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You Can Be A Part of Greenport Maritime Festival!

Beth Young
Have you ever wanted to row a gig with your neighbors or build a cardboard boat or go parading as a pirate through the streets of Greenport? Now's your chance to get involved. There are big changes afoot at this year's Greenport Maritime Festival, which will be held the weekend of Sept. 25 through Sept. 27, but many of the traditions that have built this community celebration of its nautical
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Captain Kristopher Ensley (left) and Ryan Harned of Cutchogue (right) aboard The Eagle Friday morning.
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Getting Your Sea Legs and Building a Tool of Peace: Two Views of the Eagle’s Mission

Beth Young
Over the course of a summer, nearly 300 "swabs" — new recruits at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. — get their sea legs aboard the 295-foot three-masted square rigger Eagle. Three groups of about 90 cadets just out of high school get a chance to crew the Eagle after about four to six weeks at the Academy. It's a crash course in teamwork, leadership and taking responsibility
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The Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company.
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Greenport Shipyard Recommended for Preservation

Beth Young
The Suffolk County Working Waterfront Committee recommended the Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding Company for preservation through the county's new working waterfront preservation program at a special meeting Monday afternoon, July 27. Committee members present voted unanimously (with one abstention from Greenport Village Trustee Mary Bess Phillips) to send the application to the County Legislature's Environment, Parks & Agriculture Committee for review at its Aug. 31 executive session, after which the
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A Massive Effort To Remove Deceased Humpback Whale from Montauk Beach

East End Beacon
Update June 28, 2026 East Hampton Town has successfully completed the removal of the deceased humpback whale, which has been "safely moved to a designated work area, where AMSEAS biologists conducted a necropsy before the carcass was removed from the beach. The operation was completed by approximately 5:30 p.m." on Saturday, according to the town. "The work area has been covered with fresh sand, and the contractor will continue restoring
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Photos: Greenport Blessing of the Fleet

Beth Young
It's been decades since members of the clergy gathered on a pier in Greenport to bless the mariners of this bustling seaside village, but Porters took quickly to this tradition again when the East End Seaport Museum revived it this Saturday. Six members of the clergy shared blessings with nearly 50 vessels that queued up at the dock behind Saylor Beach House, the new restaurant that had been Crabby Jerry's,
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County Working Waterfront Committee Considers Greenport Shipyard for Preservation

Beth Young
The Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company, the storied Carpenter Street property known by Greenporters as the Shipyard, may soon change hands, and its potential new owner is exploring whether Suffolk County's new Working Waterfront Protection Plan will be able to help keep the property in use as a vital resource for Greenport's maritime industries. Nick Voulgaris III, who is in contract to purchase the property from Stephen Clarke, received a
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Federal Disaster Declaration Issued for Oyster Farms Devastated by Ice

Beth Young
The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a Disaster Designation for Suffolk County shellfish farmers due to this winter's heavy snowfall and multi-week severe freeze, which significantly impacted the county’s oyster aquaculture industry this February — an estimated combined $2.4 million loss. The Disaster Designation now allows affected farms to apply for disaster assistance and low-interest emergency loans. It is separate from another federal fishery disaster declaration also being sought
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Courtney M. Leonard’s “Convergence” Anchors East End Seaport Museum Reopening

East End Beacon
Greenport's East End Seaport Museum is holding a reopening celebration for the season this Friday, May 22 with revamped gallery space and a new major installation by nationally recognized Shinnecock artist Courtney M. Leonard. Pictured Above: Courtney M. Leonard with her work from BREACH: Logbook 26 | CONVERGENCE, on display this season at the East End Seaport Museum. Ms. Leonard has been developing BREACH as an ongoing body of work
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Dr. Christopher Gobler at the April 21 press conference on the Peconic riverfront. |. Denise Civiletti photo
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Dr. Gobler Warns of Troubled Waters Ahead of Annual State of the Bays

Beth Young
In what’s become an annual warning to Long Islanders about the health of Long Island’s waters, Stony Brook Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation Dr. Christopher Gobler is again asking for the public’s help in addressing one of the greatest threats to coastal ecosystems — on-site septic systems. Dr. Christopher Gobler at the April 21 press conference on the Peconic riverfront. |. Denise Civiletti photo/Riverhead Local Dr. Gobler outlined the
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DEC Tests Show Local Dead Geese Likely Had Bird Flu

Beth Young
As dead geese continue to wash up on shores along the Peconic Estuary, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed late Monday that goose specimens collected in Jamesport in February "suggest the geese were infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), with a non-negative finding. Confirmatory testing at the United States Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory is underway." Local government agencies and environmental groups have been
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Southampton To Consider Banning Private Docks in the Peconics

Beth Young
The Southampton Town Board is considering banning the construction of private docks in the Little and Great Peconic Bays. Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Doyle and Town Planning and Development Administrator Janice Scherer were given the go-ahead to draft new code for a public hearing, after pitching the idea to the Town Board at its Dec. 4 work session. "Historically, no one ever put docks there, because of ice and wave
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