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2021 East Hampton House & Garden Tour Set For Nov 27th

November 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Egypt Lane landmarkThe East Hampton Historical Society will host its 2021 House & Garden Tour, showcasing some of the finest examples of historic and modern architecture in the Hamptons, on Saturday, November 27th. [Read more…] about 2021 East Hampton House & Garden Tour Set For Nov 27th

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: East Hampton Historical Society, Long Island

A New Survey of Whales in the New York Bight

November 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

whales courtesy DEC and Tetra Tech IncResearchers have published the results of their multi-year aerial study investigating six large whale species in the New York Bight, a triangular area of coastal ocean waters between Long Island and New Jersey.

These results provide data on the year-round occurrence of large whales and is expected to help guide conservation efforts to mitigate impacts from anthropogenic threats. [Read more…] about A New Survey of Whales in the New York Bight

Filed Under: Nature, New York City Tagged With: DEC, Long Island, Marine Life, Maritime History, nature, New Jersey, oceanography, The Bight, whales, Wildlife

The Barge ‘Shannon C’ Scuttled At Shinnecock Artificial Reef

November 9, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Shannon C barge being deployed on Shinnecock ReefNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced it has deployed the steel barge Shannon C on the Shinnecock Reef as part of the State’s ongoing efforts to enrich New York’s network of artificial reefs.

The artificial reefs are an effort to develop a stronger, more diverse marine ecosystem that could provide better shelter for fish and other marine life off New York’s shores. [Read more…] about The Barge ‘Shannon C’ Scuttled At Shinnecock Artificial Reef

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Diving, Fisheries, fishing, Long Island, Marine Life, nature, New York Harbor, Shinnecock Reef

Historic John Coltrane Home Gets $1M Grant

November 9, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

John and Alice Coltrane Home in 2009The John and Alice Coltrane Home in the Dix Hills neighborhood of Huntington, on Long Island, NY, was awarded a million dollar grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the preservation of the house, enhance organizational capacity, and expand programmatic offerings.

The multi-year grant is expected to be used to support rehabilitation of the home where great works of twentieth-century music were created, and to hire a full-time executive director to lead the project. The home is where jazz saxophonist John Coltrane lived from 1964 until his death in 1967 and in which he composed A Love Supreme. [Read more…] about Historic John Coltrane Home Gets $1M Grant

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Coltrane Home, Cultural History, Friends of the Coltrane Home, Grants, Historic Preservation, Huntington, Jazz, Long Island, Musical History

Storm Closes Shellfish Harvest at Long Island

October 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

shellfish harvesting courtesy DECNYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced emergency temporary shellfish closures are in effect for areas of Nassau and Suffolk counties due to the extremely heavy rainfall and extraordinary amounts of stormwater runoff and localized street flooding on October 26th and October 27th.

DEC temporarily closes specific areas that exceed certain rainfall amounts to prevent the harvest of potentially contaminated shellfish and to protect public health. [Read more…] about Storm Closes Shellfish Harvest at Long Island

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Fisheries, Long Island, nature, Peconic Bay, shellfish, Wildlife

1984 Wreck of the Wind Blown Off Long Island

October 12, 2021 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoIn her first book, The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind (Gallery Books, 2021), journalist Amanda Fairbanks documents the story of the Wind Blown and the men who lost their lives aboard it in 1984 off the east end of Long Island.

Piecing the story together over years of interviews and research, she unraveled a history of close-knit communities, from the working class east end to the wealthy upper east side. She also found a complicated tale of relationships and personalities that still absorbs people in the community to this day. [Read more…] about 1984 Wreck of the Wind Blown Off Long Island

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Maritime History, Podcasts, Shipwrecks

Uncovering Long Island’s Native Past Through Archaeology

September 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Allison McGovern ArchaeologyThe Nassau County Historical Society will host “Long Island Dirt: Recovering our Buried Past through Historical Archaeologies,” a talk on the archaeology of the two Native American Indian reservations on Long Island — the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton and the Unkechaug’s Poospatuck Reservation in Mastic, set for Sunday, September 19th. [Read more…] about Uncovering Long Island’s Native Past Through Archaeology

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Nassau County, Nassau County Historical Society, Poospatuck Reservation, Shinnecock Reservation

DEC Scuttles Vessel ‘Big Time’ to Enhance Fire Island Artificial Reef

August 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Big Time vessel added to Fire Island Artificial ReefDepartment of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the intentional scuttling of the vessel Big Time on the Fire Island Reef as part of the State’s ongoing efforts to expand New York’s network of artificial reefs.

This effort is designed to develope a stronger, more diverse marine ecosystem and provide shelter for fish and other marine life off New York’s shores. [Read more…] about DEC Scuttles Vessel ‘Big Time’ to Enhance Fire Island Artificial Reef

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: Diving, Fire Island National Seashore, Fisheries, fishing, Long Island, Maritime History

Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site Now Open

August 27, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access SiteThe new Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site is now open in the town of Southold, on Long Island.

The site is DEC’s first and only unrestricted waterway access site on the Peconic Bay and will provide public fishing and recreational boating access to this popular waterbody. [Read more…] about Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site Now Open

Filed Under: Nature, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: boating, Fisheries, fishing, Long Island, Peconic Bay

The Agent Orange Trial: Long Island Legal History

August 26, 2021 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoWe finish out our special three-part series on Long Island’s Vietnam veterans by looking at a second battle they faced in the years after the war: the effects of Agent Orange. By the late 1970s the effects of this chemical defoliant were becoming known and veterans began to mobilize. [Read more…] about The Agent Orange Trial: Long Island Legal History

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Medical History, Military History, Podcasts, Vietnam War

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