08.01.2018 Environment Peconic Estuary Program welcomes new director, Joyce Novak Gazing out at the Peconic River, Joyce Novak can’t help but ponder its past. Ms. Novak, newly appointed director of the Peconic Estuary Program, is especially interested in studying...
10.03.2017 Environment Baiting Hollow resident to serve on water quality council Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed Stan Carey of Baiting Hollow to serve on the state’s new Drinking Water Quality Council, the governor’s office announced last Thursday.
09.02.2016 Environment In Peconic Estuary, rising temperatures appear responsible for several issues Over the past month, the Peconic Estuary has been hit with one environmental blow after another, a Stony Brook biologist and marine researcher said, thanks in part to rising...
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...
07.08.2016 Environment Find out which Riverhead beaches received the highest water quality grades Just how healthy are North Fork beaches that line the Long Island Sound? Find out in an interactive online map called Sound Health Explorer, which grades Long Island and...
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...
04.07.2016 Government Riverhead sewer plant upgrade completion pushed back Riverhead Town’s $24 million sewage treatment plant upgrade, for which work began in April 2014, is now expected to be completed by Aug. 31 — four months later than...
02.20.2016 Environment Gov. Cuomo announces $6M L.I. comprehensive water quality study Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $6 million plan to comprehensively study Long Island’s water quality problems.
