05.31.2014 Agriculture Cuomo breathes life into farmland protection effort The state is bringing back to life a program aimed at protecting the state’s farmland, having secured $20.5 million in funding for the initiative, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced earlier...
05.27.2014 Government Electric plant upgrades, former Exxon Mobil property up for discussion The Greenport Village board will hear two highly anticipated presentations during its regular meeting tonight.
04.25.2014 News Latest farm purchase completes 98-acre ‘ag center’ in Southold When Holly and Chris Browder needed help with their irrigation system or getting their field seeded, Dan Heston was there. Mr. Heston, 45, would also roll up his sleeves...
04.25.2014 Health & Environment Raising livestock a dream come true for Southold couple Waking up to do farm chores like feeding pigs, gathering fresh eggs and laying out bedding for a chirping crew of baby chicks is exactly the type of life...
04.08.2014 Environment Peconic Land Trust planning to restore former Exxon Mobil property Peconic Land Trust is in the process of starting a unique cleanup and preservation project in Greenport Village. The job involves restoring a former fuel storage property to its...
11.04.2013 Education Southold students learn all about life on the farm Southold Elementary School students visited Peconic Land Trust’s Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm in Southold to learn about the day-to-day operations of a local farm and healthy eating habits. The...
12.18.2012 News Exxon Mobil, Peconic Land Trust close on deal The Peconic Land Trust announced today it closed on a land preservation deal with Exxon Mobil, Inc. for a Greenport waterfront property earlier this month. The parcel, located on...
08.17.2012 News Founders Village residents object to land trust’s plan for farm Residents at Founders Village on Youngs Avenue in Southold are up in arms over the Peconic Land Trust’s plan to erect two 384-square-foot greenhouses at Charnews Farm next door...
08.16.2012 Letters Letters: Maybe it’s cats plotting for a dogless future PECONIC The plot of a cat The recent anti-dog rhetoric, be it based on aggressive attacks on hapless beachgoers, unprovoked slobbers on the unreceptive or the dreaded scourge of...
03.15.2012 News Exxon Mobil plans to donate land in Greenport Village to Peconic Land Trust Another week and another major waterfront property preserved? Absolutely. This is not a repeat of last week’s report on the Peconic Land Trust and Oysterponds Historical Society partnership to...