Hot Topics 2011 – Southold VOICE Meeting

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.

Unload by Code – Pump Out Boat Program

Southold Town Trustees announce the Pump Out Boat Program. This is now available on weekends and holidays through Columbus Day weekend, from approximately 11AM until 6PM and it’s FREE. Click the link to read the full text of their announcement.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Volunteers needed for Horseshoe Crab monitoring

  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 [...]

Call to Action – Area Coordinators

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 [...]

Dredging Starts Monday

SoutholdVOICE is happy to confirm that dredging is about to start on schedule on October first. They will be starting in Budds Pond on Monday. Budds Pond had permits already in place so it was not on the new list of required permits. It was already on the Town and County list. As it is [...]

Dredging Permits Released!

  The Southold Trustees are happy to inform you that the Army Corp released permits for five locations today, two of which are in Southold. Released were Cedar Beach Inlet and Little Creek. Also released were North Sea Harbor in Southampton, Fresh Pond in Southampton, and Miamogue in Riverhead. We expect the DEC to follow [...]

Dredging Progress Despite Bureaucratic Snarls

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 [...]