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 [...]

Dave Bergen Resigns

This letter was directed to SoutholdVOICE President, John Kramer, and is published here with the permission of the author. John, Please consider this my letter of resignation from membership in SoutholdVOICE. While I am adamant that my membership in the organization has not influenced my vote on any permits related to members of the organization [...]

Response to The Suffolk Times

To the Editor, I should like to address your editorial piece “Doesn’t look good.” SoutholdVOICE’s guidelines concerning government officials, stipulates that an elected official may join our organization, but may not serve on the board, as any officer. Mr. Bergen, who is a member because he has chosen to support our goals, holds no such [...]

Peconic Bay Homeowners Association

The following article by SoutholdVOICE member Paul Torpey is a preprint from the Peconic Bay Home Owners Association Newsletter that will be published in coming weeks. SoutholdVOICE – Loud & Clear For too long Southold waterfront property owners and other friends of our local waters have constituted a passive and largely silent group of citizen [...]

Nov 20th Town Hall Meeting

At the Oct. 9th 2007, Town Hall board meeting, the town of Southold passed the following resolution: “The Town of Southold will holding a public hearing at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 20th of November, 2007 at 4:35 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given [...]

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