07.01.2025 Environment Wildlife passageways benefit multiple species All across Long Island, efforts are underway to help wildlife move more freely through their habitat amid human disruptions of it. Fragmentation of open space due to development means...
06.30.2025 News It’s ‘beyond botany’ for Margery Daughtrey for 50 years Is your laurel a lost cause? Rhododendron rickety? Beach plums pooped? Margery Daughtrey and her true passion for plant pathology might have the resolutions. The Crozet, Virginia-raised ornamental horticulture...
06.26.2025 Environment Stop work order issued to Youngs Avenue dump site Just a week after Calverton residents expressed concerns of an overwhelming odor reeking through their neighborhood, a stop work order was issued to the owner of the former Warner...
06.20.2025 Environment Environmental group to count East End osprey population Attention, ospreys of the East End: You are being watched. Group for the East End, along with a squad of birders and volunteers, is conducting a survey of the...
06.12.2025 News Riverhead residents, officials pose their pipeline concerns Suffolk County Water Authority officials held a scoping meeting with community members at Riverhead Free Library Tuesday to hear their questions and concerns about the proposed $35 million 12-mile...
05.27.2025 Environment Electric outboard motors are now available near Riverhead Long Island’s first retail electric boat dealer is now open for business at Atlantic Cove Marina, 215 Atlantic Ave., East Moriches. Founded two years ago by partners Luke Hickling...
05.22.2025 News First Michelle Bonura 5K to be held June 7 at Tesla Science Center The inaugural Michelle Bonura Memorial 5K run/walk is being held on Saturday, June 7, at the Tesla Science Center. The race is being organized by Frank Capone, Ms. Bonura’s training...
05.13.2025 News PBMC begins construction of new Neurosciences Center Peconic Bay Medical Center is breaking down barriers to neurological care on the East End of Long Island. They celebrated this achievement Monday, May 12, with a symbolic “wall-breaking”...
05.07.2025 Environment Local honeybees make more than honey on North Fork farms A drive east from Riverhead to Orient this time of year passes row after row of farms bathed a sea of bright blooms. Flitting from flower to flower, too...
05.05.2025 Environment River otters once again making Long Island home With the birth of river otter pups at the Long Island Aquarium and possible sightings of otters at Marion Pond in East Marion, interest in river otters on the East End...
05.01.2025 Community Show your favorite State park some love on ‘I Love My Park Day’ Saturday, May 3, is I Love My Park Day, New York State’s largest single-day volunteer event, and you can spend it giving back to your choice of the North...
04.24.2025 Environment Area officials crack down on illegal dumping Suffolk County officials have a warning for anyone illegally dumping garbage in the Pine Barrens: They are watching the woods. On April 22, at a press conference outside the...
04.22.2025 Community It’s Earth Day! Celebrate today and this weekend Global Warming and Climate Change with Jack Gibbons On Tuesday, April 22, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Mattituck-Laurel Library, Jack Gibbons will give an engaging presentation on the...
04.18.2025 News Firefighting equipment, tactics change as Long Island evolves After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the...
04.16.2025 Community Earth Day 2025 Events Roundup As spring blooms, the North Fork is welcoming it through a series of Earth Day events — some before the big day, some on it and some continuing the...