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Scientists are trying to piece together what caused the death of a 318-pound, 3-foot long female loggerhead turtle that washed ashore on an Orient Point beach Wednesday morning. The turtle was discovered by passerby on a beach near...
President’s Obama’s proposed budget for the next year allots $714 million to finish the construction of an animal disease testing facility in Kansas, which would take over the role of Plum Island Animal Disease Center and force the Col...
Suffolk County, NY - November 7, 2017 - Suffolk County Community College’s Culinary Arts program students will prepare about 200 dinners for Community Action Southold Town’s (CAST) Greenport food pantry in what has become an annual...
Orient Point, NY - May 16, 2014 - County Executive Steve Bellone, Legislator Al Krupski and the Suffolk County Legislature announced the appropriation of $60,050 to develop an engineering report for the potential development of...
Albany, NY - April 26, 2013 - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Orient Beach State Park, located on the eastern tip of the north fork of Long Island, will reopen on Saturday, April 27, following extensive repairs to damage caused by...
Orient Point, NY - June 13, 2016 - Coast Guard and local agencies suspended their search for a missing paddleboarder in the vicinity between Orient Point, New York, and Milford, Connecticut, Monday. At approximately 12:00 p.m., the...
Orient Point, NY - July 10th, 2013 - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) on a routine boat safety check and marine enforcement monitoring patrol off of Orient Point on Saturday, July 6, were able to release an...
Two cousins from Boston are making their way on a 220-mile run from Boston across Long Island to the 9/11 Memorial in New York City to raise money for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Tanner Kern and Jordan Tucker started...
Orient Point, NY - September 22nd, 2013 - Victor Mooney arrived in Orient Point by the Sea Restaurant and Marina early Saturday morning. Mooney is currently conducting sea trials in preparation for his fourth bid to row across the Atlantic...
Ten Long Island state parks will be sharing $1.35 million from Gov. Cuomo’s New York Works initiative. The money will be used by The New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to build and improve...
North Fork, NY – April 3, 2017 – Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski (D-Southold) joined Majority Leader and new Parks & Recreation Committee Chair, Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) on a tour of County owned parklands on the Nort...
New York, NY - May 22, 2014 - As the beach season is about to begin with summer unofficially kicking off this Memorial Day weekend, the Long Island Rail Road is offering special fare packages to get you to 12 of Long Island’s sandy...
Some say that fall is the best time of the year to watch the sunset. And with the amazing foliage and waterfront views we have on Long Island, it’s pretty hard to disagree! Although we don’t always get to see the sun go...
Mattituck, NY - November 6, 2013 - Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, the East End Tourism Alliance, and local officials joined to announce a “hop-on and hop-off” tourism transportation initiative that will allow visitors to...
Long Island, NY - April 9th, 2015 - Eighteen parks across Long Island will hold volunteer events as part of the fourth annual I Love My Park Day on Saturday, May 2nd. I Love My Park Day is an exciting statewide event to improve and enhance New...
The first Sunday in May is I Love My Park Day! I Love My Park Day is an annual event created by Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) in collaboration with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) that focuses...
Orient, NY - May 27, 2014 - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Tim Bishop urged the Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to not only renew the North Shore...
Long Island, NY - June 5, 2018 - What began as potato fields and pastures on Long Island’s eastern crest has evolved into an extraordinary realm of viticulture. The stretch of countryside extending east of Riverhead has transformed into...
If you take 25A all the way east, you will be brought to a great rural location on Long Island: the North Fork. Long Island has become more and more developed, but the North Fork of the island still has some undeveloped land which is used for...
When it comes to things that are synonymous with Long Island, its many beautiful beaches are right there at the top of the list. From strolling the shore and collecting seashells, to taking a dip in the cool water, to working on your tan while...