04.17.2022 Editorials Editorial: Threat to Long Island waters must be addressed In recent months, certainly since the onset of the pandemic and the disruption it has brought to eastern Long Island, great changes have taken place on the North Fork,...
08.11.2016 Environment Alternative septic systems coming, but questions remain The septic systems of the future will remove nitrogen before it reaches groundwater, something the current concrete block cesspools underneath most homes cannot do. This will result in improved...
05.12.2016 Environment Underwater video shows Peconic River fish struggling to get oxygen Hundreds of bunker, their mouths yawning open as they gape for oxygenated water and to clean their gills, were filmed swimming in the Peconic River Wednesday. It’s a sign...
01.26.2016 Environment Upcoming meeting will point to how NY confronts nitrogen in local waters It’s no secret that nitrogen is considered the leading culprit in the fight to improve the area’s waterways. Now, following a summer which saw thousands upon thousands of dead...
09.19.2015 Environment Peconic Green Growth, county launching program for new septic systems For homeowners interested in a more environmentally friendly septic system, Peconic Green Growth is offering to install eight alternative recharge dispersal fields as part of a pilot program with...
07.21.2015 Environment Water quality improvement project planned for Iron Point Following recent fish kills and turtle die-offs in the area, a pilot program aimed at reducing nitrogen in local waterways may start at Iron Point in Flanders.
06.20.2015 Government Lawmakers call for additional resources to help combat fish kills Their backs facing the mouth of the Peconic River, town and county officials gathered outdoors Saturday for a press conference at the Riverhead Yacht Club, where they called upon...
06.13.2015 Editorials Editorial: Something must be done about nitrogen in our waters We’ve been reminded a lot in recent weeks that fish kills are a regular occurrence in these parts, and aren’t anything new. These comments are being made mostly to...