08.04.2021 News New environmental group coming to your door: Goal is to create a groundswell for action There’s a knock on your door and a neighbor wants to talk to you about water. It’s a new initiative organized by five groups concerned there’s insufficient action to...
07.20.2020 News Bellone at odds with environmentalists over measure to plug budget gap Environmental groups in Suffolk County are critical of County Executive Steve Bellone’s proposal to ask voters in November whether to use money set aside for environmental protection programs to...
04.15.2019 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Joe Frazier knocked out Dave Zyglewick in the first round to win the heavyweight boxing title at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas....
10.01.2018 Education Sucking it up to ban plastic straws “If the world continues to produce and discard plastic straws at its current frenzied pace, it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean, pound...
08.21.2018 News Hawk and owl prepped for Center appearance Not so many years ago, the Green Options Committee was battling uphill to bring attention to its concerns about the environment. But as this Saturday’s Green Expo will reveal,...