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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.

04.18.2025 News

Firefighting equipment, tactics change as Long Island evolves

After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the...

A red brush fire truck outfitted with a cage around it so it can drive through forests.

04.15.2025 Environment

Zeldin outlines what EPA’s new priorities mean for Long Island

Lee Zeldin, former U.S. Congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at a Long Island Association special event at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on...

Lee Zeldin — wearing a blue suit, a white button-down, and a red and blue-striped tie — sits on the edge of a wooden desk. His hands are folded to appear calm and relaxed. Behind the desk is a brown chair and a fireplace, with a folded American flag on the mantle.

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04.07.2025 Featured Story

Riverhead officials consider joining oyster shell recycling program

Most shellfish lovers don’t think twice before slurping back some oysters and tossing the shells into the trash, but recycling these coveted mollusks can significantly benefit area waterways. The...

03.24.2025 News

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 Government

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 Featured Story

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...

02.03.2025 News

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...

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