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Register now for Bob Wall Tennis Tournament
May 15, 2013
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Art class receives wisdom from area seniors
May 17, 2013
Business
New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck
May 13, 2013
Sushi, hibachi restaurant now open in Greenport
May 12, 2013
Photos: Fitness fundraiser for Boston charity
May 12, 2013
Community
Art class receives wisdom from area seniors
May 17, 2013
Photos: NFCT presents "Carousel"
May 16, 2013
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Carlisle E. Cochran
May 15, 2013
Oleta Marie Melissari
May 14, 2013
Laura D. Cullen
May 14, 2013
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Real Estate Transfers
May 10, 2013
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May 2, 2013
Real Estate: Raising organic produce all year long
April 28, 2013
Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Analysis reveals high bacteria levels in Autumn Pond
Analysis of water from Autumn Pond in Peconic has turned up traces of human waste, according to Southold Town planner Mark Terry. DNA sampling conducted by Cornell Cooperative Extension indicates a high amount of coliform bacteria, nitrogen and phosphorous in the pond, Mr. Terry said during Tuesday’s Town Board meeting. The...
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East End doctors treating tick-borne meat allergy
It was Super Bowl Sunday. The Seattle Seahawks were playing the Pittsburgh Steelers and Gary Knox was kicking back, enjoying the game with friends. There was a hearty spread, complete with mini sausages smothered in barbecue sauce, a southern guy’s delight. It seemed luck was on his side; his beloved...
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Featured Letter: Organic lawns don’t require more time, money
To the editor: Carrie Miller’s recent article on lawn care was excellent, but readers may have gotten the impression that “organic” lawns require more time and money. I disagree. The most important tips I got from experts at Cornell take no time, require no products and cost nothing (they actually save money): 1....
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North Fork receives over $323,000 in grants to improve water quality
Congressman Tim Bishop and other federal and state officials announced Monday that 35 municipalities and community groups in New York and Connecticut will receive grants totaling over $1.6 million to help fund projects aimed at improving water quality within the Long Island Sound. The grants are awarded annually through the Long...
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Corn growers again relying on sound in battle against birds
Birds have been having a field day on the cornfields of the East End this summer, and many farmers are resorting to bird cannons to try to keep them away. The cannons’ loud noise makes them unpopular with neighboring residents, but farmers say they have no choice but to use...
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Dearth of jellyfish a real head-scratcher locally
If someone pens a folk song about the Peconic Bay estuary this summer it could be titled, “Where have all the jellyfish gone?” And the answer is, nobody knows. While jellyfish large and small are usually the bane of bathers’ and boaters’ existence in mid-August, there have been few sightings of the...
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Wine Press: Here’s your chance to name a grape variety
Love wine? Want to help name a new variety of grape? Here's your chance. Cornell University is asking the public to help them name two new varieties of grape from their breeding program set to be released next year. Grape breeder Bruce Reisch is the man behind the new varieties, including a cold-hardy...
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New fertilizer designed to better protect L.I.’s groundwater
Local farmers growing sweet corn will have an opportunity to try a new fertilizer this season designed to better protect groundwater and the Long Island Sound, according to a press release from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. The controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer is designed to break down over time according to...
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New York love$ Peconic Bay scallops
The folks working to rebuild the stock of Peconic Bay scallops have a new best friend in the state government. Researchers at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Peconic Bay scallop restoration program, based at Cornell’s Cedar Beach, Southold, marine laboratory, had a special visit Friday afternoon from Kenneth Adams, commissioner of the Empire...
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Cornell Cooperative to host eelgrass restoration workshop
Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold an eelgrass restoration workshop, open to the public, between 3 and 5:30 p.m. Friday at the corner of New Suffolk Avenue and First Street. CCE’s Marine Meadows Program staffers will lead the hands-on program. Participants will be taught how to assemble eelgrass-planting discs to increase local population...
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Video & Slideshow: Harbor Brewing holds Hops for Habitat art show and eelgrass workshop
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company hosted a Hops for Habitat art show and eelgrass restoration workshop this weekend to benefit the Cornell Cooperative Extension's marine meadows project. A marine-themed art show opened on Saturday and on Sunday morning members of Cornell Cooperative Extension's were on hand to guide visitors in preparing eelgrass...
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Lawn experts: Unusual amount of weeds this season due to mild winter
As you roll out the lawn mower this weekend, don’t be surprised if the weeds encroaching on the Kentucky blue grass or fescue seem more abundant than in years past. Most winter annual weeds, such as doveweed, redstem filaree and chickweed, are typically suppressed by cold weather. Due to this past...
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Eelgrass project abandoned, shellfishing spot to re-open
A large section of Hallock’s Bay in Orient will soon be open to shellfishing, after an eelgrass restoration project there was abandoned by Cornell Cooperative Extension. The Southold Town Trustees changed the town code to close about one-third of the bay to shellfishing five years ago when the study began, and...
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Suffolk County’s 2012 budget includes cuts to Cornell Cooperative Extension
North Fork Legislator Ed Romaine failed to convince fellow county lawmakers Wednesday to cut staff in the county executive’s office in order to maintain core programs at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. After the vote failed, with only Mr. Romaine, a Republican whose offices are housed in the same Riverhead...
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Scientists make rare nine-spotted ladybug sighting on East End
New York’s state insect is the nine-spotted ladybug, but the rare bug has barely been seen east of the Mississippi for 30 years. At the end of July, all that changed, when a researcher with the Agricultural Stewardship Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, based in Riverhead, found a...
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Stink bug infestation expected to reach the North Fork
Calverton farmer Howard Lewin can handle potato bugs; he fought back with flamethrowers when the pest infested his 70 acres of spud back in the late 1970s. Brown marmorated stink bugs, insects originally from Asia that are now destroying acres of cropland in Maryland and Pennsylvania, are Lewin’s new worry, especially...
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North Fork Environmental Council honors two locals
Restoration ecologist Chris Pickerell and Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine have been named the recipients of two annual environmental awards given by the North Fork Environmental Council. Mr. Pickerell has been named Environmental Champion of the Year for his work on coastal habitat restoration with Cornell Cooperative Extension for the past...
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A forum for anyone who wants to learn more about gardening
Thirty-five years after Cornell Cooperative Extension began its master gardener program on the East End, the program’s spring gardening school, to be held this weekend at Riverhead High School, is still chock-full of lectures that will give even experienced gardeners ideas for projects they’ve never tried before. Master gardeners are volunteers...
