07.06.2021 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: Tracking menhaden As offshore waters slowly warm with the seasons, many fish return to our estuaries and bays. One iconic fish, the Atlantic menhaden, sometimes called bunker, has made a recent...
05.18.2021 News Students join in to fight tick-borne illnesses: Poster contest is tool for community education Education is seen as a key to deal with deer and tick problems on the Island and, under the leadership of Julia Weisenberg, it’s been a major focus this...
11.20.2019 Government Town Board passes budget for 2020 — 5.9% increase over 2019 “That was easy,” Councilman Paul Shepherd said at a special meeting Tuesday of the Town Board after passing the town’s 2020 budget. It drew laughs from his colleagues and...
11.05.2019 News Slim pickings on scallop opening day Donna King said she and her husband Wayne couldn’t have asked for a better day as they set out at sunrise Monday from Congdons Creek for Orient Harbor. The...
08.14.2019 Government Preservation Board concerned about water use While the Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board is charged with recommending land acquisitions to the Town Board for purchase with money from a 2% tax paid by property buyers,...
