08.04.2021 Agriculture County announces $100M initiative for farmland preservation As they celebrate their 20th year farming organic vegetables, fruit and flowers along Sound Avenue in Riverhead, Chris and Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht can’t help but think about the future like...
12.20.2019 Agriculture Four more North Fork farms sold to Stefan Soloviev Stefan Soloviev, the East Hampton man who has been buying North Fork farmland for the past several years, recently bought three large farm parcels along Route 25 in Jamesport...
04.15.2018 Columns Column: Victory for farmland preservation in Suffolk Suffolk County’s visionary farmland preservation program has just achieved a triumph. The state’s Appellate Division last month rejected a ruling by a state Supreme Court justice in 2016 that...
04.10.2018 Government Hotel owners, farmers at odds over proposed zoning change A proposed expansion of Hotel Indigo on West Main Street may be scaled back if the Town Board approves a proposal to undo a change to the town zoning...
07.29.2016 Agriculture Changing agriculture industry leading to more parcels for sale While much of Suffolk County abandoned its agricultural heritage in the 20th century, portions of the North Fork’s two towns still serve as reminders of that way of life.
05.12.2014 Environment Federal funds sought to help farmers protect bays, Sound Turn the Peconic Estuary and Long Island Sound into a “critical conservation” area and free up federal funds for local farmers to protect water quality? It’s a “no-brainer,” North...
01.16.2014 Editorials Editorial: Kudos to county for updating farmland plan It’s good to see county government update its 1996 Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan with a more recent and comprehensive study. It’s often said that having only two representatives...
12.18.2013 Business Changes to preservation bill die on the vine A measure by Legislator Al Krupski to amend how the county purchases farmland and open space failed to pass on Tuesday, even after the Cutchogue Democrat revised the proposed bill...
