Living on Long Island, it can sometimes be easy to grow frustrated with taxes and fees, but a recent study shows that Riverhead charges less than most other towns for at least one utility: water. (more…)
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Riverhead Town is one of two municipalities on Long Island that has been offered $627,327 in state grant funding to replace lead water service lines in residential areas — if they want it. READ
Citing hot, dry weather in the forecast, Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith issued a request Monday for residents and businesses to conserve water for the foreseeable future. READ
It started as a regular workday for Jillian Dinowitz and Ryan Magill, her childhood friend and fellow sailing instructor. READ
Town water rates could increase under a plan the Riverhead Town Board is considering in response to a $319,682 average deficit in the town water district over the past five years.
Brady Wilkins in September 2014, after it was announced he’d be taking over as the face of the Peconic Baykeeper nonprofit advocacy group.
The search for the next Peconic Baykeeper is once again on.
Seven months after he signed on as the public face of the nonprofit water protection advocacy group, Brady Wilkins resigned from the Baykeeper position last Monday, said Brendan McCurdy, the organization’s chairman.
Mr. McCurdy said the split was amicable and that Mr. Wilkins plans to return to his teaching career. (more…)
Kevin McAllister of Defend H20 at a Southold Town Board meeting in February.(Credit: Cyndi Murray file photo)
The new Sag Harbor-based group, Defend H20, has emerged as a fearless environmental organization with a broad agenda.
It not only has the toughness to engage in battles against environmental wrongs, but a commitment to provide education so governments can do the right thing.
For example, the group, founded by Kevin McAllister who is its president, was integral in Brookhaven Town’s recent adoption of more stringent regulations for the discharge of nitrogen from sewage disposal systems in the Carmans River watershed. (more…)