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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...

01.29.2021 Government

Riverhead Water District working to address higher levels of chemicals found in Plant 5 wells

Riverhead Town’s water district will publish a “deferral notice” indicating that the presence of PFOS and PFOA at levels below the maximum New York State standard for drinking water...

12.06.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Officials must keep pressure on Navy to take action

The U.S. Navy’s track record at addressing water contamination hardly inspires confidence when it comes to the latest problems of toxic chemicals detected at Enterprise Park at Calverton, the...

10.11.2020 Environment

Eastern Long Island Sound earns high grades in latest water quality report

Long Island Sound earned an A+ and A on its latest report card related to water quality. The high grades issued in Save the Sound’s 2020 report represent the...

08.15.2020 Government

Hotel Indigo switching to town sewer district, a win for water quality

Hotel Indigo is on the verge of hooking into the Riverhead Town Sewer District, a plan roughly 10 years in the making that should improve water quality in town....

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