Southold Township has over 160 miles of shoreline and close to fifty major creeks, ponds and inlets; our shoreline, both public and privately owned (to MHW), is a major asset to this town and should be cared for analogous to what is done for all other property throughout town during the spring and fall clean-ups. [...]
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SoutholdVOICE Inc. is a not-for-profit organization of waterfront property owners and others interested in the use, enjoyment and preservation of Southold Township's extensive waterfront from Laurel to Orient Point. The organization promotes awareness of issues affecting shoreline and marine resources to further cooperation between responsible use, regulatory protection, and the rights of riparian owners for the ultimate benefit of our community. 
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Southold Township has over 160 miles of shoreline and close to fifty major creeks, ponds and inlets; our shoreline, both public and privately owned (to MHW), is a major asset of our Town which should be cared for and nurtured. [...] Normally all private property owners get a least a once a year free brush cleanup. As waterfront owners have brush, flotsam and jetsam on their beaches and shorelines, which candidates would support a change in the definitions of allowable debris to equalize the cleanup program for all property owners? [...] Update from Lynn Laskos, Chair Hashamomuck Cove Group: [...] A November 23rd Suffolk Times on-line article entitled “Fence is Mattituck Woman’s Line in the Sand” – with its forty-four posted comments and innuendo placed by anonymous people hiding behind pseudonyms, rattled John Betsch’s cage. While it might have been an interesting story for readers, it does not tell the complete story. Read the complete article. [...] Question 5: Coastal Stewards: Normally all private property owners get twice a year free brush cleanup.  As waterfront owners have brush, flotsam and jetsam on their beaches and shorelines, would you support a change in the definitions of allowable debris to equalize the cleanup program for all property owners? . SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD 2009 CANDIDATE ANSWERS: [...] Everybody: The Southold Town Trustees this spring, in an effort spearheaded by trustee Peggy Dickerson, produced a poster intended to alert citizens of their rights under the Public Trust Doctrine. This poster had limited distribution, although some of you mentioned seeing it, but it was not high on the radar. Peggy told me that she [...] |