The Orient Water Project
Orient sits atop a single, thin, freshwater aquifer and is surrounded by beautiful, productive bays and estuaries. Unfortunately, both our groundwater and our surface waters have been degraded over the … Read More
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Water Resources
Suffolk County Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan (2015) The Suffolk County Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan (2020) Town of Southold Comprehensive Plan (2020) Town of Shelter Island Ground and Surface Water Management … Read More
Plum Island: A Connecting Landscape
Beautiful and mysterious Plum Island is an 822-acre, storied landscape about a mile and a half off the eastern tip of Orient Point, New York, where Long Island Sound and … Read More
September 2021 Newsletter
The end of a beautiful summer is upon us and it’s time for a roundup of news from The Orient Association. Here, the top issues in brief, with links you … Read More
Orient Association 2022 Annual Member Meeting – Tues. Jan. 18 at 5:30pm
Dear Friends of the Orient Association, We hope your new year is getting off to a bright start! We wish you much joy and … Read More
Broad Meadows/Narrow River Restoration and our Changing Shoreline
A presentation about the future of Broad Meadows in Orient, NY and proposed restoration of the marsh area to the east of Narrow River Road. Elizabeth Hornstein, State Coordinator for … Read More
Watch The Recordings – Local Candidates Forums, Oct. 16 and Oct. 18
ECMA and Orient Association Candidates Forum 10-18-21 (Township Trustees) ECMA and Orient Association Candidates Forum 10-16-21 (Town Council, Clerk and Highway Super) Local Election Candidates Forums via Zoom Hosted with … Read More
Deer And Tick Survey – Results Are In!
Thank you all for responding to our month-long community engagement questionnaire “Deer and Ticks: A Southold Public Health Crisis” we posted to learn which health, economic, environmental and quality-of-life factors are most … Read More
Deer and Tick Crisis – Please Take This Survey
Our town continues to be hard hit by increasing levels of tick-borne diseases and a worsening overpopulation of the ticks’ hosts, deer. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation describes Southold’s … Read More
Watch Big House Presentation by Southold Civics, Tuesday, May 25th
This coming Tuesday, the Southold Town Civic Associations will be making a presentation at a public meeting of the Town Board on the ever-increasing house sizes in Southold. The presentation … Read More