03.21.2014 Government Former federal sharpshooter fields questions from readers Anatomy of a deer cull author and former U.S. Department of Agriculture sharpshooter Joseph Albanese chatted live with Suffolk Times and Riverhead News-Review readers from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday....
03.07.2014 Environment Judge: DEC can’t issue any more permits for deer cull As the old saying goes: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And so it went for opponents of a federal operation to cull deer across the...
03.07.2014 Editorials Editorial: Thumbs up, thumbs down on North Fork deer problem TOWNS OUT IN FRONT Over the last six months, a plan to hire federal sharpshooters to thin the white-tailed deer herd across the East End has divided many in...
03.05.2014 Environment Cull opponents reload; second lawsuit planned After recent litigation against Southold Town was dismissed, opponents of a plan to cull deer on the East End using U.S. Department of Agriculture sharpshooters — a plan that’s...
02.28.2014 Environment East End cull starts; Riverhead properties OK’d for hunt After months of debate and a failed lawsuit filed by opponents of the plan, a deer cull kicked off this week across multiple private properties on eastern Long Island, as...
02.25.2014 Agriculture USDA stats: Young farmers growing fast in New York The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its most recent report outlining the health of agricultural markets nationwide based on data from 2012. And while the number of overall farm operators...
02.14.2014 Agriculture Obama praises Farm Bill in USDA weekly video Each week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture produces a short video highlighting topics affecting the nations growers.
07.08.2012 News Riverhead Library offers free lunches to kids this summer A first-time program at Riverhead Free Library this summer will offer kids, up to age 18, a free lunch every weekday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The program,...