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It was a busy schedule, with a 5:30 start and 11:15 ending. A Trustee’s primary virtue seems to be a tolerance for repetitive, off subject remarks by the public, who if listening, would have heard the answer to their questions about 8 times before they got up … you have to admire them!
There was a […]

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Volunteers are needed to collect data on mating horseshoe crabs for the 4 days on and near the full moon, June 18, and the new and full moons in July.
Dr. John Tanacredi of Dowling College is organizing a collection of data in order to know the numbers of this species. They are harvested for bait
and […]

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Why do we need Area Coordinators?
Because we want you to be part of our success! We are experiencing an enthusiastic growth in membership from people with diverse interests. We are receiving unique requests that are specific to some Southold Communities. SoutholdVOICE wants to be able to answer those questions with knowledge and experience, and to […]

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Dave Bergen reports that unfortunately one member of the dredge crew has been seriously injured. He has undergone surgery and Dave’s understanding is that he should be out of hospital by Christmas. Despite this, the dredging rig is back in town, and started work on Jockey Creek on Friday December 21st.
“It appears that they […]

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I am pleased to report that the Army Corp released permits for Jockey Creek Spur, Corey, Goose and James this week. This leaves us only School House Creek which is lacking a permit. Once the rig gets done in Southampton, SCDPW and I will confer with regards to which Southold creek they go […]

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Our Members at Work

First, this gorgeous photo of an October sunrise at Harpers Point, looking from Jockey Creek out into Southold Bay, snapped by John Kramer. This gets our “photo of the week” award (OK, we’re biased, he’s our Chairman!), but the submissions were few - in order that he doesn’t win again next week, please […]

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It appears that about 15 projects will be able to be completed in the approaching dredging season - Oct. 1 to Jan. 15 - but not the 20 to 25 the county used to do annually.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended in April that the county submit one application for all the projects around […]

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David Bergen, Southold Town Trustee, writes:
The Army Corp responded last week in writing to the [congressional] letter. They included two items in their response. First, they provided a response to US Fish and Wildlife to their required Endangered Species Habitat report. We now are waiting for a response from USF&W to this letter. Second, they […]

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