10.13.2021 Environment Stony Brook scientist: Algae blooms, dead zones are ‘new normal’ in East End waters Conditions causing low oxygen and harmful algae blooms in Long Island waters — including on the East End — have become a “new normal,” according to this year’s water...
08.01.2021 Editorials Editorial: Water should be key factor in development decisions A potentially game-changing issue was raised at a recent meeting of the Riverhead Town Planning Board that could have far-reaching ramifications for large-scale development there, as well as in...
06.27.2021 Education Cutchogue East wins $5,000 in water quality challenge Cutchogue East Elementary School has won a $5,000 grant through the 2020 Long Island Water Quality Challenge with an idea cooked up last year by sixth-graders in the school’s...
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...
