Veterans Memorial Park Beach in Mattituck has been closed to swimming due to bacteria levels in excess of acceptable criteria, the Suffolk County Health Department announced Wednesday afternoon. READ
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The Southold Town Board is considering changes to its beach parking permits, as well as making boat ramps and night fishing accessible to town residents only. READ
The Southold Board of Trustees has blocked ambitious plans to expand a small structure next to Kenney’s Beach in Southold from a roughly 900-square-foot bungalow to a two-story, 1,900-square-foot house. READ
The Town Board approved money to grate swim-friendly beaches, like Gull Pond in Greenport, before the season opens later this month. (Credit: Cyndi Murray)
To prepare for the opening of Southold Town’s five swim-friendly beaches on June 28, the town’s department of public works is smoothing out sand and cleaning up the shoreline by picking up debris — particularly on Soundfront beaches, which were damaged during the winter.
The Town Board allocated more than $6,000 for beach grading to help in those efforts.
KATHARINE SCHROEDER PHOTO | What better way to spend the last day of school than at the beach?
Cutchogue East Elementary School celebrated the last day of school with a party at the beach in New Suffolk.
Students, teachers, staff and parents gathered at the bay to say goodbye to school and hello to summer. Students played games, hunted for sea creatures and splashed in the water.