05.03.2021 Environment Rebate program returns for homeowners interested in installing rain gardens Homeowners within the Peconic watershed can play a key role in preventing polluted stormwater from flowing into rivers, bays or directly into the Long Island Sound. The Peconic Estuary...
04.13.2021 Environment Under state budget, Peconic Estuary Program to receive twice the funding An organization focused on protecting the waterways and wetlands surrounding Peconic Bay is set to get a major boost in funding under the state budget. The Peconic Estuary Partnership...
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...
11.15.2019 Agriculture ‘Alarm has sounded’ after scallop die-off of 95 to 100% in some areas After a “near-unprecedented” scallop die-off in Peconic Bay, Suffolk County legislators on Thursday outlined efforts underway to investigate the cause.
07.14.2019 Columns Equal Time: Protecting water quality has been town’s priority In an op-ed appearing on these pages last week, a Democratic Party candidate for the town board, Robert Hanlon, stated that the time to protect water quality is now....
07.05.2019 Columns Guest Column: We must act now to protect our water The recent closing of Veterans Memorial Park beach due to high concentrations of dangerous bacteria should alert all residents of Southold to the precarious state of our water resources.
06.17.2019 Videos The Work We Do: John Scaramucci, GNS Mermaid Brought to you by: I’m John Scaramucci, president of GNS Mermaid in Mattituck. I’m also the president of Harry Goldman Water Testing. We do lab water testing and water...
05.07.2019 Environment Director of Peconic Estuary Program outlines updates on program The Peconic Estuary Program, one of 28 national estuary programs mandated by the 1972 Clean Water Act, will be seeking local input this summer on community areas that residents...
01.09.2019 Environment CPF money to be used for water quality improvements Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a pair of new state laws that will allow the five East End towns to use Community Preservation Fund money for water quality improvements...
08.01.2018 Environment Peconic Estuary Program welcomes new director, Joyce Novak Gazing out at the Peconic River, Joyce Novak can’t help but ponder its past. Ms. Novak, newly appointed director of the Peconic Estuary Program, is especially interested in studying...
