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03.24.2025 Environment

Otterly adorable: Long Island Aquarium welcomes new pups

The Long Island Aquarium recently announced the birth of four river otter pups to resident otters Stark and Flo. Born on Feb. 6, the pups marked a significant milestone...

03.21.2025 Environment

Riverhead’s pioneering sewer district superintendent retiring after 40 years

Riverhead Sewer District superintendent Michael Reichel, who is one of the town’s longest-serving employees and is credited with completely transforming the now state-of-the-art waste management facility, is retiring from...

03.11.2025 Environment

Board signs off on Scott’s Pointe changes with no further environmental review required

As the lead agency in the environmental review process, the Riverhead Town Board issued a conditional “negative declaration” last week for the revised Scott’s Pointe site plan, which seeks...

02.18.2025 Environment

What’s up with the low tide in Peconic Bay?

Dog walkers, birders and avid fishermen alike have been stumped by the recent low tide along the Peconic Bay shoreline as winds whipped through Long Island’s East End. According...

02.17.2025 Education

Free tree seedlings available to schools via state program

Local youth education groups and schools can now apply to the New York State DEC school tree seedling program. The annual program, which provides tree seedlings to educational organizations...

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02.03.2025 Environment

Navy to expand PFAS testing around Grumman property

At a recent meeting of the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board, the Navy addressed the expansion of well testing for polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, around the former Grumman property. Due...

01.30.2025 Environment

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to head EPA

The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 on Jan. 29 to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley to serve as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump’s administration....

01.06.2025 Environment

Horseshoe crab protection bill vetoed by governor

Walk along the shoreline on any North Fork beach and occasionally there appears a rare and odd sight — a horseshoe crab — that scarce dinosaur-era crustacean that either...

12.10.2024 Environment

Temperature drop spikes cold-stun sea turtle rescues

The New York Marine Rescue Center rehabilitation facility is already holding over 50 rescued cold-stunned sea turtles in its tanks — a count that includes two records for number...

12.09.2024 Environment

Whistleblowers expose illegal dumping in the Pine Barrens

Two Long Island men were arrested this week for allegedly violating Suffolk County’s new Evergreen Initiative Law by dumping a pile of construction materials and household debris in a...

11.11.2024 Environment

Town gets creative to cleanup Meetinghouse Creek

For the first time, the Town of Riverhead is gearing up to use a unique and inexpensive approach to protect the wetlands and marshes in Meetinghouse Creek from further...

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...

10.16.2024 Environment

Riverhead composting initiative picks up steam

It’s been almost 18 months since the Town of Riverhead launched its first food composting program, and it’s being called a success — with room for expansion. All seven...

10.09.2024 Environment

Taking steps at home to protect migrating birds

Fall migration season is underway, meaning thousands of birds will leave their summer homes in the Northeast and travel along the eastern seaboard to points south for the winter....

09.03.2024 Environment

Board nixes agri-tourism resorts proposal from Comp Plan ahead of Wednesday news conference

Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski and several Riverhead civic associations and regional environmental organizations canceled a news conference that was set to take place Wednesday in front of Riverhead...

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