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Southold Takes Another Look at Coastal Resilience Planning

August 5, 2026September 1, 2026 Beth Young

Southold Town is searching for ways to incorporate coastal resilience into its Zoning Update, after many residents asked that protecting the coastlines be made a priority. After much public criticism of a planned massive overhaul of the town's zoning code in 2025, the town's Planning Department announced this spring that it is prioritizing changing certain aspects of the code that will have the greatest impact — community housing, changes to

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Southold Nixes Bathing Season at Town Beach

March 24, 2026April 3, 2026 Beth Young

After winter storms undermined vast swaths of the parking lot at the Southold Town-owned Town Beach on the North Road on the outskirts of Greenport, the town will not be using it as a lifeguarded bathing beach this summer. The Town Board made the decision at its March 24 work session, after hearing from town Recreation Supervisor Janet Douglass that she doesn't think it will be safe, and "if county

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After More Severe Erosion, What Is the Future of Southold’s Town Beach?

March 4, 2026March 11, 2026 Beth Young

The parking lot of Southold's Town Beach, on the North Road overlooking the Long Island Sound, has been closed for several weeks as nature did what it does there, scouring the coastline, ripping up asphalt and making a mockery of the Town of Southold's efforts to continue to restore the beach. With northwestern views facing the Long Island Sound, the beach is a sunset destination for the entire North Fork,

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East Hampton To Remove Lazy Point Stilt House After Collapse This Weekend

February 5, 2026February 11, 2026 Beth Young

East Hampton Town announced Thursday that the town is taking emergency action to remove the storm-damaged "stilt house" on Mulford Lane in Lazy Point, an iconic much-photographed building that had long stood on pilings in the water as coastal erosion took its toll on the shoreline. After a heavy freeze in late January, the pressure of the ice caused the pilings to buckle, "causing the structure to collapse and creating

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Dredging Project Begins at Montauk Harbor Inlet

November 3, 2025November 19, 2025 Beth Young

The suction dredge Oyster Bay and its supporting equipment have arrived in Montauk, marking the start of active mobilization of a highly anticipate Army Corps of Engineers dredging of the inlet to Montauk Harbor, announced East Hampton Town on Monday. The dredge Oyster Bay arrives at the Montauk Harbor Inlet. |. photo courtesy East Hampton Town The town says the municipal parking lot on West Lake Drive near the western

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East Hampton Signs Contract To Protect Montauk’s Beaches

October 27, 2025November 1, 2025 Beth Young

East Hampton Town has begun its long-term and costly commitment to protect the future of downtown Montauk, after signing the Project Partnership Agreement for its Montauk Coastal Storm Risk Management Project on Friday, Oct. 24. Pictured Above: Members of the East Hampton Town Board signed the contract to plan Montauk's future on Friday, Oct. 24. |. Patrick Derenze photo for East Hampton Town In the winter of 2024, Army Corps

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As Sea Level Rises; Suffolk To Study Shoring Up Southold’s Route 48

July 24, 2025August 5, 2025 Beth Young

County Route 48 is known locally on the North Fork as The North Road, distinguishing itself from the Main Road by its geography, four lanes barreling through farmland along the northern spine of Cutchogue, Peconic and Mattituck before narrowing to two lanes through Southold and Greenport, where it hugs the coastlines of Hashamomuck Cove and Hashamomuck Pond. At these easternmost locations, the road is vulnerable to coastal flooding, which is

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CCOM To Host Discussion on ‘Coastal Resiliency and the Future of Our Town’

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Low lying areas of East Hampton Town, including in Downtown Montauk, were inundated with water during three coastal storms this past winter. |. East Hampton Town photo, via Facebook Concerned Citizens of Montauk (CCOM) is hosting a community discussion on "Coastal Resiliency and the Future of Our Town" this Sunday, June 9 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Montauk Library. The seating at the library has been

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Flooding Prompts New Urgency for East Hampton’s Coastal Resilience

January 17, 2024February 6, 2024 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Low lying areas of East Hampton Town were inundated with water during three recent coastal storms. |. East Hampton Town photo, via Facebook The Town of East Hampton has been planning for more than a decade for how to weather the impact of sea level rise along its coastline, but this winter's flooding has the town realizing that the time has really come to put those plans into

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Southold Begins Mapping Flood Areas

January 17, 2024January 26, 2024 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Shipyard Lane in East Marion during the flooding on January 10. | Daniel Maul photo As the East End faced a one-two punch of coastal flooding overnight Tuesday, Jan. 9 into Wednesday, Jan. 10 and again on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 13, Southold Town staff began work on a new project to map areas of frequent flooding in anticipation of a new Coastal Resiliency Action Plan getting

The 480-foot Great Lakes suction hopper dredge Ellis Island is expected to be moved to Montauk in the upcoming weeks.

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Montauk FIMP Beach Work Begins

January 13, 2024June 19, 2024 Beth Young

Pictured Above: The 480-foot Great Lakes suction hopper dredge Ellis Island is expected to be moved to Montauk in the upcoming weeks. |. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. photo As the East End deals with round after round of coastal storms this January, crews are beginning to stage equipment for a long-awaited Army Corps of Engineers dredging project to pump 450,000 cubic yards of sand onto Montauk's downtown beaches. The $11.25