Ed Romaine

Extending a rail spur through protected land and developing two warehouses to store, sort and ship tons of trash from a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank will have “no significant impact” on the environment or nearby community, according to the Town of Brookhaven.

The Suffolk County Republican Committee nominate Ed Romaine as their candidate for county executive this November. His likely opponent is businessman and former prosecutor David Calone.

The Town of Brookhaven has created a program that officials hope will save homeowners a combined $5 million on their natural gas bills.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on the Environmental Protection Agency to green-light Suffolk County’s plan to move forward with its revitalization efforts for the former Lawrence Aviation site — starting with $450,000 approved for tearing down blighted buildings.

A bipartisan group has urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to electrify the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The railway currently runs on diesel.

National Grid wants to build New York’s largest solar energy farm on Long Island, but residents are not welcoming the plan.The plan calls for a 350-acre…