04.24.2024 Community Calling all good eggs: It’s national volunteer month Area nonprofits are looking to recruit — and salute — volunteers. April is National Volunteer Month — and April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week — a commemoration that has...
04.16.2024 Environment Earth Day 2024: Get dirty to help keep Mother Earth clean Opportunities to commemorate Earth Day 2024 abound on the East End. Since the celebration lands on a Monday this year, many events are being held during the weekends flanking...
04.04.2024 Environment Where to watch Monday’s solar eclipse On Monday, April 8 the moon will perfectly align with the sun, casting a massive shadow across the Earth. And although such solar eclipses occur at least twice each...
03.21.2024 Community Volunteers prep Mattituck beach for osprey season About thirty community volunteers gathered on Breakwater Beach in Mattituck, Saturday, March 16 for an event celebrating the spring return of the osprey — a fish-eating raptor that breeds...
03.05.2024 Environment Comet, Orion and solar eclipse: can’t-miss skywatch A host of exciting celestial events for skywatchers starts with a comet at the beginning of March, the change of the constellation guard as the seasons shift and ending...
01.19.2024 Community ’Tis the season: weird duck season The phrase “flying south for winter” may conjure images of V-shaped flocks of geese heading toward Florida — or perhaps their human equivalents heading to the airport — but...
11.15.2023 Environment Hotline saves cold-stunned sea turtles The Cold Stun Patrol Team of Riverhead’s New York Marine Rescue Center will soon begin patrolling local beaches in search of cold-stunned sea turtles. More than 200 volunteers will walk the...
11.09.2023 Community Local American Legions, groups to salute veterans With Veterans Day this Saturday, Nov. 11, North Fork American Legions and other groups will pay tribute to all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. American...
11.07.2023 Outdoors November nights light up with galaxies, meteors, planets November nights might be the best for star gazing. Steve Bellavia, research, education and outreach coordinator at Custer Institute in Southold pegged it as his favorite time of year. ...
11.01.2023 Environment 2023 fall run fishing a ‘mixed bag’ Surfcasters searching for striped bass wait all year for the start of the “fall run.” Many save their vacation days for it. Pickup trucks adorned with multiple rod holders...