11.09.2013 Health & Environment Series of meetings planned to discuss farmland protection plan The Suffolk County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board will host a series of meetings to discuss updates to the county’s farmland protection plan. Local meetings will be held Tuesday,...
10.11.2013 Community Baymen’s Association reseeds Hallocks Bay Southold Town Baymen’s Association took to local waters this past week for the fourth consecutive year, reseeding Hallocks Bay in Orient to restock the local clam population. “We have...
08.24.2013 News Using DNA to curb water pollution and reopen Cutchogue creek complex Members of Southold’s shellfish advisory committee have been researching local creeks to identify specific sources of pollution and fecal bacteria that enter the waterways from septic tanks and stormwater...
08.04.2013 Education Cornell researcher headed to Chile as a Fulbright Scholar Mark Bridgen’s passion for plants first grew in Pittsburgh, where he’s originally from. Now it will expand into Chile for an entire semester. The Cornell horticulture professor and current...
07.21.2013 News Real Estate: Safeguard your yard from ticks After servicing a pool in Wading River last week, Sean Lanigan of Lanco Pool Services found himself covered in ticks, a surprise to him since he’d been in the...
07.15.2013 News New weather stations help time pesticide usage better Researchers with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County are hoping new weather stations will help local farmers better plan pest control applications, thus cutting down on chemical use...
06.22.2013 News Polo horses head north of Peconics today Locally, polo is a sport usually associated with the Hamptons of the lower fork, but this weekend, North Fork residents will get the opportunity to experience royalty’s favorite horseback...
06.11.2013 News Goldsmith Inlet requests expected soon Southold Town is months away from having a set of recommendations to help mitigate pollution in Goldsmith Inlet, according to Southold Town planner Mark Terry. Testing of Autumn Pond...
05.20.2013 News North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight Landscapers, nursery owners and plant scientists are on the lookout for a new fungus that attacks one of Long Island’s most popular plants: the boxwood. The boxwood blight has...
05.09.2013 News Analysis reveals high bacteria levels in Autumn Pond Analysis of water from Autumn Pond in Peconic has turned up traces of human waste, according to Southold Town planner Mark Terry. DNA sampling conducted by Cornell Cooperative Extension...