Melville Plan Leads to Clash at Town Board Meeting

    Residents watching Huntington Town Board meetings are accustomed to seeing members remaining mostly silent during public hearings. But last week was different in at least one instance, even by the standards of Huntington’s development battles so often fraught with high emotions and disputed Read More …

Board OKs Melville Hearings, but Lupinacci Splits in Opposition

The Huntington Town Board voted Wednesday night to approve three public hearings on the proposed Melville Town Center but only after a lengthy statement in opposition from Councilwoman Brooke Lupinacci. Councilman David Bennardo was absent, producing a vote of 3-1 in support of the public Read More …

Melville Center Amendments Include Caps

updated: The Town Board will take up two amended resolutions Wednesday involving the proposed Melville Town Center that will spell out limits on the number of possible housing units. The resolutions that were passed March 12 by the board scheduled three public hearings on the Read More …

Special Board Meeting Wednesday Won’t Include Public Comment

The Town Board will meet in a special session Wednesday to consider what the town called the amended Melville Town Center Overlay District. But, the town said, while it is an open meeting, there are no public hearings or public comment. The town said that Read More …

Claim That Town ‘Could’ Build 40,000 Apartments Isn’t in Town Plans

A Nassau County newspaper’s headline and article that projected that Town “could” add 40,000 apartments in Melville triggered anti-development groups this week. The number is based on possibilities under zoning rules, not actual plans. Supervisor Ed Smyth said no such number was contemplated in a Read More …