09.20.2019 Government County: Consider sea level rise in planning A resolution adopted by Suffolk County lawmakers last Wednesday will require the Department of Public Works (DPW) to consider the impacts of sea level rise when constructing and reconstructing...
03.11.2017 Columns Suffolk closeup: Fighting for clean water The Town of East Hampton is moving ahead with a program to provide financial assistance to homeowners and businesses to upgrade their cesspool systems with new technology that drastically...
01.02.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A year of ground-breaking legislation 2015 marked the 45th year of the Suffolk County Legislature’s existence, which continued its tradition of passing pioneering laws. Through the years the Legislature has regularly approved what were...
04.29.2015 News Latest Peconic Baykeeper resigns his post after seven months The search for the next Peconic Baykeeper is once again on. Seven months after he signed on as the public face of the nonprofit water protection advocacy group, Brady...
04.08.2015 News Environmentalist calls for action on Island water quality Kevin McAllister, the former Peconic Baykeeper and now head of his own environmental organization, “Defend H2O,” went before the Town Board Tuesday to ask the town to participate in...
