Tag: Plum Island

Featured Story
09/16/18 5:55am

Featured Letter: Future of Plum Island

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09/16/2018 5:55 AM
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The federal government decided in 2009 to sell Plum Island to the highest bidder, presumably a private owner. In 2013 Donald Trump announced his desire to purchase Plum Island to create a golf resort. Southold Town had no interest in that plan, which quickly fizzled.

Leading conservation organizations, including Save our Sound and Group for the East End, are suing to block the sale. A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in January. Congress can and should act to permanently block the sale. It has failed to do so. READ

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Featured Story
07/26/18 6:00am

Congress blocks federal funds from marketing sale of Plum Island

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07/26/2018 6:00 AM
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill Friday in the latest attempt to save Plum Island from being sold.

Offered by Representative Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), the legislation allows Congress to stop the General Services Administration from using appropriations to market the sale of Plum Island “while we continue to fight for a permanent solution that will preserve the island for conservation and education,” Mr. Zeldin said on the floor Friday morning. READ

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Editorials
04/21/18 6:10am

Editorial: Over a two-day period, lives were saved

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04/21/2018 6:10 AM
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On Saturday evening, with dusk soon to arrive, the wind rising and temperatures dropping, rescuers put their own lives on the line to save three men whose boat, a 34-foot Chris Craft, had struck rocks in the challenging waters of Plum Gut off Orient Point.  READ

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