short-term gain. Let’s not hand over the keys to the highest bidder. Let’s protect what makes this place special.

The hearing on a proposed law to allow resorts on land north of Sound Avenue in Riverhead Town has been canceled “in response to the unusually high volume of opposition and commentary received” on the topic by Town Board members, Supervisor Tim Hubbard said this morning.

The Greater Jamesport Civic Association is organizing against the Agri-tourism Inn and Resort zoning proposed for land north of Sound Avenue in Riverhead Town, with the launch of a petition and letter-writing campaign in advance of a public hearing on Aug. 20.

An unwelcome, transformational change to the historic Sound Avenue corridor may soon be coming our way: luxury resorts and spas along the Soundfront bluffs.

The developer seeking to build a resort hotel and spa on the L.I. Sound in Riverhead is courting homeowners in a neighboring condo complex with the offer to pay for access to their sewage treatment plant and to share costs of expansion, upgrade and operation of the plant going forward.