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10.07.2020 Agriculture

Meet Vanessa Pino Lockel, the new executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County recently welcomed Vanessa Pino Lockel as its new executive director. Ms. Lockel, a Miller Place resident, began in the role Sept. 1, replacing...

05.06.2020 COVID-19

Cornell Cooperative Extension offering free Zoom workshops for essential workers

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County is offering free Zoom workshops to support workers who are essential in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. According to a press release, each...

03.05.2019 Education

The Work We Do: Kerri Reda, Cornell Cooperative Extension

My name is Kerri Kreh Reda. I’m a Human Development Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. This summer, I will have been here for 19 years.

01.21.2019 Environment

Invasive species of beetle discovered on the East End

An invasive species has been discovered on the East End in the Town of Southold. The emerald ash borer, a beetle native to Asia first discovered in the U.S....

09.30.2018 Community

Mattituck volunteers seek donations for train station garden

Tara Striano and Ari Bekian, landscape designers for Salty Roots Garden and Landscape Design, are taking on a different kind of project in town. The Mattituck residents have plans...

06.28.2018 Environment

Tick specialists from Cornell Cooperative Extension share tips for ticks

While most of us go outside and take precautions to avoid ticks, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County employee Tamson Yeh does the opposite.

02.11.2018 Education

How much screen time is too much for kids?

You see it everywhere you go. You’re probably even guilty of it yourself. The “it” is screen time. It could be checking your phone constantly for a text message...

12.13.2017 Videos

Greenport students explore Widow’s Hole Preserve

Stephanie Pawlik’s fifth-grade Greenport students swapped their desks for an outdoor classroom last Thursday during a visit to Widow’s Hole Preserve.

10.09.2017 Environment

Cornell Cooperative Extension looks to increase shellfish population

Starting this month, Cornell Cooperative Extension is slated to receive $5.25 million over the next two years from the state toward efforts to restore shellfish populations and give its...

07.29.2017 News

Cornell program promotes buying local fish

The marine program operated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County received a grant of $65,000 to launch its Local F.I.S.H. project, which promotes eating fish caught locally on...

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