Army Corps Response to Congressional Letter

David Bergen, Southold Town Trustee, writes: The Army Corp responded last week in writing to the [congressional] letter. They included two items in their response. First, they provided a response to US Fish and Wildlife to their required Endangered Species Habitat report. We now are waiting for a response from USF&W to this letter. Second, [...]

Testing the water in Goose Creek

Two or three days ago, Mike Keely spotted a boat marked “Survey” near his property on Goose Creek. Further investigation revealed the gentlemen on board were from Suffolk County and told him they were testing the water quality as part of an application for dredging. Does this imply progress is being made on the situation? [...]

Pipe’s Creek Water Quality Improving

Letter from Bill and Chris Eisenreich, reprinted with kind permission: We are property owners on Pipe’s Creek, in Greenport, and belong to Peconic Bay Estates Homeowners’ Association. After reviewing some of the topics on the website, our concerns are: The complicated permit application for the Trustees. It was fairly straightforward for our initial building in [...]

Pipe’s Creek Water Quality Improving

Letter from Bill and Chris Eisenreich, reprinted with kind permission: We are property owners on Pipe’s Creek, in Greenport, and belong to Peconic Bay Estates Homeowners’ Association. After reviewing some of the topics on the website, our concerns are: The complicated permit application for the Trustees. It was fairly straightforward for our initial building in [...]

Boat/US Alert Regarding New Recreational Boating Rule

Boat/US, a national boating organization, has recently circulated the letter reproduced below concerning the inclusion of recreational boats in the Clean Water Act. If you are a boater, this can have an impact on the discharge of bilge water, engine cooling water, deck runoff etc.  Please take a moment to read the action Boat/US proposes to [...]

Where the Blue Meets the Green …

On July 21st, Southold VOICE hosted its second public meeting at Southold Recreation Center, Peconic, NY. John Kramer, Chairman SoutholdVOICE, opened the meeting, then turned the floor over to Southold Trustee Dave Bergen to report on his activities with respect to dredging.

Gaining traction

The number of daily visitors to this website reflect a growing interest in SoutholdVOICE. Here are our most recent statistics.  

Meet the Board of Directors

John Kramer (seated center) introduced the first Board of Directors at the second public meeting of SoutholdVOICE, held at the Peconic Recreational Center in Peconic on the North Fork of Long Island, New York on July 21st.   Photo from left to right: Standing – Paul Birman (Summer Secretary), Douglas F. Rose Snr (Treasurer), Dan [...]

Letter by Senators Schumer & Clinton and Rep Bishop to The Army Corps

This letter was prompted by Dave Bergen. Click here to download a copy of the letter (pdf format).

Dredging Update

Letter from Dave Bergen in response to the post “Dredging is not looking good next year either”. Mr. Bergen is the Trustee who has taken the lead on dredging for the Town of Southold. “I wish to provide our members with additional details related to this issue. I was first informed of this latest challege [...]

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