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02.02.2023 Environment

Here’s how to view the rare ‘Green Comet’ on the North Fork

This winter, Southold’s Custer Institute and Observatory is making plans to welcome a visitor that hasn’t been seen in these parts in about 50,000 years: an ultra-rare green comet....

01.30.2023 Environment

East End osprey population continues to thrive, report shows

Marina DeLuca grew up in East Marion and considers ospreys a “staple” of her upbringing. She has witnessed the increase in the number of ospreys that are now seen...

01.11.2023 Environment

Village, State park partner on Christmas tree reuse program

One wouldn’t traditionally think of a correlation between Christmas trees and beaches, but Greenport Village and Orient Beach State Park have teamed up to put discarded Christmas trees to...

12.22.2022 Environment

Group for the East End marks a half-century of conservation, education

Advocate. Conserve. Educate. That has been the mantra of Group for the East End for 50 years. The Southold-based nonprofit has dedicated five decades to fighting for the protection...

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12.14.2022 Environment

Amid spike in cold-stunned turtles, rescue group encourages beachgoers to be on the lookout

An alarming number of cold-stunned sea turtles are turning up along the coast, with 36 hypothermic sea turtles appearing in shallow areas across Eastern Long Island since mid-November. “Turtles...

12.12.2022 Agriculture

State awards Sidor Farms $400K to expand capacity, pay tribute to potato farming history

A Mattituck farm is among the recipients of more than $10 million in state grant funding recently awarded to Long Island initiatives. Martin Sidor Farms Inc. was awarded a...

12.09.2022 Environment

North Fork Audubon Society makes recommendations to town to better protect endangered shorebirds

The North Fork Audubon Society released its 2022 Town of Southold Nesting Shorebird Report, detailing the activity of six species of threatened and endangered shorebirds along the North Fork...

11.28.2022 Environment

Report: Eastern Long Island Sound healthy despite concerns over rising water temperatures

The Long Island Sound waters off the North Fork remain in good health, according to a recent report. Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card released on...

11.25.2022 Health

PBMC’s skilled nursing facility set to close in early 2023

Two to three months ago, Celeste Tracy of Aquebogue began hearing rumors that the skilled nursing facility at Riverhead’s Peconic Bay Medical Center was going to close. Her father...

11.25.2022 Health

Stony Brook ELIH, facing worker shortage, seeks to hang banners across town in recruitment effort

Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport has requested to hang banners recruiting applicants across town, as the hospital tries to tackle a worker shortage. “The foundation president...

11.11.2022 News

Minke whale removed from Goose Creek after it dies overnight

The minke whale that became stranded in Southold’s Goose Creek Thursday died overnight, officials said. The 20-foot marine mammal, at 4,360 pounds, became stranded as the tide went out...

11.10.2022 News

Minke whale, approximately 20 feet long, stranded in Southold’s Goose Creek Thursday

A whale approximately 20 feet long got stuck on a sand bar in Southold’s Goose Creek Thursday afternoon. Southold Town police Chief Martin Flatley said police were notified around...

11.09.2022 News

For scallop lovers, the season begins poorly

When the bay scallop season opened in New York State waters Monday, there were few surprises. Keith Reda, general manager at Braun Seafood Company in Cutchogue, summed it up:...

10.23.2022 Environment

Report shows North Fork mostly escaped fish kills this past summer

The North Fork for the most part escaped the fish kills that plagued the western portion of Long Island Sound, said Stony Brook scientist Christopher Gobler. In his 2022...

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