West Creek pollution, the Real Culprits

John Kramer responds to this week’s letter in The Suffolk Times by Valerie Leonik. There’s more to the story, and it all depends on where you’re standing how you view the health of our waters. Read his opinion and hear the geese for yourself.

ALERT: Coastal Erosion Meeting February 2nd 2011

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.

A Line in the Sand – Simply a Matter of Respect

A November 23rd Suffolk Times on-line article entitled “Fence is Mattituck Woman’s Line in the Sand” – with its forty-four posted comments and innuendo placed by anonymous people hiding behind pseudonyms, rattled John Betsch’s cage. While it might have been an interesting story for readers, it does not tell the complete story. Read the complete article.

How to reduce your medication plume in one easy step

There is increasing concern about what the effects of these drugs are once they find their way into our ground water, rivers, lakes estuaries or oceans and ultimately back into us. Dennis Lane makes the case to stop disposing of all medications, both prescribed and over the counter, in a thoughtless fashion and start insisting that pharmaceutical companies and/or our waste transfer station in Southold help us keep these drugs out of our extensive North Fork waterways, the ground water that we drink and our creeks and bays, which support our wildlife.

Deer in the Town’s headlights

Southold Town Hall was packed at the recent Deer Control Informational meeting. The DEC controls the management of deer. There are several methods that were discussed, the first was hunting. The process is onerous at best and hunters complain that the check point in Ridge isn’t manned when they get there. Click the heading to read more of John Kramer’s report and add your own thoughts here.

Silt Plume in Long Creek

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsCopy of Letter sent to Mark Terry Mr. Terry, Attached is a photo that best shows the silt plume after a rain. The photo was taken Nov 11, 2006. It seems to me, that whether ag related or not, the largest, most obvious sources should be [...]

Doug Hardy takes up the challenge

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) Postsby Doug Hardy: An article (Shell Game, Your Move) by Dennis Lane expounds on the virtues of docks and decries the destruction of wetlands caused by blundering and media-conscious protesters walking along the shore. As you may recall, this was our group  exercising our legal right [...]

Only Rain in the Drain

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsResponse to Suffolk Times Editorial January 29 2009 – Stormwater runoff and drainage and stimulus funding While it may not resolve all the practices mentioned in the referenced editorial of using “the bays and the Sound as a kind of septic system by having our storm [...]

Harold Homeowner On Dock Maintenance

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsI have read the 3 Foot 2×6 “case study”, presented at the 04DEC07 town hall meeting on Local Law 275, and which – in general – represents our situation, too. On 07 JAN 08 “Anonymous” posted a comment expressing a desire to “…hear the trustees’ response [...]

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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