Southold Town Trustee Dredging Priority List 2010

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 [...]

Moorings in Richmond Creek

John Kramer took a ride with a SoutholdVOICE member who wanted to show him the situation in Richmond Creek. He, too, has been on the list for a permit to moor his boat for 8 years, just like the man he wrote about last month. The mooring area in Richmond Creek is a deep oval near the end of the entrance channel, big enough to moor at least 6 and maybe 8 boats. There are presently 2 moorings there, one occupied and one not. He spoke to Jill Doherty, Chairperson of the Trustees, about this and she said…..

PEP Talk nets $10,000 for East Marion project

Thirteen months ago, April 2009, we first reported on the Peconic Estuary Program initiative for Hashamomuck Pond. A Fall update followed, and now PEP has awarded the Gardiners Bay Estates Homeowners Association a $10,000 grant to restore Spring Pond. The objective is to stop the first 45 minutes of storm runoff, which contains most of the bacteria we need to keep out of the water. Maybe you didn’t notice that there’s a video about it at Suffolk Times. If so, here it is:

Earth Day 2010: Fragile Waterways

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided funding for Channel Thirteen’s documentary “Fragile Waterways”, which aired last night to mark Earth Day 2010. Roughly an hour long, the program features the Peconic Bay, with Chris Pickerell of Cornell Marine, and his father. The program also explores the challenges facing Brooklyn, NY, the Great Lakes, [...]

Cedar Beach Parking lot – a dump for the Cornell Marine Center

The Cornell Marine Center at Cedar Beach is a valuable asset to Southold, providing educational and research facilities in marine biology.  The facility fronts on what used to be the creek entrance – now blocked by the decrepit parking lot for Cedar Beach Park.  The parking lot, owned and (not) maintained by the county, has [...]

No Spin MIMS Application

John Kramer’s attention was directed to the Mattituck Inlet Marina and Shipyard, MIMS, zone change application for their 33+ upland acres recently. Despite the Group for the East End depicting the project as “Acres of Mining & Massive Marina heading for Mattituck Creek”, he arranged to meet Jim Pape, the person in charge at MIMS and got a look at what is being proposed. Read the REAL situation here, not the spin.

Cedar Beach is Eroding

Some years ago the osprey pole pictured here was 50 feet inland.  Today at high tide it is 15 feet out in Peconic Bay.  What has happened?  Obviously the sand has washed away.  That is because the Southeastern face of Great Hog Neck forms a race with Jessup’s neck on the South Fork and a [...]

2009 Dredging Update

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 [...]

7. Protecting Sound Bluffs

Question 7: Bluff protection: Do you support the use of landscape retaining walls to protect Sound-front bluffs? Can we get your support vs. the DEC? . SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD 2009 CANDIDATE ANSWERS: Albie DeKerillis: I would have to consult my trustees if elected and come to reasonable conclusion. Albert Krupski Jr.: In 1991 the Town Board adopted [...]

We cannot be the buffer for County Road 48 much longer!

Hashamomuck Cove October 7, 2009 We cannot be the buffer for County Road 48 much longer! We need help now! It is no longer a threat in one area, 4 more areas yesterday [October 7th] were potential breaches to the road! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southoldvoice.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fwe-cannot-be-the-buffer-for-county-road-48-much-longer%2F’; addthis_title = ‘We+cannot+be+the+buffer+for+County+Road+48+much+longer%21′; addthis_pub = ”;

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