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Daily Update: Flanders man killed in crash, Greenport election results, new pumpout boat

The daily update, a podcast briefing on what’s happening across the North Fork, is brought to you by Riverhead Ford Lincoln. MORE»

03/20/2019 5:41 AM

The Suffolk Times
Tax on Suffolk County septic grant seen as ‘deterrent’ to program

In September 2017, politicians and members of the media converged on the backyard of a Flanders resident who was the first recipient of a Suffolk County grant to replace an old failing cesspool with a new state-of-the-art system. The county’s Septic Improvement Program awards grants of up to $11,000 to offset the expense of installing advanced new wastewater treatment systems to replace older cesspools and dramatically improve the quality of groundwater. MORE»

03/20/2019 5:08 AM

Tim Gannon
Southold Town Trustees receive new pumpout boat

The Southold Town trustees have a new boat that will help keep the Peconic Bay clean. Last Thursday, the 23-foot boat built in Rhode Island was delivered to the Cutchogue Harbor Marina, where the trustees were waiting for it on a chilly morning. The boat, which will be based at the marina, will be used as a “pumpout” facility for recreational boats in the bay that need their toilet holding tanks pumped out. MORE»

03/20/2019 4:59 AM

Steve Wick