Resiliency

A thin swath of beach grass to the east of the jetty at Bailie Beach is all that is preventing a breach from the inlet into the Long Island Sound.
Community Environment Mattituck Resiliency Southold

Pushing DEC to Study Expanded Mattituck Inlet Dredging

Beth Young
An effort is on to convince the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to fund a study needed for a major Army Corps of Engineers dredging project at Mattituck Inlet. The Mattituck Park District, which owns the beaches to the east and west of the Army Corps jetties at the mouth of the federal navigation channel, believes the jetties have prevented the flow of sand to the east side
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Climate Change Coastal Resilience Resiliency Southold

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

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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Suffolk County Water Authority Chairman Jeff Szabo at a Scoping Session in June on the North Fork Pipeline.
Environment Resiliency

Suffolk County Water Authority Asks All Customers to Immediately Reduce Water Use

Beth Young
The Suffolk County Water Authority issued a Stage 1 Water Alert Wednesday, July 23 for all 1.2 million customers it serves. “We need our customers to take immediate action to reduce their water use,” said SCWA Chairman of the Board Charlie Lefkowitz in a media alert Wednesday morning. “Water is a limited resource, especially during peak summer demand, and we need to ensure there’s enough available for critical needs like
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Climate Change Resiliency Top Stories

Students Explore Sandy’s Lessons for Sag Harbor’s Soggy Future

Beth Young
Hurricane Sandy was a formative experience for many young people on the East End who experienced the floodwaters inundating the shoreline at a time when they might not have had the vocabulary to fully process what was happening. Over the past several months, 21 teenagers from five high schools on the South Fork with the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council have been exploring the impact Sandy had on downtown Sag
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Energy Resiliency

Commission Finds LIPA “Public Power” Plan Would Save Ratepayers Half A Billion Dollars Over Ten Years

Beth Young
Allowing the Long Island Power Authority to run its own electric grid without paying tens of millions of dollars annually "to a private, for-profit utility will save ratepayers at least half a billion dollars over ten years, improve efficiency and accountability and increase local control and community input," according to the final report of the New York State Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority The
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Announcements Community Resiliency

Public Hearings on LIPA’s Future Continue Wednesday in Southampton

Beth Young
The Legislative Commission on the Future of LIPA will conduct a hearing for East End communities this Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. at Southampton Town Hall. The Commission, established in 2022 by the New York State Legislature, is charged with creating “an action plan for implementing a true public power model for residents of Long Island and the Rockaways.” “The goal is to avoid the tens of millions of dollars in
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Hurricane Lee, Sept. 14, 2 p.m.
Resiliency Top Stories Weather

As Lee Promises Storm Surge & Coastal Flooding Here, Southampton Declares Emergency

Beth Young
Pictured Above: The National Hurricane Center's warning cone for Hurricane Lee as of its 2 p.m. Thursday briefing. Update 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15: Lee is now tracking north-northeast on an approach path to New England and Atlantic Canada through Saturday, with maximum sustained winds near 80 miles per hour. Hurricane-force winds extend 105 miles out from the center of the storm, and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 320
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Conducting a prescribed burn at the New York Wildfire & Incident Management Academy in the fall of 2015.
Community Fire/Safety/EMS Resiliency

Wildfire Firefighting Training Offered Here

Beth Young
Pictured Above: A controlled burn conducted by instructors and students at the New York Wildfire & Incident Management Academy in Calverton in the fall of 2015. The Central Pine Barrens Commission’s Wildfire Task Force will host the 26th annual New York Wildfire and Incident Management Training Academy from October 19 through October 29 at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Among the courses offered at the Academy will be Wildfire Powersaws and Storm
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