07.20.2020 COVID-19 Bellone at odds with environmentalists over measure to plug budget gap Environmental groups in Suffolk County are critical of County Executive Steve Bellone’s proposal to ask voters in November whether to use money set aside for environmental protection programs to...
09.17.2015 Environment Pine Barrens commission: Broad support from public on Kent expansion Kent Animal Shelter has quite a fan base in support of its proposal to expand its shelter on Calverton shelter on River Road.
08.27.2015 Opinion Guest Spot: Criticisms of Kent Animal Shelter are full of holes Richard Amper, executive director of the Pine Barrens Society, once again lived up to his true form last Wednesday in his latest bid to stop the rebuild of Kent...
08.27.2015 Opinion Guest Spot: Finding a new home for Kent Animal Shelter is a win-win The conflict over the expansion of Kent Animal Shelter in the Core Preservation Area of the Pine Barrens is getting personal. What’s worse, it’s unnecessary.
05.30.2015 Government Can feral cats save Kent Animal Shelter? Kent Animal Shelter in Calverton has saved many dogs and cats over the years at its River Road facility. But now, Riverhead Town officials have devised a plan wherein...
03.19.2015 Columns Amper: Expand preservation fund to tackle water quality On April 2, East Enders will celebrate an important milestone: The Community Preservation Fund will have generated over $1 billion and preserved more than 10,000 acres of open space...
09.17.2014 Environment County water deal to go to voters in November County legislators voted overwhelmingly last week to let Suffolk voters decide the fate of a plan that would eventually replenish the Drinking Water Protection Program, which has so far...
01.04.2013 News EPCAL car storage lands in national spotlight NBC’s “Today Show” visited the some 15,000 to 18,000 superstorm Sandy-damaged cars being stored on property owned by Riverhead Town in Calverton. The more than three-minute news segment that aired...
