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07.23.2025 Environment

Sen. Gillibrand, local leaders oppose federal funding cuts affecting Peconic Estuary

U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand paid a visit to Riverhead on Monday morning to warn about President Donald Trump’s proposed $8 million federal funding cut from the National Estuary Program,...

01.14.2025 Community

Remembering the Lexington steamboat tragedy in LI Sound

One hundred and eighty-five years ago this week, during one of the coldest winters on record, a man named David Crowley washed ashore at Baiting Hollow in Riverhead after...

11.06.2024 Environment

Save the Sound releases 2024 water report card

Save the Sound recently released its Long Island Sound report card. The biennial analysis rates the water of Long Island Sound with grades A through F. This time, the waters...

07.16.2023 Featured Story

Editorial: Training, teamwork and dedication saved lives

In less than an hour on July 6, the lives of two teenagers floating in Long Island Sound were saved by a heroic group of first responders who worked...

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Sen. Gillibrand, local leaders oppose federal funding cuts affecting Peconic Estuary

Remembering the Lexington steamboat tragedy in LI Sound

Save the Sound releases 2024 water report card

Editorial: Training, teamwork and dedication saved lives