05.15.2024 Community Makers guild keeps basket weaving craft alive Some do it for the artistry, some for the challenge and others to keep their hands busy. But it was apparent at a recent meeting of the Basket Weavers...
04.29.2024 Education Students repurpose litter to create work of art Litter picked up from local beaches and transferred to a local classroom has been transformed into art and a significant learning experience. Students at the Peconic Community School in Cutchogue, working...
03.05.2024 Environment North Fork sightings prompt ‘Coyote Talk’ with experts They’re here, they’re not leaving, and they’re being watched — coyotes on the North Fork that is. Three recent sightings scurrying around the North Fork prompted “Coyote Talk,” an...
01.11.2024 News Greenport FD gear decontaminated on site Firefighting is a hazardous profession, not only because volunteers rush into burning buildings to put out fires, but because cancer-causing carcinogens can become trapped in their gear every time...
11.20.2023 Environment First look at Broad Cove preserve Almost a century ago, a 100-acre property along Hubbard Avenue in Aquebogue was home to the Broad Cove duck farm on Flanders Bay. When that business was no longer...
11.06.2023 Community Annual Walk4Valor raises money to help vets and their families It was cold and blustery, but sunny, Sunday morning at the American Legion Hall in Southold as supporters of U.S. veterans prepared to walk 22 miles along Route 48....
10.03.2023 Agriculture Local groups work to stop the spread of invasive plant species on the East End For thousands of years, plants and pollinators on the North Fork have evolved together, and their relationship has been mutually beneficial. But in the last few centuries, some of...
07.25.2023 Community East End junior sailing circuit in full swing Sailboat racing is one of the few sports where boys and girls compete with each other. And every week on the East End, hundreds of young people are sailing...
07.18.2023 Community Local man cleans the streets, a little litter at a time on the North Fork Peter Stahl is a one-man anti-litter operation. For the past 20 years, the Baiting Hollow retiree, now 72, has been walking about 10 miles a day. His current routes...
