06.28.2018 Environment Tick specialists from Cornell Cooperative Extension share tips for ticks While most of us go outside and take precautions to avoid ticks, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County employee Tamson Yeh does the opposite.
11.18.2015 Environment County backs pesticide use despite protest, again It’s an effort that hasn’t succeeded in the past, but Kevin McAllister is once again lobbying Suffolk County to take methoprene out of its mosquito spraying plan as the...
08.08.2014 Editorials Editorial: Stop beating around the bush on tick population What a silly waste of time. That’s the only way to characterize the creation of a tick advisory committee meant to help Suffolk’s Division of Vector Control craft a...
08.05.2014 Environment Marshes in Greenport, New Suffolk to be sprayed for mosquitos Four marshes on the North Fork will be treated for mosquito larvae Tuesday, Suffolk County officials announced.
09.17.2013 Government Bill aims to control tick-borne diseases In an effort to combat tick-borne illnesses, county Legislature Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk) has introduced new legislation to step up pressure on Suffolk County Vector Control, which is in charge...