Long Island Sound

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• Boating safety bill spurred by Oyster Bay deaths passes in Assembly

  are significant sources of boating accidents and fatalities in New York, especially along the Hudson River and in the Long Island Sound, Galef said. She noted that the Coast Guard attributes 86 percent of boating fatalities in 2012 to operators who had not 22 m ago Read more »

• Southold board: Airport noise 'unacceptable'

  who lives near Mattituck Inlet, where Manhattan helicopters cut south after traveling along a route a mile off the Long Island Sound coast.The Southold Town Board this week called for curfews at East Hampton Airport on evenings and weekends. A resolution passed   Read more »

• More funding sought for Long Island Sound

  funding to protect and preserve the Sound."With federal budgets continuing to tighten, I'm fighting to make sure Long Island Sound isn't adversely affected," Israel said in a statement. "The Sound is critical to our regional economy, our environment and our   Read more »

• Southold weighs zone change for Plum Island

  this week that an additional 37-acres be added to the proposed conservation district.Chantal Collier, director of the Long Island Sound Program for The Nature Conservancy , described it as "one of the largest continuous blocks of undeveloped coastal land in   Read more »

• Push for shellfish farmers to set up roadside stands

  to the grower's property. That's fine for above-ground tillers, but not practical for crops sowed in Peconic Bay or Long Island Sound ."Unless you have people put scuba tanks on, it's not going to work," Rivara said with a smile.A few summers ago, one shellfish   Read more »

Around the web

• Long Island Golf Guide 2013

  a 75-station driving range. Island's End Golf Course - Known for its signature par-3 16th hole that runs along the Long Island Sound, Island's End is an 18-hole course located on Sound Avenue just outside Greenport Village. The course is Southold Town's only 5/23/13 from Glen Cove Patch Read more »

• S. 1080, A bill to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship

  (Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to provide a detailed summary of the bill!) Latest Major Action: 5/23/2013: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Log in to edit the wiki a   from Washington Watch Read more »

• Swimmers: register for St. V’s SWIM Across the Sound

  250 swimmers will start the 25 kilometer SWIM at West Beach in Port Jefferson, NY and make their way across Long Island Sound to Captain’s Cove Seaport in Bridgeport, CT. The St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound Marathon is a unique opportunity for swimmers   from Minuteman News Center Read more »

• Niantic Named First-Ever Fan-Favorite Still Revolutionary Town of the Year

  Fan-Favorite still revolutionary Town of the Year. Niantic, a Connecticut village located along the shore of the Long Island Sound, mobilized passionate residents and visitors and earned more votes than any other town, village, city or borough across the state.   from PR Newswire Read more »

• East Haven's Beachhead Restaurant won't let storms keep them down

  opening the door to her establishment once the floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy’s surge had tumbled back into Long Island Sound. “I walked in and saw the bar and the tables had moved, floated around the dining room,” Bucci recalled. “I shut the door and went   from New Haven Register Read more »