Environment
Southold seeks $500K grant for long-awaited Orient waterway upgrades
Southold officials moved Tuesday to seek a $500,000 grant for upgrades to a vulnerable Orient waterway — even as the long-discussed project remains far from shovel-ready. The Broad Meadows Marsh project is...
Injured bald eagle reunited with family in dramatic Mattituck rescue — and even Braun’s pitched in
A male bald eagle was reunited with his family Thursday night after an only-on-the-North-Fork rescue involving police, firefighters, wildlife experts — and fresh flounder from a local seafood store....
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in vegetables from Long Island farm stands: study
“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS — cancer-causing pollutants already found in Long Island groundwater — have been detected in vegetables purchased from farm stands across the North and South forks, according to a new...
North Fork farmers adapt crops, schedules to climate change impacts
The conversation around climate change often feels abstract, but for North Fork farmers, its effects are measured in tangible terms: delayed harvests, frost-damaged crops, and the constant recalibration of...
