09.16.2018 Government Frustration over deer numbers dominates town forum There are far too many deer in Southold Town, something dramatic has to be done to reduce their numbers, and many residents are tired of talking about the problem...
07.28.2018 Editorials Editorial: A new threat in the ongoing tick battle The clock is ticking. As if the deer tick problem weren’t bad enough, two state departments — health and Agriculture & Markets — are now urging New Yorkers to...
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.
08.30.2017 Outdoors Tick pilot program effective as Southold Town develops eradication efforts Southold Town’s pilot program to spray a cedar oil tick repellent at the horse trail near North Bayview Road in Southold was successful in cutting down the number of...
06.21.2017 Outdoors Southold Town considers pilot program to help control tick population Southold Town will consider a pilot program to control the tick population at its preserves.
05.26.2017 Health North Fork residents share their stories of tick-borne illness At age 3, Chyanne Doroski would complain that her legs hurt. “Growing pains,” her family thought. On other days, it was a headache that brought the Greenport girl down.
05.08.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Just one bite … my Lyme disease story May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. I am an attorney and share my time between the North Fork of Long Island and Connecticut, and, like many others, have lived...
05.08.2016 Health Health Column: Local tick problems continue to worsen Last summer, a homeowner in the Nassau Point section of Cutchogue did everything he could to protect himself from contracting a tick-borne illness. He sprayed his lawn with repellent...
09.20.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Time to legislate against Lyme disease There’s a renewed push in the U.S. Congress for legislation to strengthen the federal government’s activities on Lyme disease, endemic on the North Fork, Shelter Island and all over...
08.11.2015 Government Should Southold Town hire a part-time wildlife manager? Deer management and environmental advocates say they have the facts to show the North Fork’s deer population is a “health emergency,” causing more than $1 million in damage due...