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Section of rendering by architect Stephen Jacobs . A proposed five-story mixed use building with 116 apartments and ground-floor restaurant and retail uses on East Main Street and McDermott Avenue won approval of the Riverhead Town Board Tuesday night . In a split 3-1 vote, the board approved a pair of resolutions that simultaneously dispensed with extended environmental review and approved a site plan and special permit for the “ Riverview Lofts ” project proposed by Georgica Green Ventures LLC of Jericho. The actions green-light the construction of the five-story building with 12,623 square feet of first- floor commercial space , 55 on- site parking spaces and four-stories consisting of 116 workforce rental apartments : 31 studio, 37 one-bedroom and 28 two-bedroom units. Councilman Tim Hubbard , without comment, cast the lone vote against both measures. Councilwoman Jodi Giglio , an owner of Summerwind Square — the first mixed-use apartment building built in the downtown dis...

The Gainesville Sun editorial board Under President Donald Trump , a mockery is being made of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ’s mission. Changes being planned at the agency threaten the environment, including proposed cuts to programs that have cleaned up contaminated sites and protected water quality in communities such as Gainesville. Jeer: The Trump administration, for proposing EPA cuts that could force Florida to significantly scale back or eliminate environmental cleanup and monitoring programs. A study released Tuesday by the Environmental Defense Fund and reported by the Miami Herald found Florida stands to lose up to $600 million in funds used over the past five years for such programs. They include efforts to control pollution from underground storage tanks and stormwater runoff that has caused algae blooms in the state’s water bodies. Other programs at risk include the monitoring of fecal beach pollution and grants to clean up polluted industr...