Q6: Bluff Protection ?
October 15, 2011 by SoutholdVOICE · Leave a Comment
Do candidates support the use of landscape retaining walls to protect Sound-front bluffs? Can Southold VOICE members get a candidate’s support vs. the DEC?
Q7: Candidate Qualifications ?
October 15, 2011 by SoutholdVOICE · Leave a Comment
What qualifications does each candidate have to make decisions on how waterfront property owners can protect their property? Would they be willing to consider professional recommendations as they relate to various applications/permitting processes that may or may not conform to the existing policies?
Alkylphenols, Mosquitoes & Lobsters – Understanding the Theories
October 6, 2011 by joanna · Leave a Comment
In 2010, fifteen scientists attended a conference at the University of Rhode Island, and presented their findings following a three-year, $3 million URI Sea Grant to study lobster shell disease. Hans Laufer, a University of Connecticut research professor of molecular and cellular biology, maintains that Alkylphenols interfere with the lobsters’ shell development and they are being found in lobster body tissues in Long Island Sound. This week, Long Island Sound lobstermen in Connecticut pointed the finger at New York for a late-summer lobster die-off in the western section of the Sound following the rains of Tropical Storm Irene. They want New York to change the chemical it uses to control mosquitoes.
Private Property – or Not
September 29, 2011 by John Betsch · 1 Comment
Under California’s “prescriptive rights” or “implied dedication” doctrine, if the public regularly traverses an area of private property for a period of at least five years, the public may obtain a permanent “right” to continued use of that area, even without the landowner’s consent.
Pain in the Dock
September 15, 2011 by joanna · Leave a Comment
A floating dock that has broken loose is a danger to public safety. Washed up on a private beach, it represents a significant headache for the waterfront property owner faced with possible liabilities. This story was first published in our June newsletter, prior to the arrival of another unwelcome Summer visitor, Hurricane Irene, resulting in the reorganization of various local dock configurations, including this one. Click the headline to read the full story.
