Feds Debate Changing Striper Regulations Off of Montauk

Long Island striped bass fishing advocates traveled to Washington this week to advocate for changes the rules governing striped bass possession in federal waters between Montauk and Block Island.

East End Congressman Lee Zeldin has re-introduced former Congressman Tim Bishop’s proposal to clarify federal laws in a portion of the federal Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ), 155 square miles of what used to be prime striped bass fishing areas between Montauk, Block Island and Rhode Island, but Connecticut representatives and fisheries conservationists are skeptical of the the proposal.

The House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans held a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 2, on the bill, titled the EEZ Clarification Act (HR3070). Read More...

Main Road Advocates to Riverhead: Study Current Projects Before Corridor Study

A month after Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter offhandedly announced at a meeting that the town is about to conduct a rural corridor study of Route 25 from Aquebogue to Laurel, those who care about that stretch of highway say the study “might close the barn door…but only after the cows have gone.” Read More...

County Sheriff Takes Over Pine Barrens Protection Hotline

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office will now be fielding and responding to calls on the 1.877.BARRENS phone line, allowing residents to report illegal activities that threaten the 105,000-acre Central Pine Barrens region of Suffolk County. Read More...

Children's Museum's Mission: Serve All Families

The Children’s Museum of the East End is smack dab in the middle of what many people think of as one of the wealthiest places in America, but this Bridgehampton refuge for families and their children has been devoted for several years to making the museum experience an inclusive one for working people trying to make a living here. Read more...

East Hampton Launches Latino Advisory Committee

East Hampton Town has formed a new Latino Advisory Committee to help provide outreach and translation of information about town services to the Spanish-speaking community in town. Read More...

Feds Debate Changing Striper Regulations Off of Montauk

Main Road Advocates to Riverhead: Study Current Projects Before Corridor Study

County Sheriff Takes Over Pine Barrens Protection Hotline

Children's Museum's Mission: Serve All Families

East Hampton Launches Latino Advisory Committee

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