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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,...

07.14.2025 Environment

Suffolk County plans to treat marshes for mosquitoes

If you look up and see a low-flying helicopter over the next few days, don’t be alarmed. The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans...

07.10.2025 Environment

Cause of Crown Recycling fire deemed ‘undetermined’

The coordinated investigation between the Riverhead fire marshal’s office and the Suffolk County Arson Squad has been completed, and the cause of the June 4 Crown Recycling Facility fire...

07.09.2025 Featured Story

Big Bee installed to fight litter

The buzz around town is that a new litter-critter has come to Riverhead. Right in line with the pollinator-positive area – thanks to the River and Roots community garden, among other...

07.08.2025 News

A sustainable landscape for your little piece of paradise

There is a renaissance in gardening going on, and for those of us who have been digging, spraying and pruning for years, it’s an exhilarating time. The new way...

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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...

05.07.2025 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...

A honeybee stands out in pale gold against a cluster of white flowers.

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...

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...

Uniformed police officers and men in suits flank the Suffolk County Sheriff, who is speaking at a podium.

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...

A watercolor painting of two hands holding the earth, as a plant with two leaves grows from the top of the globe. An orange heart effuses from between the two leaves. A painted rainbow graces the background behind the Earth, hands, sprout and heart.

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