Scenic spots so close to the water you’ll want to pack your floaties. (more…)
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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…)
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Striped-bass fishing lit up both the North and South Forks this past week with some very impressive fish. (more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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Lobstermen fear for their livelihoods as the waters of Long Island Sound warm up and harvests dwindle. (more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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This popular regatta’s unique format offers serious competition on the water and good times ashore. (more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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Twenty-seven paddlers will launch their kayaks in Albany this morning for the eighth annual Great Hudson River Paddle. (more…)
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Today Governor David A. Paterson announced the official opening of the newly restored Erie Canal Harbor to the general public. (more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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The summer along Connecticut’s shoreline and lakes is being marred by beach closings due to bacteria and contaminants. (more…)
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