On Long Island, a native-landscaping overhaul is overdue
By FRANK PICCININNI // Across Long Island, we have a quiet regulatory failure hiding in plain sight. Municipal codes still treat ecology like neglect. If you let a lawn become…
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No. 1023: In which years end, eyeballs mend and a healthy holiday rest is just what the doctor ordered
Identify for retina scan: Yeah, never gonna look at Captain Kirk’s retina scan the same way again. Not sure how they deal with detached retinas in the 23rd Century,…
SoMAS: As LI waters warm, sharks are sticking around
By GREGORY ZELLER // Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water, you might want to wait a little longer. That’s the word from researchers at…
No. 970: On water quality, spokes-chihuahuas and the master of The Force – and tears for a small-biz legend
Speed limit: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we motor through May and race through another Springtime workweek. It’s hard to believe, but if you factor in the rapidly…
No. 966: Cold beer here! Not to mention bards, batteries, rain gardens and cherry cheesecake (all in English)
Times and dates may vary: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we blaze through this latest Springtime workweek and the entire month of April – just one week to…
LI braces for change after monumental Chevron decision
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Get ready, Long Island, for the impacts of the Supreme Court’s precedent-changing Loper Bright decision. The decision abandoned the court’s own Chevron doctrine, which stems…
No. 842: Ride ’em, cowboy – we’ve got horses, portable power packs and hot cocoa (plus septic stipends)
Saddle up: Howdy, cowgirls and cowboys! Grab them reins, ’cause we’re galloping straight through another busy workweek. To spur you along, here’s a high-in-the-saddle innovation review – the least…
With sharks circling off LI, Albany sends in the drones
By GREGORY ZELLER // Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … well, it is, thanks to enhanced shark-monitoring activities along Long Island beaches….
With funding wins, Island-born EV pioneer charges on
By GREGORY ZELLER // A transportation-tech disruptor spreading electric micro-shuttle services across the nation – including several stops on Long Island – has claimed a share of Albany’s $85 million Clean…
SoMAS enjoys victory lap after Shinnecock Bay revival
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade of laboratory research and hands-on experimentation has literally given Shinnecock Bay new life. Scientists from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences…
No. 702: On lifeguards, Pablo Picasso, Britain’s greatest real-life superspy and a very bad day for cows
Bright beginning: Welcome to Friday, friends, and not just any Friday but the first official Friday of the Summer of 2022 – school’s out, the sun’s shining and family…
LI ceremony kicks off state’s first offshore-wind farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of the national energy industry is now rising off the Long Island coast. Construction of the South Fork Wind Farm – officially, New York’s…
Albany, Army Corps of Engineers dig $1.7B beach plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // As coastal storms increase in frequency and ferocity, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has engaged a massive risk-management project designed to protect Long Island’s most…
Major water investment includes $4M for Massapequa
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is making a $44 million investment in clean-water systems around the state – and the biggest single chunk of it is flowing into Nassau County….
Water, water everywhere – and around LI, it’s toxic
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University scientists have completed a comprehensive, months-long assessment of Long Island coastal waters. Unfortunately, the good news stops there. The Island’s bays and estuaries…