11.09.2014 Shoreham-Wading River School District Opposition to Shoreham solar panels voiced to board of ed One concerned grandmother went before the school board Tuesday night, railing against what she called a “secretive” decision to install a solar panel plant on a sod farm across...
09.02.2014 Government 38-acre solar farm gets OK from planning board The Riverhead Town Planning Board approved a preliminary site plan at its meeting last Thursday proposing a solar farm with roughly 30,000 panels on an area of Calverton farmland.
08.07.2014 News RECAP: Town may seek ‘bridge loan’ to stave off tax hike Riverhead Town can either seek a $6 million “bridge loan” or seek a waiver from the state’s two-percent tax cap law — two options the town is considering in...
06.19.2014 Government RECAP: Town may ban solar farms on agricultural land The Riverhead Town Board discussed banning solar energy farms from agriculturally zoned land in town and limiting them to industrial land at its work session on Thursday. Officials say...
12.31.2013 Government RECAP: On second try, board votes to take Farm Market to court The Riverhead Town Board voted to authorize legal action against the owners of the Glass Greenhouse Farm Market at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting, after holding off on such action...
12.19.2013 News RECAP: Board talks Community Life Center, solar panels Four of five members of the Riverhead Town Board gathered Thursday morning to discuss several topics, most notably the community benefit zone, a discussion which has been ongoing at...