Peconic News

A Hampton Bays man's wish is coming true in the wake of his death. It was a dream of Harry B. Wehrmann to have his Hampton Bays property - a place he always called "tranquil" - become a public park celebrating the nature he enjoyed until his passing on April 9 at the age of 73.

For at least the third time in the past 20 years a proposal has been floated to create a service bringing water-borne passengers into Sag Harbor and linking the village with ports elsewhere.

All the work is for sale, and a percentage of all sales will be donated to the Peconic Land Trust.

Bryan Knipfing of Shelter Island Heights won the May Mile 5K in Greenport Saturday morning in 17 minutes 57 seconds.

Is the "new normal" for Long Island bays to be colored brown and red from algae blooms and for drinking water to be problematic? Last month, Dr.

Former hedgie Frank Trentacoste shocked his friends when he left finance for farming, and along with it his TriBeCa pad and a fast-paced lifestyle of restaurants and bars.

Faced with opposition in the form of 130 signatures on a petition, the Shelter Island Town Board backed off from endorsing an East End committee's call for restricting new docks and banning CCA-treated bulkheads to protect the Peconic Estuary.

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime.

The Town of Southold is debating how to allow shellfish farmers to set up roadside stands to sell farmed oysters, scallops and clams, much as traditional land-based farmers do.