Long Island
Long Island Town May Reduce Surfing Access
Long Island Newsday: Long Beach has revised its proposed summer beach schedule after protests from swimmers who said the city was allowing surfers to take over too much of the beach. The city’s 3.5 miles of beach,...
Lifeguard Saves NY Woman Who Drove Car off Dock
27East.com: Katie Osiecki and John Glennon, who live at Lazy Point in Amagansett, were just getting home from seeing the Jackie Robinson biography, “42,” at the movie theater, at a little after 9:30 p.m. on April 21, when Mr....
One Dead in Long Island Trawler Capsize
One crewmember is reported deceased, and one crewmember was rescued when their commercial fishing vessel capsized in Shinnecock Inlet, New York, on Sunday, May 12. At approximately 2:00 p.m. a Coast Guard Station Shinnecock communications watchstander was notified by...
Missing Long Island Diver Located
27East.com: Southampton Town Police, bay constables and the Quogue Village Police’s Maritime Unit responded to a call reporting a missing diver in the waters off Hampton Bays on Saturday morning , but he was found safe...
No Action Yet on Coecles Harbor Shoaling
According to the Shelter Island Reporter, the shoaling situation at the mouth of Coecles Harbor is being discussed by the Department of Public Works. Winter storms caused shifting sands to narrow the channel considerably, making it problematic for larger...
Coast Guard Locates Maine Boaters Who Issued Distress Call
The Coast Guard ended its search Tuesday for a missing boater after discovering a group of canoers, who made a distress call Monday, were safe on Long Island, Maine. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, in Portland,...
Noodle the Porpoise Released on Long Island
The Suffolk Times: Six months after he was first rescued from a marsh in Maine, Noodle the 2-year-old porpoise has been set free. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation released the small-toothed whale about 5 miles off...
East End Classic Boat Society 2013 Open House This Weekend
The East End Classic Boat Society of Long Island, New York, will hold its spring open house Saturday, April 27, 2013, from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the Community Boat Shop at 301 Bluff Road in Amagansett. The society...
New York Sets 2013 Fluke Regulations
Newsday.com: Fluke fishing in New York waters will be a little easier—courtesy of a decrease in the size limit—as the state ushers in new regulations for the season that starts May 1, 2013. Local anglers can keep 4 fluke...
Dead Humpback Washes Ashore on Long Island
27East.com: A 35’ humpback whale carcass was discovered in the surf off Dune Road near Triton Lane in East Quogue on Wednesday morning . Rob DiGiovanni, executive director and senior biologist at the Riverhead Foundation for...
