06.09.2017 Outdoors Have we avoided yet another bunker kill? The rainy, cooler weather of late may have a silver lining: It may have helped prevent a repeat of the bunker fish kill that occurred in the Peconic Estuary...
07.22.2016 Community Cardboard Boat Race officially sinks for 2016 There will be no makeup date for this year’s Cardboard Boat Race in downtown Riverhead, according to Councilman Jim Wooten, who is a Town Board liaison on the event.
05.26.2016 Government Board to discuss new solar contract at landfill The Riverhead Town Board will vote at a special meeting Thursday to award a new solar energy contract, but this time for land on the former town landfill rather...
05.19.2016 Environment Fishermen remove 200,000 pounds of bunker to prevent fish kill Riverhead Town and the state Department of Environmental Conservation are each contributing two cents per pound to subsidize fishermen hired to haul bunker fish out of the Peconic Bay...
06.13.2015 Editorials Editorial: Something must be done about nitrogen in our waters We’ve been reminded a lot in recent weeks that fish kills are a regular occurrence in these parts, and aren’t anything new. These comments are being made mostly to...
