ENVIRONMENT & NATURE
Photo of the Week
LOVE IN THE AIR
Theodore Kleppe captured this touching moment from Shore Road looking out at the harbor in his hometown of Mount Sinai on...
Suffolk Residents Required to Pay Taxes on Septic Grants, IRS Says
After nearly a year of waiting, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has ruled that Suffolk County homeowners should pay federal taxes on county grants...
Brookhaven Residents Say Town Needs to Do More on Deer Issue
With villages like Belle Terre and Port Jefferson taking steps in handling the issue of deer in their municipalities, Town of Brookhaven representatives say...
Photo of the Week
WINTER SUNSET
Dawn Olenick of Baiting Hollow snapped this winter sunset in Calverton on Jan. 1 with her ‘trusty Nikon.’ She writes, ‘Winter sunset ......
Local Girl Scout Helps Injured Birds of Prey at Sweetbriar
When choosing a project for her Gold Award, one Stony Brook Girl Scout drew on her love for animals.
Hailey Van Cott, a junior at...
Photo of the Week
DIVING IN
Tom Caruso of Smithtown was in the right place at the right time when he snapped this photo on Nov. 23. He writes,...
Your Turn: A Winter’s Gift
By John L. Turner
Many Long Islanders look forward to the winter. It’s a time for skiing, skating, sledding and building snow people. It’s the...
Lawmakers Call for Local Northport Power Plant Emissions Monitoring
When the Town of Huntington’s planning board originally authorized in 1965 a site plan for the Northport power plant’s first generating unit on the...
WMHO in Stony Brook hosts telescope workshop
Telescopes 101
Is there a telescope gathering dust in your closet because you don’t know how to use it? Have you been thinking of buying...
Your Turn: Gyrodyne Project Needs More Community Input
By Cindy Smith
As a Smithtown native who mobilized my neighbors to study the Gyrodyne project and speak at the hearing, and having spoken myself,...
