08.02.2025 Environment NFEC clothing swap is good for the closet and the Earth North Fork Environmental Council held its second annual Clothing Swap July 31 at Borghese Vineyards in Cutchogue. Guests brought three to five gently used items to exchange and then...
07.28.2025 Environment Route 48 slated for county sea level rise and coastal resiliency projects The Suffolk County Department of Public Works allocated $2 million of its 2026 budget for preliminary engineering costs to address storm surge and tidal flooding, with Southold’s Route 48...
07.14.2025 Health & Environment Suffolk County plans to treat marshes for mosquitoes If you look up and see a low-flying helicopter over the next few days, don’t be alarmed. The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans...
07.14.2025 Outdoors Voyage to the bottom of the earth: Antarctica Would you travel four days to go to Antarctica? No? Well, I did. It took two days to get there and two to get back, but in between were...
07.09.2025 Environment Southold residents urged to conserve water usage Although several days of rain are predicted for the next week, the Suffolk County Water Authority said a Stage 1 Water Alert may be declared for Southold, according to...
07.08.2025 Featured Story A sustainable landscape for your little piece of paradise There is a renaissance in gardening going on, and for those of us who have been digging, spraying and pruning for years, it’s an exhilarating time. The new way...
07.07.2025 Featured Story Suffolk County tests wells in Mattituck: Source of contaminants still unknown Residents in a neighborhood around Reeve Avenue in Mattituck are being offered special well filters and bottled water while testing continues on the quality of their well water. The...
07.01.2025 Environment Wildlife passageways benefit multiple species All across Long Island, efforts are underway to help wildlife move more freely through their habitat amid human disruptions of it. Fragmentation of open space due to development means...
06.18.2025 Environment Southold monarch waystations ease butterflies’ journeys Friday, June 13, was a lucky day for butterflies and other pollinators on the North Fork as a local nature preserve was dedicated as a “Monarch Waystation.” These pesticide-...
06.09.2025 News SCWA looks to meet demand with 12-mile North Fork pipeline The Suffolk County Water Authority proposed a 12-mile pipeline across the North Fork to supplement existing systems in Riverhead and Southold Towns. The pipeline would augment existing water supplies...
06.06.2025 Government Irrigation law to be floated in Southold The Southold Town Board will weigh a new law regarding use of irrigation systems during a public hearing set for Tuesday, June 24, at 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall....
05.27.2025 News Mattituck Inlet dredging set for fall 2025 A project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 6,000 cubic yards of sand from Mattituck Inlet has been set for fall 2025, according to Army Corps...
05.16.2025 Environment Watch your step: Piping plovers begin hatching Memorial Day Weekend The season’s first clutch of piping plovers will start emerging from their eggs around Memorial Day weekend, setting them on a potential collision course with crowds of late spring...
05.06.2025 Environment Local honeybees make more than honey on North Fork farms A drive east from Riverhead to Orient this time of year passes row after row of farms bathed a sea of bright blooms. Flitting from flower to flower, too...
05.05.2025 Environment River otters once again making Long Island home With the birth of river otter pups at the Long Island Aquarium and possible sightings of otters at Marion Pond in East Marion, interest in river otters on the...
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