05.20.2013 News North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight Landscapers, nursery owners and plant scientists are on the lookout for a new fungus that attacks one of Long Island’s most popular plants: the boxwood. The boxwood blight has...
05.05.2013 News East End doctors treating tick-borne meat allergy It was Super Bowl Sunday. The Seattle Seahawks were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers and Gary Knox was kicking back, enjoying the game with friends. There was a hearty spread,...
10.12.2012 News Spider sightings lead to venomous tales on the North Fork There’s been a spider scare out in Greenport, just in time for Halloween. But local experts say the chances of finding a venomous brown recluse spider on the North...
09.24.2012 News North Fork receives over $323,000 in grants to improve water quality Congressman Tim Bishop and other federal and state officials announced Monday that 35 municipalities and community groups in New York and Connecticut will receive grants totaling over $1.6 million...
08.16.2012 News Dearth of jellyfish a real head-scratcher locally If someone pens a folk song about the Peconic Bay estuary this summer it could be titled, “Where have all the jellyfish gone?” And the answer is, nobody knows....
08.01.2012 News Wine Press: Here’s your chance to name a grape variety Love wine? Want to help name a new variety of grape? Here’s your chance. Cornell University is asking the public to help them name two new varieties of grape...
07.10.2012 News New fertilizer designed to better protect L.I.’s groundwater Local farmers growing sweet corn will have an opportunity to try a new fertilizer this season designed to better protect groundwater and the Long Island Sound, according to a...
06.22.2012 News New York love$ Peconic Bay scallops The folks working to rebuild the stock of Peconic Bay scallops have a new best friend in the state government. Researchers at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Peconic Bay scallop restoration...