Study Seeks To Map Box Turtle Population in Long Pond Greenbelt
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Eastern box turtles face a daunting task when they try to cross a road. STEPHEN J. KOTZ
Eastern box turtles face a daunting task when they try to cross a road. STEPHEN J. KOTZ
Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 16, 2025
Dr. Anna Thonis, an herpetologist who is currently a post-doctoral researcher at New York University, is launching a long-term study of the effects of urbanization on eastern box turtle populations... more
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Gabriel A. Rivadeneira Samaniego, 38, of East Hampton was arrested by Sag Harbor Village Police and charged with leaving the scene of an accident in which there was physical injury without stopping, a misdemeanor, as well as a moving violation charge of improper lane use Sunday morning. Police said that Rivadeneira Samaniego was driving a work vehicle, a 2013 Mercedes van, Saturday night, south on Hampton Street/Route 114 when the side mirror of his van struck a pedestrian who was in the roadway. According to the report, the victim sustained multiple wounds on the upper left ...
1 Oct 2025 by Staff Writer
The price tag will create the first response among Sag Harbor School District residents — $35 million to $40 million is a hefty figure, even though any substantial renovation of a school building can be expected to come in at that price — but here’s hoping they take a moment to look beyond the bottom line. Pierson High School is already an outstanding institution of learning: The quality of young people who are graduating and going on to bigger and better things is truly remarkable, and their accomplishments while in high school are head-turning. The district regularly gives students with ...
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Governor Kathy Hochul deserves credit for giving New York State residents a shot in the arm, figuratively and literally. The mess that is the federal Health Department has effectively muddied the waters on COVID vaccines. This is to be expected: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been a vaccine critic and skeptic; he has stacked the department with like-minded pseudo-experts who are eager to look past most vaccines’ proven benefits to try to find hidden, lurking dangers. The damage is being done: Many people now are wary of vaccines, for themselves and their children, after trying to wade through the ...
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Visionary and groundbreaking legislation designed to protect commercial enterprises operating along the waterfront was signed into law, with deserved pomp and circumstance, by Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine earlier this week along the commercial docks in Greenport. The legislation sets aside an initial $9.5 million to purchase conservation easements on so-called “working waterfront” businesses, including commercial fisheries and marinas, protecting them form encroaching residential development. The easements would give the current business owners some breathing room in the face of eager developers who would turn the properties into sprawling waterfront McMansions. In an era of political divisiveness, it was refreshing ...
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Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 16, 2025