Federal Agency To Study Effects Of Electric Pulses From Proposed Wind Farm On Fish
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on Mar 27, 2018
Federal officials say they are looking at new studies of fish species that migrate off the coast of Long Island and their potential reactions to electric pulses from the transmission... more
The Westhampton Beach Police Department’s sole lieutenant has been suspended from the department indefinitely after he was arrested last month by Suffolk County Police and charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and fourth degree-criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. Ryan Lucas was arrested on March 29, the day of the alleged incident, according to court records, which indicate that the criminal mischief charge relates to preventing an emergency call and the criminal obstruction of breathing charge was for applying “pressure on the throat or neck.” “We have been advised that one of our officers was arrested for a non-work-related incident,” Westhampton Beach ...
by Brendan J. O’Reilly
Calvin Lutz Jr., formally of Southampton, died on April 4 in Maryville, Tennessee. He was 76’ A memorial service will be held at a later date. A full obituary will appear in a future edition.
by Staff Writer
Behind tall hedges, shining through a break in the wall, properties are forced to share their magnolias. Those planted publicly bask in their own generous glow. Nothing compares. Both gaudy and beguiling, the showy tree brings joy into a cold and cloudy day — the April norm in Sagaponack. Our spring, in the Land of the Large Ground Nut, is, sometimes for days on end, a steady night of fog. It’s generally safe to plant potatoes when the first of the magnolia bloom, but with far fewer acres to plant and the weather not really sorted out, why push it? ...
by Marilee Foster
I never thought I would see this story, and as a nine-page article no less, in the current April issue of the esteemed and influential magazine Scientific American. “A Softer Corps” is the headline. The subhead: “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission. Will this enlightened approach prevail?” So the piece would not be missed, it is flagged on the cover of Scientific American with: “Reinventing the Army Corps of Engineers.” When I began as a journalist based in Suffolk County in 1962, the Army Corps was promoting a ...
by Karl Grossman
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on Mar 27, 2018