UPDATE: Dock Ban Underwater

The house was about 80% full on Tuesday at the Dock Ban Hearing. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer attended, spoke and reports here on events for those who couldn’t attend. Supervisor Russell stated at the outset that their purpose was to listen and use the input to further modify and correct a lot of the problems with the proposal as it stands. They heard in very certain terms from many eloquent and knowledgeable shore dwelling taxpayers that the regulation as proposed is unreasonable, a needless burden to the waterfront owner, unnecessary, as there is no rush of applicants, and insulting to the public with it’s pseudo-scientific approach. Read John’s report in full on the blog, watch on TV Channel 22 or view the video of the meeting by copying and pasting into your browser: http://bit.ly/Y9jgi (1 hour in)

April 21st Public Hearing on Dock Regs

Read this important post and block out the date on your calendar! It’s everything you need to know about the proposed New Dock Regulations, scheduled for Public Hearing on April 21st at 7.35pm. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer demystifies the meaning and intention of the new legislation, providing links to key documentation.

New Dock Standards

The Dock moratorium expired again on Feb. 19 and the Planning Board Office has put out a one page standard for the construction of docks in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. John Kramer FOILED the map overlays and we now have them on this site.

Ecosystem-Based Management

Join the forum discussion on this post – (2) Posts Report by Dave Bergen on the Ecosystem-Based Management Seminar, Feb 26th in Greenport First off, I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but like the program, the information was (is) very complex, complicated and difficult in some ways to grasp. I attended [...]

Does anyone else think this is very strange?

FURTHER TO THE DOCK MORATORIUM AND MARK TERRY’S PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD: On Wed. 12/3 at about 10 am, I go to the Planning Dept. to get a copy of the handout that Mark Terry distributed to the public and those attending his briefing to the Town Board on 12/2/08. I thought that was [...]

No Docks in the Bay!!

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsMark Terry briefed the Town Board yesterday with a one-hour Power Point presentation showing about 88 reasons why there should never be another dock in the bay. For the last 5 months, He has been gathering, at great expense and effort, habitat maps showing that ducks, [...]

Dock on the Bay meeting July 10th

From Dave Bergen: I wanted to provide everyone with the latest update on meetings concerning docks on the bays. I received notification today that there has been a meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 10 at 9 AM in the Town Hall Annex. Invited to the meeting are all Town Board members, all Trustees plus [...]

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 [...]

NEW VIDEO: Stewards of Our Shoreline

ONLINE PREMIERE OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN TRUSTEES DOCUMENTARY Developed to give everyone a better understanding of the work of the Southold Town Trustees, this half hour program “Stewards of Our Shoreline” explains the history of the Trustees, the parameters of Trustee jurisdiction and shares some examples of wetlands code regulation. Our Trustees have been entrusted [...]

1st Annual Greenport Kayak Race – Sat June 14

On Saturday June 14th 2008, a kayak race from Orient to Greenport is being run by a group of local outdoor enthusiasts, residents and business owners who would like to promote the sport of kayaking on the North Fork of Long Island, New York. It’s a 10k on water race for kayaks, and there is [...]

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