09.09.2013 News Key lessons from Sandy include importance of texting Emergency preparedness and the importance of embracing mobile technology — especially the use of text messages — were major topics of discussion at the “Southold Town Responds to Lessons...
07.28.2013 News How a biologist found WWII-era explosives unearthed by Sandy Gardiners Point Island looked different to coastal biologist Curt Kessler as he walked around the remains of Fort Tyler, a relic of the Spanish-American War. As Mr. Kessler, a...
06.28.2013 Government Park receives funding for storm repairs Orient Beach State Park is on the receiving end of more than $1 million of federal funding eight months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the parts of the shoreline. On...
05.17.2013 News Salt to blame for white pine trees changing color Spring is in full bloom, and the region’s grasses and hardwoods are greening up accordingly. But some pine trees are not, and experts say it’s due to the salt...
05.02.2013 News Six months after Sandy, residents use insurance and savings to rebuild Aquebogue resident Cecily Jaffe is finally regaining some sense of normalcy. She returned to her house three weeks ago, but is stilling trying to make it feel like home....
04.26.2013 News Trustees suggest installing boulders at Veterans park Two Mattituck park commissioners appeared before the Town Trustees last week, seeking permission to install bulkheading along superstorm Sandy-ravaged Veterans Memorial Park beach on the bay in Mattituck. The...
04.12.2013 News Flooded farms eligible for aid after waiver Earthen dikes in Cutchogue and Orient damaged by superstorm Sandy left 4.5 miles of North Fork farmland vulnerable to saltwater flooding, but the fields were not eligible for any...
01.06.2013 News North Fork house in search of a main floor after Sandy The top part of a house on Kimogenor Point in New Suffolk now standing on cribbing is all that’s left of the structure damaged by Hurricane Sandy. There’s no...
12.07.2012 Columns Gustavson Column: Hurricane Sandy was not just a fluke Friends from around the country have been grilling us recently about how we survived Hurricane Sandy. They’ve seen the coverage of the aftermath, and they want to know if...