10.11.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Fighting for the future of Plum Island The 800-pound gorilla in the hearing room as local and state officials and environmentalists pushed last week for the preservation of Plum Island was the issue of toxic areas...
08.20.2015 Environment Bottlenose dolphins make rare appearance around Long Island When the glistening dorsal fins first sliced through the water, Debra Iannelli thought they belonged to sharks.
06.28.2015 Environment New Senate bill would halt the sale of Plum Island to highest bidder A new Senate bill would prevent Plum Island from being sold to the highest bidder and pave the way for ownership of the mostly undeveloped parcel to be transferred to...
05.20.2015 Government Advocacy group fighting to block Plum Island sale A Plum Island preservation advocacy group told the Southold Town Board Tuesday it intends to move forward with a lawsuit against two federal agencies it alleges have failed to...
01.07.2015 Real Estate Another attempt at blocking sale of Plum Island An advocacy group is threatening a lawsuit against two federal agencies in the latest attempt to halt the public sale of Plum Island, claiming officials have failed to protect...
09.09.2014 Government Debunking Plum Island myths, for once and for all Enough with the baloney. That could have very well been the title of the Southold Historical Society’s latest nonfiction publication, called A World Unto Itself: The Remarkable History of...
08.17.2014 Government So what’s Plum Island really like? One reporter’s inside tour Tell people you’re visiting Plum Island and be prepared for a litany of the perils in store for you. You’ll be reminded of persistent rumors springing from dire biological...
07.29.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Pick the Plum for power A group of Congressional representatives led by Tim Bishop of Southampton is calling on the federal government not to sell Plum Island, as it plans, but to put it...