The Orient Association
OA’s mission is to provide forums for the people of Orient to learn about the issues that affect them, and to express their views and concerns about those issues. Our goal is to find constructive approaches to improve our community and to help solve the problems that we face. If you have an issue of concern please let us know, we want to hear about it.
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Elections, Early voting: Vote!
October 26th - November 3, Southold Senior Center in Mattituck, 750 Pacific St, Mattituck, NY 11952 Register to Vote Absentee Ballot Request Deadline by October 29
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Houses are Getting Bigger in Orient and on the North Fork – Come see “One Big Home” and how one Martha’s Vineyard town handled the issues
October 27, 2pm to 6pm, film and discussion. Peconic Recreation Building on Peconic Lane - showing of “One Big Home”, a film about what large house sizes do to community and how the residents of a town in Martha’s Vineyard reduced the size of new homes. Watch the film trailer...
Find out more »Peconic, NY 11958 United States
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Our Top Priorities
OA’s mission is to provide forums for the people of Orient to learn about the issues that affect them, and to express their views and concerns about those issues. Our goal is to find constructive approaches to improve our community and to help solve the problems that we face. If you have an issue of concern please let us know, we want to hear about it.
Water Management
Clean, safe water is essential to our health and the quality of our lives.
Zoning
Zoning and building regulations shape and define the community we live in.
Land Use
The Town of Southold regulates the types of uses that can be made of every parcel of land within its jurisdiction.
Deer
The North Fork can sustain about 15 deer per square mile. Right now, there are as many as 65 per square mile and the population is growing.
Safety Issues
Traffic, speeding, the danger to cyclists, joggers, others using the roads, and the difficulty of getting onto Route 25 when a ferry off-loads are all concerns.
Why Do We Need The Orient Association?
Because you deserve to be heard
OA’s mission is to provide forums for the people of Orient to learn about the issues that affect them, and to express their views and concerns about those issues. Our goal is to find constructive approaches to improve our community and to help solve the problems that we face. If you have an issue of concern please let us know, we want to hear about it.
Each community has unique needs
We are a part of Southold, the North Fork, the East End, Suffolk, New York, USA. Each of these geographic areas has its own focus and concerns. Each has its own structural organizations designed to address those issues. And each locality within those larger units has a slightly different set of perspectives and needs. While the government and civic organizations of the town, the county, the state and the country all try to carry out their missions, the individual communities must have a chance to express their priorities and values. OA’s goal is to give the people of Orient that voice.
It takes organization to bring about action
Each of us can learn, decide, speak out, vote on the matters that affect our homes, our jobs, our lives. When we are able to get together and pool our ideas, resources and actions, we have a better chance of accomplishing our goals. OA cannot replace the efforts of the many individuals who work to improve our local and broader communities. But we can reinforce and foster those efforts. As a group, it is easier to monitor the things that concern us, share the load and multiply the results.
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Topics Of Interest
The Orient Plan Propositions
Tabulation of Votes Percentages reflect the number of YES or NO votes divided by the total number of ballots cast (364). Actual YES and NO votes cast for each proposition shown in parentheses. 1 Building size: Under current zoning rules, a house can...
Executive Summary: Responses of the Orient Association to the Southold Town Comprehensive Plan July 2019
OA Board’s comments are included for informational purposes only. These comments were contributed by individual board members, selected for their sector expertise and experience. We welcome feedback from other OA members and all Orient residents. The issues facing...
Orient Beyond The Expressway
Filmed in 1998. An oral history of the bucolic hamlet of Orient, NY on the tip of Long Island's North Fork. Lifetime residents describe a way of life that has all but vanished since the advent of the superhighway.
North Shore Helicopter Route
"Picture it – another hot and humid summer afternoon on Long Island. There you are, you master of the universe, sipping a margarita or perhaps a frozen daiquiri, or both, as you lounge on the patio of your beachfront home enjoying another weekend in the Hamptons. Not...
Water Quality Monitoring
"Across Long Island Sound water quality is monitored by interstate, state and local agencies, academic institutions, and volunteers and community organizations. Typically, community organizations focus on rivers, bays, harbors, and inlets, while the open Sound is...
Meet The Board
Drianne Benner – President
Sherry Thomas – Treasurer and Membership
Venetia Hands
Jeri Woodhouse
Jerie Newman
Christine Churchill
Chris Wedge
Imogen Rose-Smith
Tony Asch
Mark Riesenfeld
Rich Gillooly
Orient Association Elections
The President and Board Members are elected by the Orient Association membership at the organization’s annual meeting, which is held in May of each year. Chairs of Standing Committees are chosen by the committee members.
The 2019 Orient Association Annual Meeting is on May 25, 2019 from 9 a.m. – noon at Poquatuck Hall, 1160 Skippers Lane, Orient
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Southold Township Comprehensive Plan
This Comprehensive Plan is the official public document to be used to guide the development of our community. In New York State, the comprehensive plan provides the basis for the zoning and other land use regulations found in the Town Code. Southold Town’s Comprehensive Plan has recently undergone an update, culminating with the publishing of this plan in 2019. The newly revised Comprehensive Plan is designed to shape future updates to the Town Code and policy decisions regarding the appropriate use of the Town’s resources.
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Orient Association
PO Box 282, Orient, NY 11957
The mission of the Orient Association is to uphold and sustain the interests of residents, businesses, and organizations of Orient, by educating the public on subjects useful to individuals and beneficial to the community. The Association provides forums to discuss, consider, and become informed about issues which concern the stakeholders of Orient. The Association is an exempt, not-for-profit educational organization under New York State and federal laws.