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...
06.12.2017 Agriculture First kelp crop harvested in Cornell pilot program Early Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski climbed aboard a barge and headed into the Peconic Bay. Their mission: to harvest sugar...
