‘Non-Toxic Landscape’ Proposed for Big Lot in Redwood
The Harbor Committee of Sag Harbor on Tuesday got a preview of plans to replace a house, pool and carport on what attorney Brian DeSesa called the second largest single-family residential property in the village of Sag Harbor.
Village Board Takes Step Forward on Long Wharf Plan
The Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees on Tuesday took a few steps forward in the proposed improvement plan for Long Wharf.
Cooperative Effort Leads to Pesticide Reduction
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming announced Tuesday a reduction in the amount of pesticides that would be sprayed in the area given the actual number of mosquitoes plaguing the coastline of Accabonac Harbor.
Topsoil Arrives at Sag Harbor’s Proposed Waterfront Park Site
Steven M. Mezynieski’s Southampton Excavation Co. delivered and spread topsoil on the property that will anchor the proposed John Steinbeck Waterfront Park in Sag Harbor, another step toward its purchase through the Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund.
Deepwater Wind Files Application with Public Service Commission
Deepwater Wind, the company that has proposed to build the 15-turbine South Fork Wind Farm some 30 miles off the coast of Montauk, filed its application on September 14 with the Public Service Commission.
In Latest Relief Effort, ARF Rescues Dogs from South Carolina
Staff members from ARF, as the shelter is known on the South Fork, returned Sunday from their second trip to hurricane-soaked Horry County, South Carolina, with 27 dogs displaced by the natural disaster. On their first trip last week, they rescued 25.
Hurricane of 1938: Old Negatives Offer New View Of Storm’s Fury
Both black-and-white photographs—the first of a house near Lake Agawam, and the second of a home along Meadow Lane—were taken in Southampton Village shortly after the Category 3 hurricane, later named “The Long Island Express,” steamrolled the East End on the afternoon of September 21, 1938.
Hurricane of 1938: Even Downgraded, Storm Had Incredible Speed
Hurricane Nate amazed meteorologists not for its strength or size but for its speed.
The storm had sustained winds of 85 mph when it arrived...
As Anniversary Approaches, Residents Share Memories from Hurricane of 1938
“We heard a big bang and, the next thing we knew, the Presbyterian Church steeple was gone,” said Kathryn Gerecke, a Sag Harbbor resident who was 12 when the Hurricane of 1938 swept across Long Island. “It just blew down.”
DEC Calls on Sand Land to Stop Mining at Noyac Facility
After half a century of operation, “It’s not the end, but I hope it’s the beginning of the end” for the controversial Sand Land mine in Noyac, Assemblymen Fred. W. Thiele Jr. told the Noyac Civic Council Tuesday night.
Government Briefs: Blue Green Algae Detected in Fort Pond
Concerned Citizens of Montauk announced that water quality testing of Fort Pond in Montauk last week confirmed the presence of a cyanobacteria bloom, also known as blue-green algae, in a southern portion of the Pond.
Southold Cedar Beach Creek Habitat Earns Federal Funding
The Cedar Beach Creek Habitat Restoration Demonstration Project will receive almost half a million in federal grant funding, Congressman Lee Zeldin announced this week.
NOAA Grants AMCS $100,000 to Aid Stranded Marine Life
Congressman Lee Zeldin announced this week that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has given a $100,000 grant to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSC) of Hampton Bays.
Despite Preservation, Thiele Says Water Quality Remains At Risk
“Water quality has become the biggest environmental issue out here,” Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. told members of the Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee Monday evening.
Osprey Survey Shows Species is Thriving
The East End osprey population has been flourishing, with the number of active nesting sites increasing more than 50 percent in the region since 2014.
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Bridgehampton School District To Award Construction Contracts
The Bridgehampton School is expected to award contracts to construction, electrical, plumbing and heating and cooling companies at Wednesday night’s school board meeting, according to a meeting agenda released Tuesday.