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Energy company to discuss plans for 50 MW battery storage facility in Shoreham at Wading River Civic meeting Thursday night
Representatives of Key Capture Energy, a company seeking to build a 50-megawatt battery energy storage facility on LIPA-owned property in Shoreham, will make a presentation to the Wading River Civic Association Thursday night. “The project is tentatively proposed,” said Key Capture Energy representative Phil Denara in a phone call Tuesday....
Miller Business Center receives $5k grant from TD Bank
TD Bank recently provided a generous grant of $5,000 to the Middle Country Library Foundation in support of Strictly Business and the Women’s EXPO. As the Strictly Business Enterprise sponsor, TD Bank supports the library’s efforts to bring valuable educational, networking, and tradeshow experience to the local and regional business community.
Residents concerned about Riverhead’s future speak out at comp plan hearing Monday night
While discussion of a proposal to allow private schools in industrial districts dominated Monday night’s comp plan update hearing at Town Hall [read prior story] there were plenty of other topics on the minds of speakers at the podium, who focused on several hot topic land-use issues like agri-tourism resorts, downtown apartments, farmland preservation, nonconforming uses, industrial zoning in general — and warehouses, distribution and logistics centers, in particular.
Liebman: Moving projects forward on Long Island requires an honest outreach
The more astute and engaged Long Island development leaders figured it out a long time ago. If you want to build anything, anywhere, for any reason on the Island, you need to speak to your neighbors. ...
Riverhead Town’s financial administrator set to retire June 14 after nearly two decades of service
Riverhead Town Financial Administrator William Rothaar is retiring next month after 17 years as the town’s chief accountant. Rothaar, who is turning 62 in June, was hired during the Cardinale administration in 2007, after coming on as a consultant in 2006 to fill in for his predecessor, Jack Hansen, who was on sick leave. After Hansen retired, Rothaar was appointed to the position as a full-time employee.
Riverhead’s assistant superintendents Koerner and Galati taking incentive to retire as of June 30
Two Riverhead Central School District assistant superintendents will leave the district at the end of next month, according to an agreement set for a vote at tonight’s special school board meeting. Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education and Educational Services Lori Koerner and Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education, Grants &...
Remember ‘the cost of a free and undivided republic’— the meaning of Memorial Day
Monday is Memorial Day, a day of remembrance for the more than 1.3 million Americans who gave their lives in military service to our country since 1775. The holiday has its roots in Decoration Day, a day when Union Civil War veterans honored those who had died in conflict. It was first observed on May 30, 1868, at the direction of General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Logan proclaimed the holiday in General Order No. 11:
Riverhead school board suspends Regents Exam weighting policy for 2024: May 14 school board wrap-up
For the third year in a row, a Riverhead student’s state Regents examination score will not negatively impact their final course average. The Riverhead Board of Education voted last Tuesday to suspend its policy that weighs the exam as 20% of a student’s final course average. The exam will still count if it improves the student’s average, according to the board resolution suspending the policy. The vote comes after months of debate between parents, faculty, administrators and board members about whether to change the policy — and if so, how it should be amended.
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