05.20.2016 Editorials Editorial: It’s time for a ban on plastic bags in Suffolk Suffolk County legislators were considering pulling the trigger on a single-use plastic bag ban. But then, at a May 5 meeting in Riverhead, they stepped back to reload.
05.05.2016 News Suffolk lawmakers delay taking action on plastic bag ban — again Suffolk County residents hopeful for a decision regarding a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the county will have to keep waiting.
05.04.2016 Editorials Editorial: Make your voice heard at county meeting Meetings of Suffolk County Legislature committees aren’t glamorous, attention-grabbing or particularly well attended. Nevertheless, they’re one of those events newspapers typically cover.
04.29.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A water pollution solution In an effort to reduce the amount of nitrogen getting into bays and other water bodies and to protect groundwater, Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay (D-Holbrook) has introduced a...
04.29.2016 Editorials Editorial: Water Quality Protection Fee is reasonable approach A quarter-cent sales tax already funds the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program. In the near future, 20 percent of all Community Preservation Funds generated from East End real...
04.29.2016 Government Suffolk leaders tout $75M water quality fee, though some are wary Suffolk County voters could be asked in November to help fund water quality improvement initiatives through a surcharge on water usage.
04.28.2016 Environment Critics lining up to oppose EPA’s Long Island Sound dumping plan That the Environmental Protection Agency appears ready to allow dumping of materials dug up from dredging in Long Island Sound didn’t come as a surprise to environmentalist Adrienne Esposito.
04.27.2016 Government County Legislature hosting committee meetings in Riverhead next week The Suffolk County Legislature is set to host its first round of committee meetings on the East End in decades, according to Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski.