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07.30.2021 Government

Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site is officially open in Southold

The Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site in Southold is officially open to the public, according to a Thursday announcement from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The 3.2-acre...

07.29.2021 Health

Mosquito sample found in Southold tests positive for West Nile virus

A mosquito sample collected in Southold tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health. The sample was one of six in Suffolk County...

07.26.2021 Agriculture

New garden center set to open in Aquebogue this fall

Gardenworx Farm and Garden will open full-time in Aquebogue this fall. The family-owned company is moving into the greenhouse and fields formerly occupied by Long Season Farms, which closed...

07.23.2021 Environment

Experts: Long Island could see ‘very strong increase’ of flooding in two decades

A new study has predicted more frequent high tide flooding on U.S. coastlines in the mid-2030s, exacerbated by climate change-induced sea-level rise and tidal patterns influenced by the moon’s...

07.22.2021 Government

Overdose deaths down locally this year as numbers soared nationally in 2020

Opioid deaths in Southold and Riverhead towns from Jan. 1 to date amount to a number both towns’ police chiefs hope will stay the same in the coming weeks....

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07.14.2021 Environment

Black swans, native to Australia, spotted in Southold

Last week, outside his house on Corey Creek, Tony Bellissimo saw something he had never seen before. There in the water, right in front of him, were two black...

07.10.2021 Agriculture

Peconic Bay declared a fishery disaster following scallop die-off in recent years

Peconic Bay was one of four fisheries to be declared a fishery disaster following the “near-unprecedented” Peconic Bay scallop die-off of 2019 and subsequent problems in 2020, the U.S. Department of...

07.07.2021 Health

New approach to opioid treatment as Quannacut joins national study

Treatment for patients struggling with opioid addiction is often a multi-faceted approach. Medication can help ease the patient’s symptoms of withdrawal and cravings. And the counseling portion of treatment...

07.02.2021 Health

Southold physician retires from private practice to spend more time at SBELIH

The doctor known for his patience with patients remains one busy man. As Dr. Lloyd Simon sees it, having recently retired from private practice, he now has only two...

07.01.2021 Health & Environment

Blue-green algae detected in Lake Maratooka in Mattituck

The Suffolk County Department of Health is cautioning residents to avoid the water in Lake Maratooka in Mattituck due to blue-green algae. Analysis of surface water samples by SUNY...

06.27.2021 Education

Cutchogue East wins $5,000 in water quality challenge

Cutchogue East Elementary School has won a $5,000 grant through the 2020 Long Island Water Quality Challenge with an idea cooked up last year by sixth-graders in the school’s...

06.24.2021 Environment

Beware of ticks this summer as experts say population on the rise

After a mild winter, experts are warning of an especially bad tick season in 2021. The phones at East End Tick & Mosquito Control have been ringing “off the...

06.23.2021 COVID-19

Cuomo: New York will end COVID-19 state of emergency Thursday

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York’s COVID-19 state of emergency, which has been in place since last March, will end Thursday. Mr. Cuomo lifted most...

06.15.2021 Environment

Landcraft Garden Foundation opens in Mattituck, promising bountiful color every season

Tucked down a quiet gravel road in Mattituck lies a gardener’s paradise — an oasis now open for the public to enjoy. For nearly 30 years, Dennis Schrader and...

05.30.2021 Community

Bone marrow match saved a local life; drive will now aim to help more

When Joanne Goerler was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood cancer in which blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature, a doctor said her only option was...

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