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12.25.2019 News

Column: Shark sightings are something to celebrate

In recent weeks, quite a few sharks have made headlines around Long Island. First there was drone footage of sharks corralling and then feasting on a school of Atlantic...

06.14.2019 Environment

Connecticut AG argues against New York’s claims in dredging lawsuit

A legal battle is brewing between New York and Connecticut over the dumping of dredge spoil material in eastern Long Island Sound.

03.11.2019 Police

Coast Guard rescues pair of fishermen off Fishers Island Sunday

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station New London rescued two fishermen after they abandoned a sinking commercial fishing vessel near Fishers Island Sunday morning.

12.05.2018 Environment

Grants awarded for efforts to protect LI Sound

On Tuesday, officials announced $2.57 million in federal and state grant money to improve the health and ecosystem of the Long Island Sound. The funding will go toward 36...

09.25.2018 Environment

Eastern portion of Sound receives A+ in latest report card

Funding for the protection and preservation of Long Island Sound could reach historic levels if Congress appropriates the full funding outlined in a bill that recently passed through the...

12.07.2017 Government

Save the Sound report: Significant gaps in Plum Island cleanup

A report commissioned by Save the Sound has identified what the group describes as significant gaps in the federal government’s draft plan for the cleanup of past contamination on...

08.31.2017 Community

Heroics in Long Island Sound — good Samaritans aid in two water rescues

Standing on the rocks at Orient Point Friday, Hassan Hamza spotted a young boy in distress. Mr. Hamza, a volunteer firefighter in West Babylon, has nearly 30 years’ experience...

08.29.2017 Environment

Cornell Cooperative Extension awarded $120K grant for Sound cleanup

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County has been awarded a $120,000 grant that will be used toward removing derelict fishing gear from Long Island Sound, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley)...

08.28.2017 Environment

New York files suit against EPA over Long Island Sound dumping plan

New York State is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for dumping dredged materials in Long Island Sound. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday that the...

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