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:

County Road 48 Washout – the last 17 feet

When another Nor’easter or Hurricane strikes the East End of Long Island it will not only wash out these homes, but also takes County Road 48 with it. In December,’94 one house was taken by the Long Island Sound. In February 2006, a storm broke through an unprotected lot and water surged to within 20 feet of Route 48 and in October 2009, Long Island Sound came within 17 feet of County Road 48 in 6 areas. Lynn Laskos of the Hashamomuck Cove Group has been working with Legislator Ed Romaine and others to do something about it.

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 [...]