Posts filed under 'Region'

A (Bar) Room With a View

Scenic spots so close to the water you’ll want to pack your floaties. (more…)


Add comment July 17, 2008

Demise of blue crab on the Chesapeake

Chesapeake Bay crabber Paul Kellam has advice for the teenage boys who help tend his traps every summer: You better have a backup plan. (more…)


Add comment July 16, 2008

LANDING BIG FISH IS REEL EASY

Striped-bass fishing lit up both the North and South Forks this past week with some very impressive fish. (more…)


Add comment July 16, 2008

Take a Talk-n-Walk on the Hoboken Hudson River Walkway

On Sunday, July 27 the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy celebrates 20 years of Hudson River Walkway development with a “Talk-n-Walk” along the famous shoreline path. (more…)


Add comment July 16, 2008

Disaster relief sought for Great South Bay’s clammers

Clam harvests in the Great South Bay were in steep decline by the time brown tide arrived on Long Island in 1985, but this year’s historically most widespread algae bloom has generated renewed concern and an unprecedented attempt to involve the federal government. (more…)


Add comment July 15, 2008

Shell shocked

Lobstermen fear for their livelihoods as the waters of Long Island Sound warm up and harvests dwindle. (more…)


Add comment July 14, 2008

The Pleasure of a Pool on a Cleaner Hudson

It’s a small thing, really, an odd-looking rainbow-colored circle in the Hudson, 20 feet in diameter, that you can spot from the Metro-North trains rushing by or from a plane flying overhead. (more…)


Add comment July 14, 2008

$445,000 federal funds would help map Hudson River

U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-Dover, announced today he has secured initial approval for $445,000 federal funds to map the Hudson River. (more…)


Add comment July 12, 2008

Do you want to drink Hudson River water?

United Water New York’s proposal to build a reverse osmosis desalinization and filtration plant to supply Rockland County with drinking water from the Hudson River leaves many with a bad taste in their mouths (more…)


Add comment July 12, 2008

Local swim event targets cancer

Anthony Sibio was never a competitive swimmer.

That didn’t stop the Thornwood resident from utilizing the sport to help fight a devastating disease. (more…)


Add comment July 10, 2008

New York Yacht Club Race Week: Olin J. Stephens 100th birthday to be celebrated

This popular regatta’s unique format offers serious competition on the water and good times ashore.  (more…)


Add comment July 9, 2008

P.A. loses lawsuit to halt sale of key Bayonne waterfront site

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday lost a bid to block the sale of valuable waterfront property in Bayonne to the nation’s largest terminal operator, dealing a blow to the bistate agency’s plans for expansion. (more…)


Add comment July 9, 2008

Greenway awards $30,000 to Ulster County communities

The Hudson River Valley Greenway announced a total of $30,000 in matching grants have been awarded to the City of Kingston, Town of Gardiner, Town of Ulster and the Town of Saugerties. (more…)


Add comment July 7, 2008

Paterson Announces $24.9M in Environmental Protection Fund Grants

Gov. David A. Paterson has announced the award of $24.9 million in grants from the State Environmental Protection Fund’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) for 97 projects across New York State. (more…)


Add comment July 7, 2008

There’s more to do on water pollution

News reports on recurring beach closings show that fixing sewer lines and treatment plants, and banning boat-sewage dumping in Long Island Sound, have not ended water pollution problems. (more…)


Add comment July 3, 2008

Paddlers take to the Hudson River for 150-mile trip

Twenty-seven paddlers will launch their kayaks in Albany this morning for the eighth annual Great Hudson River Paddle. (more…)


Add comment July 3, 2008

Erie Canal Harbor Officially Opens to Public

Today Governor David A. Paterson announced the official opening of the newly restored Erie Canal Harbor to the general public.  (more…)


Add comment July 2, 2008

Nantucket Lightship relocation deal is scuttled

A deal for the historic Nantucket Lightship, which has been docked in Oyster Bay for more than five years, to move to a new permanent home in Stamford, Conn., has fallen through, leaving the owner of the floating lighthouse scrambling to find a new site. (more…)


Add comment July 1, 2008

Shipments through Port Authority spike 425%

When it comes to exports, New Jersey is consistently infamous. Huge volumes of waste paper, scrap metal, wood pulp and chemicals — some of the grimiest remnants of manufacturing and modern-day life — leave the Port of New York and New Jersey each year for other parts of the world. (more…)


Add comment July 1, 2008

Beaches marred by runoff carrying filth into water

The summer along Connecticut’s shoreline and lakes is being marred by beach closings due to bacteria and contaminants. (more…)


Add comment July 1, 2008

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