12+ hour, 29+ min ago  (296+ words) Along the narrow strip of sand between the Atlantic and the barrier dunes, a team of environmental stewards search the beach as if hunting for treasure. They're looking for nests with eggs so perfectly camouflaged that it takes a well-trained…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (229+ words) Team 287, known as "Floyd Robotics," recently competed in the Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics competition at Hofstra University, where they finished second overall and ranked third out of 48 teams representing Long Island, New York City and Chinese Taipei. The team…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (294+ words) In 1992, the landing and cover-up of a UFO in Southaven Park was reported. Night turned into day, a cigar-shaped object fell from the heavens, and troops cordoned off the park, laying down "space blankets." I found out about this the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (330+ words) A new generation of pollution-free generators could offer Long Island a faster, cheaper, and less controversial answer to its growing energy needs than offshore wind, solar, battery storage or nuclear power, says Walt Jordan of DGEN Energy Partners. Linear generating…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (191+ words) After the groundbreaking ceremony for Sunrise Wind, I zeroed in on one of the VIPs from "rsted, the Danish company building the massive Long Island turbine project, to ask him how much it's going to cost. Before he could answer,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (381+ words) Deer management operations will take place this month at Fire Island National Seashore and the William Floyd Estate as the National Park Service moves forward with its White-tailed Deer Management Plan, aimed at restoring balance to fragile ecosystems on federal…...