01.09.2019 Government Laurel housing development would preserve farmland The developers of a six-lot residential subdivision proposed for 18 acres of farmland in Laurel will cluster the development so portions of the property can be preserved for agriculture.
04.28.2017 Government Jamesport farmland may be added to county’s preservation program Suffolk County is looking to purchase the development rights of a 37.6-acre Jamesport parcel as part of its farmland preservation program, according to Legislator Al Krupski.
02.08.2017 Agriculture Farmers urge county to pass law to sidestep court ruling More than a dozen farmers, most from the East End, spoke at a Tuesday public hearing in Hauppauge in support of a proposed Suffolk County law that would sidestep...
01.10.2017 Agriculture Suffolk drafting law to help farmers sidestep court ruling Jeff Rottkamp, owner of Fox Hollow Farm in Baiting Hollow, had been preparing to join Suffolk County’s farmland preservation program. But those plans changed in September, when a New...
10.07.2016 Agriculture Court ruling: Development exceptions not allowed on preserved farmland Special permits and so-called hardship exceptions, which allowed farmers to develop preserved farmland, have been deemed illegal, according to a New York State Supreme Court ruling.
11.18.2014 Obituaries Famed East End attorney Tom Twomey dies at 68 Tom Twomey, the founder and senior partner of the East End’s biggest law firm, and an influential figure in politics, died suddenly at home in East Hampton on Sunday....
11.20.2013 Business County legislature OKs looser regs on preserved farmland The Suffolk County Legislature Tuesday unanimously passed a bill amending the county’s Farmland Preservation Law, which will allow activities promoting tourism to take place on preserved farmland – ensuring...
07.30.2013 News Krupski amends contested farmland bill Conceding that he doesn’t have the votes, Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) is withdrawing his bill that would have given farmland preservation and open space purchases an equal share of...
