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Firefighting equipment, tactics change as Long Island evolves

1 week ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the recognition of how both tactics and equipment have evolved in recent decades to meet the demands of a changing environment and a booming population. Perhaps the most significant recent change has been the arrival of the southern pine beetle.
Town Board authorizes potential sale of Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

1 week ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

It has been almost two years since Riverhead Town repossessed Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, and the historic space has remained unoccupied ever since. However, after two potential buyers recently presented their visions for reviving the 144-year-old landmark theater, town officials ultimately voted Wednesday night to begin contract negotiations with The Jazz Loft.
Long Island Science Center presents two-phase expansion plans

1 week ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

With the looming possibility of Riverhead Town seizing its property through eminent domain, the Long Island Science Center met with town officials at a work session last week to discuss its proposed expansion plans for the museum, where it is obtaining funding and how the revamped center could compliment the Town Square project.
Zeldin outlines EPA priorities under new administration

1 week ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Lee Zeldin, former Long Island Congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), spoke at a Long Island Association special event at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on April 11 about how the evolving mission of the EPA affects Long Island. Mr. Zeldin touched on the five pillars he and the EPA announced in February as part of the Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative.
Spring Sky Watch: Newly discovered comet on the horizon

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

A new interstellar visitor was discovered in late March; a previously unknown comet designated C/2025 F2 (SWAN). An amateur astronomer in Australia, Michael Mattiazzo, discovered the comet by studying images taken from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory 9, a joint venture from NASA and the European Space Agency that launched in 1995. The comet is currently visible with binoculars on the east-northeast horizon at dawn. As it approaches and — hopefully — passes the sun, it should grow brighter.
Robert Hagan tapped to lead Riverhead Central School District

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

The Riverhead Central School District Board of Education approved the appointment of its new superintendent Robert Hagan on Wednesday. He will officially step into the role on July 1. Mr. Hagan’s career in education spans 26 years on Long Island and he currently serves as the assistant superintendent of Human Resources in the Longwood Central School District.
Hearing set for downtown Riverhead eminent domain bid

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

A public hearing has been set for Wednesday, May 21, at 6 p.m. on the proposed acquisition of two East Main Street properties in downtown Riverhead — the Long Island Science Center building and the cocktail bar Craft’d — that Riverhead Town is interested in acquiring through eminent domain for its Town Square project.
Community helps send two local students to Duke med school summer program

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

After successfully reaching a fundraising goal, The Butterfly Effect Project will be sending two young women to Duke University this summer to take part in a pre-college program geared to advancing their future medical careers. More than $8,950 was generated by a fundraiser launched by the Jamesport non-profit to send high school juniors Gianna Miller and Genesis Fulford to the National Student Leadership Conference pre-college medicine and healthcare program at Duke University in July.
Crescent Duck Farm working to rebuild flock

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Amanda Olsen

Crescent Duck Farm continues its slow but steady march toward recovery after HPAI, or bird flu, was detected there in January. The 3,700 ducklings hatched six weeks ago have gained their white feathers and are growing steadily. “I’ve said all along it’s a very long road back. I’ve got two flocks of ducks that are 5 1/2, 6 weeks old; they’ve done fine,” said Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck.
Sketch plans rejected for Aquebogue subdivision

2 weeks ago | riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com | Ana Borruto

The Riverhead Planning Board rejected three “unacceptable” sketch plans for the proposed Summerwind Farms subdivision in Aquebogue after an engineering firm called out builder Vincent Calvosa for submitting illegitimate entries and a fabricated traffic study report on behalf of the applicant. A resolution was voted on to reject the sketch designs on March 20 after a design professional hired by Mr. Calvosa requested the false documents be removed from the record.