06.02.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: DEC dropping the ball What is going on with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)? There was an era decades ago when Tony Taormina was a champion of the environment...
06.07.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Time to hold the line on noise “Yet another summer of unrelenting, health-threatening aircraft noise?” That was the heading of a statement from the Quiet Skies Coalition as Long Island’s biggest contributor to noise pollution...
08.13.2014 Government Residents pack three public forums on helicopter noise Residents from three East End communities voted with their feet on Monday and Tuesday when more than 500 people attended three public meetings to stop low flying aircraft from...
08.07.2014 News Dougherty: ‘David vs. Goliath’ battle on chopper noise There are different opinions about summer helicopter traffic over the Island and other East End communities, but almost everyone is in agreement on one point — they’re all hopping...