02.25.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: IDA did not listen SOUTHOLD IDA did not listen The recent unanimous 7-0 vote by the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency approving the $2.7 million tax relief package for The Enclaves, a $43.9...
05.01.2023 News Peconic Land Trust’s offer to sell 135 acres of ‘future farmland’ on Oregon Road gets multiple bids The Peconic Land Trust’s offering of four parcels for sale on Oregon Road in Cutchogue as part of its future farmers preservation program has met with success. The offering...
10.19.2022 Featured Story Summer drought hits farm wallets on the North Fork As the summer cools into autumn, many North Fork farmers are left looking back on a season hotter and drier than expected that, with supply chain issues, drove higher...
10.09.2022 Featured Story Overtime pay for farm laborers to be phased in over next decade Farm laborers will be entitled to overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week in 2032, following an order signed by the state labor commissioner. Labor Commissioner...
10.01.2022 Featured Story For 100 years, agricultural research center in Riverhead has served as critical resource to region A seed for Long Island’s powerhouse farming industry was planted with a single question: “Why should we not have a branch of the New York Experiment Station located on...