🌱 Riverhead Daily: Board Delays EPCAL Vote + Man Killed On LIRR

Happy Thursday, Riverhead! Diane Witek here with everything you need to know about what's happening today.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with clearing. High: 52, Low: 51.

Here are the top stories in Riverhead today:

1. Town Hall officials delayed the vote to transfer the title of the Enterprise Park at Calverton to the IDA so a $40 million sale of more than 1,600 acres of developable property to venture group Calverton Aviation and Technology could begin. Town Hall officials said in a statement, "The proposal could not be completed in time to give reasonable notice to members of the public who may wish to review the proposed resolution, prior to tonight’s meeting." (Subscription: Newsday)
2. Yusef Staine, a West Babylon man, was shot dead by a man who "appeared to be traveling" with him while he was onboard a westbound LIRR train that was parked at the Ronkonkoma station at about 1:45 a.m., Suffolk police said. No one has been apprehended in connection with the shooting, MTA officials said. (WABC-TV)
3. Rolando Padillacanales, 45, a Ronkonkoma man, was killed Tuesday after getting pinned between two box trucks as he helped back one of the vehicles into a Central Islip parking lot, Suffolk police said. Padillacanales was helping a motorist back up a 2007 Hino box truck in a parking lot at South Research Place when the vehicle hit him, according to police, pinning him against a parked 2006 Freightliner box truck. Padillacanales was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he died of his injuries, police said. (smithtownmatters.com)
4. A fuel tanker carrying over 9,000 gallons of gasoline slammed into a Rockville Centre building early Wednesday morning, according to officials. A massive fire tore through an empty Long Island furniture store after the crash. The tanker's 9,200 gallons of gasoline spilled out onto Sunrise Highway and ignited into a massive blaze. “It’s one of the worst things I’ve seen in my 47-year career,” Rockville Centre Fire Chief James Avondet said at the scene Wednesday morning. (WABC-TV)
5. An Environmental Quality Board Of Review hearing is scheduled for Feb. 17. The hearings will be held via Zoom. Only Department representatives, applicants, applicant representatives, and formally invited parties will be able to speak during the hearing. All other interested parties may listen/view the hearings. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Riverhead:

• DEC Updates for Ornamental Horticulture. (1 p.m.)
• Keeping your brain healthy as you age. (2 p.m.)
• 2022 Veterinary Medicine Career Exploration Program. (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• RiverheadLOCAL: "Georgica Green Ventures, which is about to be named one of the master developers for Riverhead’s transit-oriented development, already has another mixed-use apartment building planned within the Railroad Avenue Overlay District." (Instagram)
• Riverhead News Review: "Riverhead Town police said opioids and fentanyl were not responsible for suspected overdoses at Riverhead High School that resulted in two students receiving Narcan in a one-week span. Officials said a third student who required medical attention Monday allegedly ate half of a THC chocolate candy bar." (Instagram)
• Suffolk County Sheriff's Office: "The Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Deputies recently made the attached warrant arrests. #SCSO, #SuffolkSheriff." (Facebook) (Website)
• The Suffolk Theater: "By a show of hands, who here could use a laugh? 🙋 Well, you're in luck! We've got quite the lineup comin' at you with Bobby Collins this Saturday night, comic legend Robert Klein next month." (Instagram) (Website)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County: "CCE-Suffolk is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by highlighting some of the great work the Black community has done throughout the country. Today, we’re looking at Robert K. Trench, one of the leading figures in the study of marine biology." (Facebook)

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— Diane Witek

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