04.22.2019 Health Tickets still available for important panel discussion on ticks and tick-borne disease Tick-borne infections have reached epidemic proportions on Long Island — and the North Fork is often thought of as ground zero for such illnesses. But many of the methods...
05.08.2016 Health Health Column: Local tick problems continue to worsen Last summer, a homeowner in the Nassau Point section of Cutchogue did everything he could to protect himself from contracting a tick-borne illness. He sprayed his lawn with repellent...
02.24.2014 Government Schneiderman proposes creating tick control advisory committee Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman is sponsoring a bill to create a tick control advisory committee. The legislation is expected to be discussed at the county Legislature’s Public Works...
11.25.2013 Government Sharpshooter program will soon go into effect A sharpshooting program is in the works to cull the North Fork’s rising deer population, town officials and volunteers said at a deer management forum in Orient Saturday morning....
09.17.2013 News Bill aims to control tick-borne diseases In an effort to combat tick-borne illnesses, county Legislature Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk) has introduced new legislation to step up pressure on Suffolk County Vector Control, which is in charge...