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11.28.2021 Editorials

Editorial: New town Trustees will have a lot on their plates

This month’s global climate change summit in Glasgow, billed as the planet’s “last, best hope,” has come and gone. It’s safe to say most Americans probably didn’t pay much...

10.09.2021 Editorials

Editorial: We failed with COVID; we can’t fail with climate change

Local elections are coming around again and, among other races, town board seats are open in Riverhead and Southold and the supervisor’s seat is up for grabs in Riverhead....

08.15.2021 Editorials

Editorial: Great change is already upon us

What is ahead for the North Fork in the coming years is very much an open question. In areas such as farmland preservation, the drive to save this precious...

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...

11.09.2020 Environment

A roadmap to protect 250 square miles of the Peconic watershed

To help protect the 250 square miles that comprise the Peconic watershed, the Peconic Estuary Partnership recently unveiled its 2020 Comprehensive Conservation and Management plan, which will serve as...

02.04.2020 Government

Krupski proposes forming county task force to study local effects of climate change, develop policies

A proposed task force in Suffolk County will take aim at a global problem: combatting the effects of climate change. Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) proposed a law...

01.10.2020 Environment

Sixth grader organizes ‘Fight for the Climate’ rally in Riverhead

Around age 5, Lea Rodger of Greenport, now 11, would tell anyone she ran into that she would be an entomologist when she grew up. “People would be like,...

12.01.2019 Columns

Column: Rising seas, storms present growing challenge for Trustees

Here’s a story about what the rising water level in our bays has managed to do in just the past few years.

11.20.2019 Government

Plan presented to add flood protection to Orient’s Narrow River Road

A wetlands restoration project proposed for Orient could turn Narrow River Road into a recreational path for residents.

11.15.2019 Agriculture

‘Alarm has sounded’ after scallop die-off of 95 to 100% in some areas

After a “near-unprecedented” scallop die-off in Peconic Bay, Suffolk County legislators on Thursday outlined efforts underway to investigate the cause.

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