EPCAL Archives - The Suffolk Times

12.06.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Officials must keep pressure on Navy to take action

The U.S. Navy’s track record at addressing water contamination hardly inspires confidence when it comes to the latest problems of toxic chemicals detected at Enterprise Park at Calverton, the...

12.03.2020 Government

Navy maps show Calverton contaminants may be heading toward homes

Groundwater flow maps released by the U.S. Navy last week show that exceedingly high levels of emerging toxic chemicals — PFOS, PFOA and 1,4-Dioxane — were detected in groundwater...

08.14.2020 Government

Former supervisor, now running for Assembly, says Riverhead Town should walk away from EPCAL deal her opponent voted in favor of

In the race to be the North Fork’s new representative in the state Assembly, two of three candidates are calling for Riverhead Town to drop the proposed deal to...

08.09.2020 Government

EPCAL Watch Coalition to Riverhead Town: Drop the sale

“The time has come that good governance requires you to make a decision whether or not to terminate the EPCAL deal with the Ghermezian family and Daniel Preston,” read...

Photo: A bird's eye view of the Enterprise Park at Calverton site. (Credit: Andrew Lepre, file)

06.25.2019 Health

Wellbridge Addiction center plans November opening

Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research hopes to open its proposed facility at the Enterprise Park at Calverton operating by November, according to CEO Andrew Drazan.

04.15.2017 Government

Consultant: Portion of pollution cleanup at EPCAL could take 30 years

Part of the more than $11 million cleanup effort underway at the Enterprise Park at Calverton could take up to 30 years to complete, according to the Naval Facilities...

04.05.2017 Government

Luminati seeks to buy town’s land at EPCAL for $40 million

The Riverhead Town Board on Tuesday unanimously authorized the signing of a letter of intent to sell most of the remaining town-owned land at the Enterprise Park at Calverton,...

12.06.2014 Columns

Column: If we had $1,000,000,000 (or part of it)

A surplus. A windfall. A pot of gold. Call it what you want, but have you heard there’s an extra $5 billion available in next year’s New York State...

11.16.2014 Columns

Guest Column: EPCAL can help our veterans — and our region

Gray shuts out the sun as another winter begins to descend upon the Enterprise Park at Calverton, known as EPCAL. For 20 years now, the former Grumman property —...

04.17.2014 Environment

Navy making good on pledge to clear water of contamination

A multimillion-dollar chemical treatment facility currently pumping toxic contaminated groundwater from the Enterprise Park at Calverton — left over from years of pollution at the former Grumman site —...