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Seeking clarity on maritime emergency alerts
BILL GEIST PHOTOShelter Island police officers aboard a marine patrol vessel kept an eye on a runaway boat as it spun in circles between Wades Beach and Shell Beach last summer As technology evolves,...
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Column: Enjoying a rare winter without snow
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Early Sunday morning I texted a map showing projected snow totals across Long Island to my colleague Bob Liepa, our paper’s sports editor. “Has there ever been a year where it...
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War horse of the East end still going strong patrolling local waters
COURTESY PHOTO Sea Tow I pictured in 1985. For their most challenging salvage jobs, the crews at Sea Tow Eastern Long Island turn to their oldest, most trusted boat: Sea Tow I. More than three decades...
View ArticleGreenport fisherman surprisingly catches brown shark: video
Fisherman John Skinner of Greenport has lived most of his life close to Long Island Sound. He had never seen a shark in person in the Sound. That changed Saturday night. While fishing for bluefish in...
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Historic ferry built in 1911 finds temporary home in Greenport
JOE WERKMEISTER PHOTO Prudence, resting comfortably in Greenport. Since mid-summer, the unmistakable wooden vessel Prudence has gotten more than a few curious glances in Greenport. The 64-foot boat,...
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Cops: No injuries reported after 40-foot boat sinks off Island
DONNA PRADAS PHOTO The sunken boat pictured Tuesday afternoon. A 40-foot boat sank in Noyack Bay southwest of Shelter Island Tuesday afternoon, according to Southold Town police and a witness. Four...
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Expanded behavioral health facility opens in Riverhead
COURTESY PHOTO David Cohen is the director of Quannacut Outpatient Services. It was a big step up from the beginning, when the outpatient facility for Quannacut Addiction Services at Greenport’s...
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Cuomo requests federal support following scallop die-off in local bays
CHARITY ROBEY PHOTO Shelter Island scallopers heading out from Congdon Creek at sunrise. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is requesting federal support to address the recent scallop die-off, which killed an estimated...
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