In a 4-0 vote, with Councilwoman Jodi Giglio absent, the Riverhead Town Board adopted New York State’s Climate Smart Communities Pledge Tuesday. (more…)
Environment
It’s been 44 years since moviegoers were forced to wonder what they might do if they ever saw a shark at a beach following the release of the blockbuster film “Jaws.”
On Monday evening in Riverhead, a couple dozen Iron Point beachgoers might have learned the answer to that question: they’d run. READ
A Calverton Habitat Review document submitted by Calverton Aviation & Technology to the state Department of Environmental Conservation shows 10 new buildings along the two runways at the Enterprise Park at Calverton. Together, the buildings represent 10 million square feet of development. (more…)
The North American river otter is making a comeback on Long Island, a place where otters were thought to have vanished not that long ago. (more…)
A legal battle is brewing between New York and Connecticut over the dumping of dredge spoil material in eastern Long Island Sound. READ
Seven years before the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster — which has been chronicled in a new HBO miniseries that concludes tonight — protestors filled Shoreham beach to rally against a nuclear power plant. READ
The effects of climate change are already upon us.
High tides have been routinely higher and storms — named and unnamed — have funneled massive amounts of water between the two forks at higher levels on a more regular basis, pushing it up into narrow creeks and onto land.
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The push to reduce single-use plastics to combat pollution began on a voluntary basis. Last year, Suffolk County officials introduced the “Strawless Suffolk” initiative, a countywide effort asking restaurants to forgo plastic straws.
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