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08.04.2021 Community

Cutchogue beekeeper saves 30,000 honeybees in church steeple

Pastor Andrew Montoro knew in June that he had a bee problem high up in the steeple of the nearly 120-year-old Community Baptist Church building on Sound Avenue in...

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...

07.14.2021 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...

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...

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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

Audubon Society: Avoid piping plover areas

On beaches across the North Fork piping plovers are beginning to hatch, and the North Fork Audubon Society wants everyone to know they’re out there and to be careful...

05.21.2021 Environment

Researchers launch pilot study to learn more about seal population now inhabiting local waters

When I first started fishing on Long Island in the early 1980s, observing a marine mammal in the wild was an extremely rare occurrence. Due to years of unregulated...

05.03.2021 Environment

Rebate program returns for homeowners interested in installing rain gardens

Homeowners within the Peconic watershed can play a key role in preventing polluted stormwater from flowing into rivers, bays or directly into the Long Island Sound. The Peconic Estuary...

04.25.2021 Environment

Peconic Estuary Partnership seeks CPF money from towns

Should Southold Town allocate a portion of its Community Preservation Fund revenues to help the Peconic Estuary Partnership? The organization, which works to protect the waterways and wetlands surrounding...

04.13.2021 Environment

Earth Day Cleanup of Greenport’s Moore’s Woods planned for Saturday

An area of Greenport once described as its “hidden gem” will get some much-needed TLC during a cleanup event in honor of Earth Day. The village is hosting the...

04.13.2021 Environment

Under state budget, Peconic Estuary Program to receive twice the funding

An organization focused on protecting the waterways and wetlands surrounding Peconic Bay is set to get a major boost in funding under the state budget. The Peconic Estuary Partnership...

02.28.2021 Environment

Zeldin receives low grade from League of Conservation Voters

The League of Conservation Voters, which advocates for environmental issues nationally and rates elected official on how they respond to them, has given 1st District Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)...

02.17.2021 Environment

Palumbo continues tradition started by predecessor to host environmental roundtable

Keeping a long-running tradition alive, new state Sen. Anthony Palumbo is continuing his predecessor’s practice of conducting regular environmental roundtables. On Friday, Mr. Palumbo assembled representatives from more than...

01.06.2021 Environment

Students in Audubon program rescue cold-stunned Kemp’s Ridley

Students in Jennifer Murray’s North Fork Audubon Society outdoor program spent Dec. 15 at Inlet Pond County Park in Greenport, searching for stranded sea turtles. It was a cold,...

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