11.29.2021 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A stupid ‘solution’ to beach erosion With the Fire Island to Montauk Point Project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be restarted in 2023 — what Kevin McAllister, president of Defend H20, describes...
08.17.2020 Columns Suffolk Closeup: On the beach “Incrementally we are walling off the coast with bulkheads and rock revetments,” says Kevin McAllister of this area’s shoreline picture. This “prevents nature from maintaining a coastline that can...
08.15.2020 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Storm surges on the way Suffolk County took quite a blow from Isaias last week. And if the track of the tropical storm when it hit us was 50 miles farther east, it would...
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...
09.02.2019 Featured Story Suffolk Closeup: Living on the edge It’s happening. Climate change is hitting this area. In Greenport, the dock for Shelter Island’s North Ferry terminal is being raised in response to higher tides — a result...
