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11.14.2024 Environment

Southold to add monarch waystations at Downs Farm, Custer Preserve

When nature aficionados pass through Downs Farm Preserve in Cutchogue and Custer Preserve in Southold, they will soon notice signs there promoting monarch waystations. Waystations promote spring and...

11.08.2024 Environment

Save the Sound releases 2024 water report card

Save the Sound recently released its Long Island Sound report card. The biennial analysis rates the water of Long Island Sound with grades A through F. This time, the...

10.18.2024 Environment

North Fork Polar Bears dive into new eelgrass restoration project

The North Fork Polar Bears are kicking off their winter season this weekend by launching their first ever coastal resiliency project at Truman’s Beach in Orient. The Polar Bears...

10.15.2024 News

Birders flock to Truman’s Beach seeking rare bird

A local birder spotted a northern wheatear Sunday, Oct. 6, on Truman’s Beach in East Marion. Birders have since traveled to the North Fork from as far as California...

10.09.2024 Health & Environment

New County-wide nature walk program launches in Greenport

The first of the Suffolk County department of health’s nature walks will take place at Inlet Pond County Park in Greenport. The walks make up part two of the...

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09.30.2024 Community

Area teen co-stars in episode of Rett Syndrome awareness docuseries

Though Mattituck resident Maren DeSantis copes daily with Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, her family is making sure she lives as full a life as possible. Maren,...

09.26.2024 Environment

Dredging in Mattituck Harbor set to begin next week

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is initiating a $3 million project to dredge Mattituck Harbor. Work will begin Oct. 1 and be done by Seacoast Construction, a West...

09.25.2024 News

Striped bass fall run underway; DEC launches shark swiping survey

With the passing of September’s full and new moons, the fall striped bass season is on. Fishermen all along the North Fork are catching slot fish — 28 to...

09.23.2024 Agriculture

CSAs help keep area farmers in the green

Bunches of broccoli, vibrant flowers, succulent berries and green cardboard boxes of freshly picked yellow squash are part of the homegrown produce that greets customers when they pull into...

09.17.2024 Environment

Strong’s latest expansion proposal deemed ‘incomplete’

The Southold Town Planning Board determined that the revised plans from Strong’s Marine for a proposed yacht storage facility on Mattituck Inlet are “incomplete for review,” according to a...

08.28.2024 Environment

Garden Rewards Program still open to North Fork residents

Some North Fork residents still have the opportunity to be reimbursed for rain barrels, rain gardens, and native plants through the Long Island Regional Planning Council’s Garden Rewards Program....

08.27.2024 Environment

NY Marine Rescue Center public turtle release season closes

As the summer comes to a close, so does New York Marine Rescue Center’s public release season for rehabilitated animals. On Thursday night, the organization held their final public release of...

08.20.2024 Community

ELIH Foundation gala kicks off stroke center fundraising

Last summer, Southold resident Jonathan Tibett’s father, Art Tibett, was visiting from Florida and was entertaining a friend when he started feeling “light-headed and foggy,” Mr. Tibett said. “I...

08.14.2024 Environment

Town calls for volunteers to help Bay to Sound mission

Imagine being able to walk across the North Fork from Peconic Bay to the Long Island Sound, enjoying bird song, wildflowers, and shady trees along the way. The Peconic...

08.09.2024 Environment

I Bird NY Challenge still open; rewards available

Birding participation boomed during COVID era social distancing, and it shows no sign of slowing down. According to the 2022 National Survey of Hunting, Fishing, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, 1...

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