09.30.2013 Top News Contractor ‘nowhere near finishing’ as LIPA deadline looms With a deadline imposed for tomorrow, the Long Island Power Authority’s contract with Bortech to complete the long-delayed power pipeline project from Greenport to Shelter Island seems to be...
09.24.2013 News Monday deadline looming for LIPA contractor With the clock ticking toward Monday, September 30, the deadline the Long Island Power Authority gave its contractor to fix the hitches that shut down a pipeline project from...
09.20.2013 Government LIPA gives contractor two-weeks to shape up After last month’s pipeline project failure, the Long Island Power Authority has given its contractor Bortech Inc. an official deadline of Sept. 30. to complete the project. Bortech has...
09.19.2013 Letters Letter: LIPA responds to Suffolk Times editorial To the editor: The Sept. 5 editorial entitled “LIPA project can’t be dead in the water” makes three points that warrant clarification from LIPA. First, the statement made that...
09.10.2013 News Update: LIPA now targets November completion for pipeline The Long Island Power Authority has notified residents on both sides of the harbor it has accepted a plan from Bortech, its drilling contractor, that should enable completion of...
09.06.2013 Editorials Editorial: LIPA project can’t be dead in the water When you buy a house on a street called Island View Lane there’s a certain anticipation that when you walk out your front door you’ll be treated to a...
09.05.2013 News Neighbors await word on stalled LIPA project Lying in bed Aug. 24, wearing earplugs to block out the noise, Jessica Kerr of Island View Lane in Greenport was trying to sleep. About 100 feet from her...
08.26.2013 News LIPA pipeline project on hold $9 million later The Long Island Power Authority and the Bortech Company — the contractors hired to work on the stopped electrical pipeline project between Southold and Shelter Island — are meeting...
08.24.2013 News LIPA cable project to be complete within a month If there are no unforeseen problems, the Long Island Power Authority will have completed its work and cleaned up the sites on both the Shelter Island and Southold Town...
07.30.2013 News LIPA drilling expected to be complete this week Long Island Power Authority contractors began pulling 27 sections of fused pipe, each 400 feet long, with a back hoe up West Neck Road on Shelter Island Monday morning....