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Week in Review: On Storms, EPCAL, Nature & Preservation
Storms Rip Up Town Beach, Housing Fund Figures, Soloviev's New Plans
Beth Young
March 08, 2026
Resilience
After More Severe Erosion, What is the Future of Southold’s Town Beach?
The parking lot of Southold’s Town Beach, on the North Road overlooking the Long Island Sound, has been closed for several weeks as nature did what it does there, scouring the coastline, ripping up asphalt and making a mockery of the Town of Southold’s efforts to continue to restore the beach.
Region
Connecting The Threads of Long Island’s Natural World
Tunnels for frogs under major roads. A friendly dog that sniffs out box turtles. Restoring horseshoe crab nesting areas along the Peconic Estuary. Exploring the true causes of trauma for endangered whales and the dangers rodent poison poses for raptors.
The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University was packed on Feb. 26 with naturalists looking to find a way for an island synonymous with suburban sprawl to coexist with the natural world. Above are just a handful of examples of how.
Riverhead
Most Claims in CAT Suit Against Riverhead Dismissed, A Step Toward Seeking New Developers at EPCAL
The Town of Riverhead has announced that it has received a decision from Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice David Reilly granting the town’s motion to dismiss 16 of the 17 claims made by Calverton Aviation & Technology (CAT) over the town’s cancellation of its controversial sale of much of the Enterprise Park at Calverton to CAT.
In Southold
 Soloviev Revamps Colusa Subdivision & Submits Another Cutchogue ProjectStefan Soloviev’s Crossroads Atlantic LLC submitted a revamped plan for their massive Colusa conservation subdivision in Cutchogue in mid-February, making most of the changes recommended by Southold’s Planning Director last October and setting the project on a path that will soon include a public hearing. |  Fifty-Four Acre CPF Preservation Proposed on the North RoadA 54-acre swath of woods along a rural stretch of Route 48 between Southold and Greenport, which the owners say could be subdivided into as many as 24 building lots, could soon be added to a complex of preserved ecologically sensitive land. |
Housing
Schiavoni: Community Housing Funds Have Collected Nearly $80 Million Since 2023
Peconic Bay Community Housing Funds, funding programs for affordable housing in four of the five East End Towns, have taken in $79.1 million between April of 2023 and the end of 2025, reported New York State Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni on Tuesday.
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Editorial
Take the Incremental Approach
It’s been nearly a year since Southold Town first unveiled its proposed Zoning Update, which has been in the works now for the better half of a decade after the 2020 adoption of the town’s Comprehensive Plan.
COMING UP
 “1776” Opens Thursday at the NFCT in Mattituck | OUR SPRING THEATER PREVIEW GOES LIVE LATER TODAY |
Letters
Women’s Work, Southold Housing, Chicken Math & American Culture
Double Mischief
“To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights ‘the servile house’ and who would rather make odes than beds.
ON THE AIR
Behind the Headlines
Beacon Editor Beth Young joins the Behind the Headlines panel discussion on 88.3 WLIW-FM this weekend to discuss the Community Housing Fund and coastal resilience in Southold. The show airs again on 88.3 FM this morning at 10 a.m., on WLIW Channel 21 (PBS) this morning at 8 a.m., or any time at the link below.
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Sunday, March 8 Hidden City Poetry Jam Beacon staffers Beth Young & George Cork Maul of the Hidden City Orchestra are hosting a Poetry Jam today from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Panoramica coffee shop at 2745 Peconic Lane in Peconic. Bring a poem, we’ll provide the jam. |  All Month! St. Patrick’s Day is Upon Us The season of green parading begins this coming weekend, with St. Pat’s parades in Cutchogue and Westhampton Beach. |  Saturday, March 14 Oysterponds Historical Society Bingo Night Come to Orient’s Poquatuck Hall Saturday night for an evening of community and a chance to win fun and silly prizes. |
Hot Off the Press
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Words
It’s not spring yet, but I can’t
wait anymore. I get the hoe,
pull back the snow from the old
furrows, expose the rich dark earth.
I bare my hand and dole out shriveled peas,
one by one.
See you next Sunday,
Beth
