08.21.2019 Environment Environmental group releases report on the cost of water here Living on Long Island, it can sometimes be easy to grow frustrated with taxes and fees, but a recent study shows that Riverhead charges less than most other towns...
01.26.2018 Environment Zeldin, local leaders call for Long Island to be dropped from offshore drilling plan Congressman Lee Zeldin was joined by other East End officials for a press conference Friday denouncing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s plan to make 90 percent of the nation’s...
04.28.2016 Environment Critics lining up to oppose EPA’s Long Island Sound dumping plan That the Environmental Protection Agency appears ready to allow dumping of materials dug up from dredging in Long Island Sound didn’t come as a surprise to environmentalist Adrienne Esposito.
03.25.2016 Environment Senators push for Plum Island to become park The fight to prevent Plum Island’s sale to a private developer — an effort local officials have been pushing for several years — received another boost this week from...
03.04.2016 Environment Suffolk to Gov. Cuomo: Don’t dump dredge spoils in LI Sound Suffolk County lawmakers and local environmentalists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers’ latest plan for disposing of dredged materials in Long...
08.12.2015 Health & Environment Advocates rallying to stop federal plan to dump in Long Island Sound Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski state and town officials and environmental advocates are calling for an end to the dumping of potentially toxic materials from dredging operations into Long...
02.10.2014 Environment Environmentalist considering historic state Senate run Long Island environmental advocate Adrienne Esposito confirmed Sunday she’s considering a run for state office on the Democratic line. If elected, she’d be the first woman from Suffolk County elected...
06.19.2013 Government Enviros protest farmland preservation bill Environmental advocates lined up Tuesday to speak out against a bill proposed in the Suffolk County Legislature that’s designed to revise the county’s land preservation program. The bill, proposed...
04.03.2013 News DEC hearing on pesticide management plan set The battle between environmentalists and farmers over a ban on the use of certain pesticides is heating up, and tonight’s DEC hearing at Suffolk Community College in Riverhead is...
