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10.23.2022 Environment

Report shows North Fork mostly escaped fish kills this past summer

The North Fork for the most part escaped the fish kills that plagued the western portion of Long Island Sound, said Stony Brook scientist Christopher Gobler. In his 2022...

04.26.2022 Government

After losing out on state grant funding for Manorville water project, what’s next for Riverhead?

Riverhead Town officials remain hopeful additional federal funding could eventually allow for homes in Manorville to connect to the Riverhead Water District after the town did not receive funding...

03.14.2022 News

$3.5M in federal grant money to provide clean water to Manorville residents

Riverhead Town will receive a $3.5 million in federal grant money to provide public water to Manorville residents plagued by contaminated private drinking water wells. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)...

01.11.2022 Community

2021 Community Leader of the Year: Kelly McClinchy

Imagine not being able to drink the water from your faucet or even to use that water to take a shower or brush your teeth because it is contaminated. ...

10.13.2021 Environment

Stony Brook scientist: Algae blooms, dead zones are ‘new normal’ in East End waters

Conditions causing low oxygen and harmful algae blooms in Long Island waters — including on the East End — have become a “new normal,” according to this year’s water...

08.01.2021 Editorials

Editorial: Water should be key factor in development decisions

A potentially game-changing issue was raised at a recent meeting of the Riverhead Town Planning Board that could have far-reaching ramifications for large-scale development there, as well as in...

05.31.2021 News

Calverton, Manorville launch sign campaign for ‘Clean Water Now’

Claire Bennett of Manorville has her drinking water tested monthly by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and over the past five years the chemicals found in...

02.05.2021 Government

Some Riverhead officials say SCWA can connect homes in Manorville to public water quicker

Some Riverhead Town officials acknowledged at Wednesday’s Town Board meeting that the Suffolk County Water Authority may be the quickest way to get public water to the 62 homes...

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