05.20.2020 Environment Plum Island marine survey finds abundance of animal, plant life The waters surrounding Plum Island, one of the more mysterious areas in New York State, are a little less of a mystery now. A team of divers and marine...
05.18.2020 Environment County looks to preserve 40-acre Anderson farms off Roanoke Avenue A Suffolk County legislative committee is recommending that the county buy the development rights to 39 acres of farmland off Roanoke and Reeves avenues in Riverhead. The environment, parks...
03.09.2020 Environment Environmental group calls on New York to pass strict new drinking water standards The Citizens Campaign for the Environment is calling on New York State to pass strict new drinking water standards sooner rather than later, saying that people are drinking water...
03.06.2020 Environment Enforcement of statewide plastic bag ban delayed one more month Enforcement of New York’s plastic bag ban, which took effect Sunday, has been pushed off one month after an eleventh-hour lawsuit was filed challenging the legislation. The lawsuit, filed...
02.28.2020 Environment State DEC conducts 37-acre controlled burn in Calverton The State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers, along with DEC staff and volunteers, completed a 37-acre prescribed fire Friday on the Otis Pike Preserve property in Calverton. The...
02.26.2020 Environment Planning Board requests environmental impact study for proposed Calverton facility The Riverhead Planning Board last Thursday identified a number of issues it wants Breezy Hill Group VI, LLC to investigate in an environmental impact study of its proposal for an asphalt...
02.20.2020 Environment ‘Map and plan’ authorized to determine cost of extending Riverhead Water District into Manorville After residents raised concerns about drinking water quality at a recent meeting in Manorville, the Riverhead Town Board on Wednesday voted to prepare a “map and plan” for the...
02.09.2020 Environment Parasite linked to scallops die-off in Peconic Bay, DEC says Researchers have discovered what they believe is a contributing cause of the “near-unprecedented” Peconic Bay scallop die-off of 2019: a parasite found in a sample of adult bay scallops....
02.08.2020 Environment Wildlife rescue group drops plan to open center on North Fork The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays is giving up on plans to expand into Jamesport and will instead concentrate on trying to upgrade the Hampton Bays...
01.10.2020 Environment Sixth grader organizes ‘Fight for the Climate’ rally in Riverhead Around age 5, Lea Rodger of Greenport, now 11, would tell anyone she ran into that she would be an entomologist when she grew up. “People would be like,...
11.05.2019 Environment Slim pickings on opening days of scallop season Donna King of Shelter Island said she and her husband Wayne couldn’t have asked for a better day as they set out at sunrise Monday from Congdons Creek for...
09.09.2019 Environment As balloon ban passes, environmental group plans events to reduce plastic waste The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a local law Wednesday prohibiting the intentional release of helium and other types of balloons.
08.21.2019 Environment Environmental group releases report on the cost of water here Living on Long Island, it can sometimes be easy to grow frustrated with taxes and fees, but a recent study shows that Riverhead charges less than most other towns...
08.13.2019 Environment DEC dedicates Smokey Bear Field on 75th anniversary of iconic campaign The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has named a field at the Otis Pike Preserve West in Manorville after Smokey Bear, in honor of the advertising icon’s...
08.12.2019 Environment County unveils ‘significant’ $4B plan to address nitrogen pollution Suffolk County officials last week unveiled a $4 billion plan they say will serve as a blueprint for transitioning away from traditional cesspools, which have been identified as a...
