The Southold Town Board of Trustees and shellfish advisory committee are warning that animal agriculture at Fresh & Co. site in Orient could impact nearby waterways and are offering input on ways to mitigate any potential contamination. READ
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Five candidates will compete this November for three seats up for grabs on Southold Town’s Board of Trustees, two of them currently held by incumbents.
The Trustees are tasked with overseeing activity within 100 feet of the town’s wetlands and underwater lands.
The proposed Shizen Hotel Wellness Center and Spa, also known locally as the Oki-Do, is up for a public hearing Wednesday night at the Southold Town Board of Trustees meeting.
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s lab at Cedar Beach in Southold. (Credit: Cyndi Murray)
Southold Town is drafting a letter to the state Department of Environmental Conservation in support of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s plan to have its lab in Southold certified to test water samples. (more…)
GIANNA VOLPE PHOTO | The house near the tip of Paradise Point in Southold was flattened by the hurricane.
Southold Town is planning several measures this week to help residents cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The town’s transfer station and compost facility on Cox Lane in Cutchogue will remain open on Election Day, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. To 5 p.m. to accept trash and storm-related debris. The transfer station is usually closed on Election Day.
The Town Trustees office in the Town Hall Annex on Youngs Ave. will be open for extended hours to assist residents dealing with permits for structures near the water. On Thursday evening, Nov. 8, the office will be staffed from 5 to 8 p.m.and on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. Phone lines in the Town Hall Annex are down, but trustees will be on-hand during the extended office sessions to answer questions from residents.
Both the trustees and the state DEC are waiving permit fees for work done to shore up property in the wake of the storm. Emergency permit applications are not yet available on the town’s website, but a pdf copy of the application is available here and at the end of this post.
The town highway department is beginning a roadside cleanup of limbs and branches no greater than ten feet in length and leaves in brown paper bags. For years the town offered a fall clean up, but discontinued that several years ago for budgetary concerns.
The cleanup will begin in Orient Point and work west to Laurel.
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