12.15.2022 Environment Group for the East End marks a half-century of conservation, education Advocate. Conserve. Educate. That has been the mantra of Group for the East End for 50 years. The Southold-based nonprofit has dedicated five decades to fighting for the protection...
04.28.2018 Government Greenport officials noncommittal about tourism marketing district The East End Tourism Alliance is hoping to get the five East End towns on board in support of the establishment of a “tourism marketing district,” in which a...
01.28.2018 Columns Column: An idea not worth blowing away yet As the ever-expanding use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers — with their attendant noise, dust, and substantial pollution — has become an increasing problem for communities all across the country,...
10.23.2016 Columns Guest Spot: On Election Day, vote yes on CPF extension This Election Day, voters on the North Fork can take a huge step to improve water quality and preserve open space and farmland. Since 1999, the Community Preservation Fund...
04.14.2016 Community The North Fork’s ongoing struggle to find volunteers continues In December, Bill Toedter, a longtime environmental advocate and president of the North Fork Environmental Council, announced he would be stepping down from the position to move to Arizona....
08.19.2015 Columns Guest column: Splitting development talks between boards is wrong move The North Fork used to be the quiet, sleepy neighbor of the Hamptons. Unfortunately, that is no longer true.
03.26.2015 Environment PSEG planning use of controversial chemical in Southold project Despite ongoing related controversy on the South Fork, PSEG Long Island said this week that it would treat utility poles scheduled for installation in Southold with the chemical pentachlorophenol,...
11.07.2014 Environment Pol: Return worker reimbursements to Suffolk’s water quality fund In an attempt to further safeguard funding for Suffolk County’s Drinking Water Protection Program, County legislators have proposed a new law to ensure certain federal reimbursements for fund expenditures...
02.28.2014 Environment Editor Michael White appears on ‘Going Green’ show Friday News-Review and Suffolk Times editor Michael White will be appearing Friday morning on the “Going Green” radio show hosted by Group for the East End president Bob DeLuca. The...
