07.15.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Hurtling toward disaster, eyes wide open The lead story this spring in Newsday brought dismal information about the impact of climate change on this area. Starting on the newspaper’s front page and running for three...
07.08.2023 News Four people and two dogs saved from burning boat near Plum Island While on a routine boat patrol about 3:50 p.m. on July 1 , Southold’s Harbormaster Joseph O’Leary heard a mayday call on his radio for a boat in distress...
06.24.2023 Columns Freddy, and me, and the west wind A few years ago, Melanie Coronetz, a friend from the Menantic Yacht Club, kept after me to join her, Ken Pysher, Paul Mobius and Freddy Zorovich aboard Freddy’s boat,...
09.23.2022 News Advocates press for preservation before Plum Island shutdown Local stakeholders have called for more extensive review of Plum Island as the federal government looks to pack up and relocate labs to Manhattan, Kan. The federal government put...
09.06.2021 Around the Island Gimme Shelter: Gone fishing A few lights were poking through a black velvet morning at Orient Point marina. Then, creamy light slowly gained in the east. Five of us stepped aboard Fishy Business,...