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Hot Topics 2011 – Southold VOICE Meeting

Hot Topics 2011 – Southold VOICE Meeting

July 31, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Raw video (unedited) in five parts of County Legislator Ed Romaine’s speech at the Southold VOICE Annual Meeting July 30th 2011, which took place at the Town Recreation Center in Peconic, NY.

ALERT: Coastal Erosion Meeting February 2nd 2011

ALERT: Coastal Erosion Meeting February 2nd 2011

January 22, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Realistic expectations for a solution to our erosion challenge will be the focus of Supervisor Scott Russell’s agenda at a meeting at Southold Town Hall on Feb 2nd at 1pm, especially along Route 48 and the LI Sound area . Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers, the DEC and the Suffolk County DPW will be in attendance together with Legislator Ed Romaine and town officials.

Southold Town Trustee Dredging Priority List 2010

Southold Town Trustee Dredging Priority List 2010

July 27, 2010 by · 2 Comments 

At the July 21 Town Trustees meeting, Dave Bergen reported the following wish list for Suffolk County dredging. Note that neither Wickham or West Creek has permits in place so it is doubtful that they will have permits in time for the dredging window. Also remember that Southold is only one of 5 towns submitting [...]

2009 Dredging Update

2009 Dredging Update

October 19, 2009 by · 4 Comments 

The 2009 dredging season has begun.  The dredge has been working over on the south shore for a few weeks now.  They need to get Cold Spring, Fresh and North Sea done before they come over to Southold.  The good news is that I received word today that the permit for Budd Pond (Port of [...]

What it takes to get the job done

December 12, 2008 by · Leave a Comment 

Dave Bergen explains how processing dredge permits by the Army Corp and DEC for Mud Creek in Cutchogue became delayed, and with the dredge window closing December 15th, the pressure was on. If you see the dredge crew at work this week, please take them a cup of coffee! To read Dave’s post, and to see what the original permits look like, click the title or “Latest News” above, and post comments on the message board.

2008 Dredging Season

October 27, 2008 by · Leave a Comment 

We ran into challenges with the DEC, but with the assistance of Ken LaValle and Marc Alessi, SCDPW received today a ten year permit for Little Creek. This was great news as in the past, DEC permits were limited to five year. With this permit, Little Creek now has an Army Corp permit going out to 2017 and DEC going out to 2018.

Dredging Wickham Creek

May 24, 2008 by · 3 Comments 

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.

James Creek Dredge Permit approved!

May 15, 2008 by · 1 Comment 

Dredging Update from Dave Bergen: I am pleased to announce that Suffolk County DPW was successful this week in obtaining a special, one time permit to dredge James Creek. This creek hosts two marinas which contain close to 300 boats, plus serves the public’s needs with a launching ramp and fuel docks. Not to be [...]

County Bay Bottom Lease Hearing

April 20, 2008 by · Leave a Comment 

A hearing was held by the committee drafting the county legislation to grant leases to aquaculturalists to grow oysters in some areas of Peconic and Gardiners Bays. The hearing was held at Riverhead Town Hall Thurs night, April 17th 2008, and baymen from all over Suffolk voiced their concerns over the lack of a provision [...]

Dredging Wickham Creek

February 5, 2008 by · Leave a Comment 

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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