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08.14.2024 Environment

Town calls for volunteers to help Bay to Sound mission

Imagine being able to walk across the North Fork from Peconic Bay to the Long Island Sound, enjoying bird song, wildflowers, and shady trees along the way. The Peconic...

07.16.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Training, teamwork and dedication saved lives

In less than an hour on July 6, the lives of two teenagers floating in Long Island Sound were saved by a heroic group of first responders who worked...

07.13.2023 Community

Two lives saved in the Sound

Thursday, July 6, was a classic North Fork summer day on Long Island Sound. The sky was robin’s-egg blue, the water flat, with a light southwest breeze. You could...

11.28.2022 Environment

Report: Eastern Long Island Sound healthy despite concerns over rising water temperatures

The Long Island Sound waters off the North Fork remain in good health, according to a recent report. Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card released on...

09.30.2022 Environment

State, local officials condemn federal ruling to allow release of dredge materials into eastern LI Sound

State and local officials have condemned a federal court decision to uphold a 2020 decision that allows Connecticut to deposit dredge materials into the eastern Long Island Sound. The...

06.21.2021 News

Police: Virginia man rescued after sailboat overturned

A Virginia man was rescued after his 16-foot sailboat overturned off Kenney’s Beach in Southold Friday evening. The 61-year-old man was unable to catch up to the boat in...

05.21.2021 Environment

Researchers launch pilot study to learn more about seal population now inhabiting local waters

When I first started fishing on Long Island in the early 1980s, observing a marine mammal in the wild was an extremely rare occurrence. Due to years of unregulated...

04.03.2021 Columns

Column: Oyster growers face a new challenge

For some people on the East End, speaking out against oyster farming is like opposing the adoption of rescue puppies. But at a series of public hearings before the...

12.21.2020 Government

In Southold, a revived call for solutions at Goldsmith Inlet

As Goldsmith Inlet continues to fill with sand in a fast-changing, dynamic environment, water quality has suffered. Recent sampling in the area, which includes nearby Autumn Pond, shows poor...

10.11.2020 Environment

Eastern Long Island Sound earns high grades in latest water quality report

Long Island Sound earned an A+ and A on its latest report card related to water quality. The high grades issued in Save the Sound’s 2020 report represent the...

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