EPCAL Watch

04/24/2026

A new community meeting is planned to share Suffolk County health data and press for action on groundwater contamination tied to the former Navy Calverton site.

05/09/2024

The Riverhead Water District and Suffolk County Department of Health Services are investigating a groundwater pollution plume in and around the former Northrop Grumman site in Calverton to determine…

05/03/2024

The Navy says it cannot discuss PFAS cleanup until the Department of Defense ‘issues policy’ on compliance with the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule establishing maximum contaminant…

04/18/2024

It is essential for the residents to know what the Navy is doing (and not doing) regarding contamination at EPCAL. We encourage everyone in the surrounding community to attend the Navy RAB meeting on May 7. Location is still to be determined but we will let you know here when it is decided. A period for discussion begins at 5:30 and the meeting starts at 6pm.

A member of the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board asks Rep. Nick LaLota to come to the board’s meeting to learn firsthand about contamination emanating from the Navy/Grumman site in Calverton and…

04/15/2024

In papers filed in court Friday afternoon, Riverhead Town and the Riverhead IDA seek dismissal of the lawsuit brought by the Triple Five affiliate in the gnarly and controversial $40 million EPCAL…

01/08/2024

Calverton Aviation & Technology — the developer whose 2018 contract with the Town of Riverhead to purchase more than 1,600 acres of land at the Enterprise Park at Calverton was recently canceled by town officials — is suing the town in the hopes of resurrecting the $40 million deal. Attorneys fo...

01/08/2024

Calverton Aviation & Technology has filed a lawsuit against Riverhead Town in an attempt to reverse the cancelation of the $40 million sale of town-owned land at the Calverton Enterprise Park to the…

01/08/2024

The new Riverhead Town Board had an eventful first meeting of 2024, passing a moratorium on industrial development in Calverton and amending a zoning district at EPCAL to prohibit airports.

01/08/2024

Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar grew irate when resident John McAuliff asked last week if there’s any news on a lawsuit by Triple Five over the EPCAL deal. She lectured him at length…

12/01/2023

A proposed amendment to the Planned Development District, the zoning that applies to the “industrial core” portion of the Calverton Enterprise Park, would expressly ban use of the site’s two runways…