Civics

[caption id="attachment_11055" align="alignnone" width="600"] The historic barn at the New Suffolk Waterfront Fund site.[/caption] The New Suffolk Civic Association has unveiled the results of a survey on the future of the New Suffolk Waterfront mailed to 261 residents in August, and few seem to favor the idea of a full-scale restaurant in the Galley Ho building. The results of the survey were presented in a community meeting at the New Suffolk School

[caption id="attachment_10680" align="alignnone" width="600"] Real estate agent Tom MacNiven, who sits on an East Hampton Town committee examining airport costs, showed off a densely packed map of a weekend's departures and arrivals at the East Hampton Airport.[/caption] When State Assemblyman Fred Thiele said the crowd gathered at LTV Studios in Wainscott Wednesday night to give the East Hampton Town Board an earful on helicopter noise reminded him of a Peconic

[caption id="attachment_9494" align="alignnone" width="600"] CAST and Southold Town have hatched "Gert's Greens," a program to help Southolders eat more fresh vegetables.[/caption] When Mattituck resident Gertrude Lenahan passed away last October at the age of 96, her family wanted to do something unique to honor her. Now, this summer, seniors throughout Southold and families who receive food from Community Action Southold Town's food pantry in Greenport will have access to more

[caption id="attachment_6384" align="alignnone" width="600"] Kevin McAllister[/caption] Deposed Peconic Baykeeper Kevin McAllister is forming a new group to fight for clean water on Long Island. Mr. McAllister, whose name for 16 years was synonymous with the Peconic Baykeeper organization, announced Wednesday morning he is forming "Defend H2O," an organization that will focus on scientific analysis, public education and the government decision-making process. Mr. McAllister was fired as the Peconic Baykeeper, suddenly

[caption id="attachment_8211" align="alignnone" width="600"] The Muskrat Jazz Band celebrates the life of Congressman Otis Pike[/caption] When Riverhead lawyer Otis Pike went to Washington to represent the First Congressional District in 1961, he quickly made a name for himself as a quick-witted, straight-talking man, who knew how to use humor to his advantage in overcoming the most solemn occasions. When Mr. Pike's family gathered at Riverhead's First Congregational Church Saturday morning

  [caption id="attachment_7010" align="alignnone" width="600"] Dai Dayton along the power lines, where motorbikes and ATVs enter the Long Pond Greenbelt in Bridgehampton[/caption] The Long Pond Greenbelt system of coastal plain ponds, surrounded by more than 900 acres of preserved woods just east of the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, is cyclical in nature. The ponds, which are fed by rainwater, rise and fall with the precipitation, and as they rise and fall,

[caption id="attachment_6593" align="alignnone" width="600"] Goldsmith Inlet[/caption] Public discussions about the fate of Goldsmith Inlet, which feeds into the Long Island Sound at the north end of Mill Road in Peconic, often center on the health of the inlet or the desire of residents of Peconic Sound Shores to the west of the one jetty at the inlet to keep the jetty there. But this Tuesday, the Southold Town Board got