Cedar Beach Parking lot – a dump for the Cornell Marine Center

The Cornell Marine Center at Cedar Beach is a valuable asset to Southold, providing educational and research facilities in marine biology.  The facility fronts on what used to be the creek entrance – now blocked by the decrepit parking lot for Cedar Beach Park.  The parking lot, owned and (not) maintained by the county, has [...]

Cedar Beach is Eroding

Some years ago the osprey pole pictured here was 50 feet inland.  Today at high tide it is 15 feet out in Peconic Bay.  What has happened?  Obviously the sand has washed away.  That is because the Southeastern face of Great Hog Neck forms a race with Jessup’s neck on the South Fork and a [...]

Election Results

2009 Election results are in, and SoutholdVOICE congratulates all the winners. We look forward to working with you. Click the heading to see detailed results. To view complete SoutholdVOICE election coverage, including candidate short form biographies, member questions and candidate answers, type “election” into the search box for the site.

Members are invited to submit questions for the candidates

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsAs we have previously done, SoutholdVOICE, Inc. plans to submit four questions relating to waterfront – docks – permits – and pollution to the candidates running for Southold Town Board and for Trustee.  Their answers will be published on this site – simultaneously – for all [...]

Events

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Cuomo Sues Federal Government

NEW YORK, NY (June 23, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a lawsuit against the federal Department of Commerce for violating federal law with its new limits on recreational catches of summer flounder along the east coast. The suit charges that their regulations will harm New York’s anglers and the recreational fishing [...]

Dredging Wickham Creek

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) Posts Dan and Barbara Christianson write, The attached photographs were taken May 23rd, 2008 at Wickham Creek. A rig is setting up to dredge. Click here to see the rest of Dan and Barbara’s photographs. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southoldvoice.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fdredging-wickham-creek-2%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Dredging+Wickham+Creek’; addthis_pub = ”;

A Workshop on the Impact of Small Docks

The Town of Southold Conservation Advisory Council Presents a Workshop with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management   THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AESTHETIC IMPACTS OF SMALL DOCKS AND OTHER SHORELINE STRUCTURES addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southoldvoice.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fa-workshop-on-the-impact-of-small-docks%2F’; addthis_title = ‘A+Workshop+on+the+Impact+of+Small+Docks’; addthis_pub = ”;

A Unique Way To Fight Beach Erosion

Groins, rip rap (boulders) and conventional ways to fight beach erosion have been demonstrated to be ineffective, generally just robbing Peter to pay Paul.  Now a Danish company is demonstrating a system of buried tubes called Pressure Equalizing Modules (PEM) and is hoping to demonstrate at Hillsboro Beach, Florida, that their system dramatically slows the amount [...]

Dredging Wickham Creek

This letter was received from David Allison  Note that SoutholdVOICE has taken no position on the issue that he raises, nor does Trustee Dave Bergen speak on our behalf.  Our role is educational and in that spirit, Mr. Allison’s letter is published. Ladies and Gentlemen On Friday night I caught a brief portion of a [...]

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