Annual Meeting July 17th 2010

Close to 150 Southold VOICE members, invited guests and observers filled the Town Recreation Center yesterday morning for our Annual Meeting, which is always a good networking event with fresh coffee and donuts, and keynote speakers offering an educational forum of particular interest to the town’s waterfront property owners. Instead of soaking up the sun, [...]

PEP Talk nets $10,000 for East Marion project

Thirteen months ago, April 2009, we first reported on the Peconic Estuary Program initiative for Hashamomuck Pond. A Fall update followed, and now PEP has awarded the Gardiners Bay Estates Homeowners Association a $10,000 grant to restore Spring Pond. The objective is to stop the first 45 minutes of storm runoff, which contains most of the bacteria we need to keep out of the water. Maybe you didn’t notice that there’s a video about it at Suffolk Times. If so, here it is:

Earth Day 2010: Fragile Waterways

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided funding for Channel Thirteen’s documentary “Fragile Waterways”, which aired last night to mark Earth Day 2010. Roughly an hour long, the program features the Peconic Bay, with Chris Pickerell of Cornell Marine, and his father. The program also explores the challenges facing Brooklyn, NY, the Great Lakes, [...]

Nor’easter drives Trustee permit changes

At a recent Trustee work session, Southold Town Trustees agreed that in the event that permitted stairs to the beach are destroyed in a storm, that no permit will be required to rebuild and/or reinstall new stairs to the beach. The same would go for repairs to bulkheads resulting from storm damage. This is good news for everyone who has been adversely impacted by the recent Nor’easter, but Southold VOICE members have questions, which we posed to Trustee Dave Bergen. Here’s his response.

New Officers

SoutholdVOICE is pleased to announce our new slate of officers for 2010. On January 14th 2010, our Founding Chairman, John Kramer handed over the reins to Vice Chair John Betsch, with Dianne Castaldi stepping up to fill the vacant seat as Vice Chair. John Kramer will continue to be an active member of SoutholdVOICE Board [...]

Save the Date & Join Us

Warm up to your neighbors! Join us for our 3rd Annual Defrost Party on Saturday January 23rd 2010, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, at Duck Walk Vineyard, Main Road, Southold, NY 11971

Email Subscriptions

One way to keep informed about SoutholdVOICE is to subscribe to updates by email. Joanna Lane explains the benefits and how to do it.

Letter from John Bredemeyer

Dear Chairmen John, SoutholdVoice Directors and Members, Thank you for your kind words and encouragement in your recent letter.  I want to take this opportunity to thank you and your organization for your commitment to open dialog, accountability for potential public office-holders and uncompromising questioning of those of us who would seek the same (your questions were tough!). Would that other non-governmental [...]

Fish and Wildlife want your comments

USFWS (United States Fish and Wildlife Service) is accepting public comments through November 23, 2009, on its proposed Strategic Plan for Climate Change and accompanying 5-Year Action Plan. Goals include building strategic partnerships in public and private sector, and include engaging private citizens to monitor and seek solutions for the impact of climate change impacting fish and wildlife. Read the full article and submit your comments.

We’re back!

Much like a car, a website needs regular servicing, and an annual inspection to make sure it’s up to code and doesn’t have any leaks. We took the site down to do just that and at the back end of the site, we gave it a thorough checkup and cleaning, upgrading our software as needed. [...]

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