11.24.2013 News Real Estate: Invasive vine may have met its match No one is declaring victory just yet, but the man-versus-nature war on what has come to be known as the mile-a-minute vine has been joined. The invasive vine has...
11.09.2013 Health & Environment Meetings planned for farmland protection plan The Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board will host a series of meetings to discuss updates to the county’s farmland protection plan. Local meetings will be held Tuesday,...
09.23.2013 Community Sweet discovery at Riverhead Senior Center Seniors who gathered for lunch at the Riverhead Senior Center this afternoon were surprised to find what looked like an unusual type of tree – a watermelon tree. Dave...
08.14.2013 News Weeping Willow Park to officially open Friday The long planned Weeping Willow Park will officially open Friday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 p.m., Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter announced. The park sits on the site of...
08.04.2013 Education Cornell researcher headed to Chile as a Fulbright Scholar Mark Bridgen’s passion for plants first grew in Pittsburgh, where he’s originally from. Now it will expand into Chile for an entire semester. The Cornell horticulture professor and current...
07.21.2013 News Real Estate: Safeguard your yard from ticks After servicing a pool in Wading River last week, Sean Lanigan of Lanco Pool Services found himself covered in ticks, a surprise to him since he’d been in the...
07.15.2013 News Weather stations helping time pesticide uses Researchers with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County are hoping new weather stations will help local farmers better plan pest control applications, thus cutting down on chemical use...
06.22.2013 News Polo horses head north of Peconics today Locally, polo is a sport usually associated with the Hamptons of the lower fork, but this weekend, North Fork residents will get the opportunity to experience royalty’s favorite horseback...