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....
02.26.2019 Business Plans for West Main Street 7-Eleven move forward The applicants for a 7-Eleven proposed on the south side of West Main Street across from Osborn Avenue will once again seek site plan approval from the Department of...
02.25.2019 Government Cost rises to upgrade Calverton sewer plant The cost of the Calverton Sewer District upgrade is now about $3 million more than it was estimated three years ago, but officials say they have received several grants...
11.22.2018 Health & Environment Navy says it can’t expand focus of EPCAL water tests Officials at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command said they have no plans at this point to expand groundwater testing of homes near Enterprise Park at Calverton. Specifically, they referred...
09.07.2017 Police Long Island Aquarium treating sharks rescued from basement Two staff members from Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead rescued seven sandbar sharks Aug. 23 from a basement in Lagrangeville, N.Y.
06.07.2016 Environment Fishermen fighting back against black sea bass regulations Black sea bass fishing in New York was suspended for a month beginning June 1, prompting a backlash from fishermen who say the regulations are unnecessary right now and...
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...
03.17.2016 Editorials Editorial: Pine Barrens Law applies to everyone, even the DEC “What were we going to do? Ask them to replant the trees?” So replied Brookhaven Town supervisor and former county legislator Ed Romaine when asked last week why the...
