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Business: North Fork dealers head to New York Boat Show
PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW YORK BOAT SHOW | The Javits Center in New York, where several local boat dealers are taking part this week in the New York Boat Show, one of the boating business’s major annual...
View ArticleState Senate passes new boating while intoxicated bill
The New York State Senate passed a new bill this week that requires all boat operators convicted of boating while intoxicated to take a boating safety course. Currently, those convicted of boating...
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Boater safety law on the horizon for Suffolk County waters
SONJA REINHOLT DERR FILE PHOTO | A boater safety bill approved by the Suffolk Legislature aims at reducing on-the-water mishaps, such as when the driver of this powerboat ran up on the Greenport Harbor...
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Stranded couple rescued off Wading River Beach
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Wading River ambulance volunteers assist a couple that was stranded more than a mile off Wading River Town Beach Sunday. A Ronkonkoma couple spent two hours stranded in the Long...
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Gustavson Column: Boating safety course leaves plenty to be desired
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | Boaters enjoying a day out on the Peconic Bay last summer. At the risk of receiving an “F” on my final exam, I am compelled to take this occasion to express my deep personal...
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Fire crews dispatched to help two stranded boats
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | The Riverhead Fire Department was one of four fire crews to respond to a distress call from two boats in Long Island Sound Saturday. Fire officials responded to a distress...
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Editorial: When out on the water, expect the unexpected
The National Boat Safety Week started May 17. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) The boating season is just getting into full swing and already the region has already seen two boat trips end...
View ArticleIncreased police patrols on roads, waterways this weekend
In an effort to crack down on drunk driving this Labor Day weekend, Suffolk County Police will beef up patrols on area roads and waterways. “Lives are lost each year because of the irresponsible...
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Cops: Couple rescued from LI Sound after 5 hour search
(Credit: Google Maps) A husband and wife from Rockville Center were rescued from Long Island Sound Sunday night hours after becoming stranded on the water while boating, Riverhead Town police said....
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Challenging conditions for 21st annual Whitebread race
Two boats reposition themselves just before the annual Whitebread race Saturday morning. (Credit: Paul Squire) With the wind whipping and rain storms plaguing Peconic Bay, 92 sailing boats competed in...
View ArticleState Senate passes new boating while intoxicated bill
The New York State Senate passed a new bill this week that requires all boat operators convicted of boating while intoxicated to take a boating safety course. Currently, those convicted of boating...
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Boater safety law on the horizon for Suffolk County waters
SONJA REINHOLT DERR FILE PHOTO | A boater safety bill approved by the Suffolk Legislature aims at reducing on-the-water mishaps, such as when the driver of this powerboat ran up on the Greenport Harbor...
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Stranded couple rescued off Wading River Beach
CARRIE MILLER PHOTO | Wading River ambulance volunteers assist a couple that was stranded more than a mile off Wading River Town Beach Sunday. A Ronkonkoma couple spent two hours stranded in the Long...
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Gustavson Column: Boating safety course leaves plenty to be desired
TIM KELLY FILE PHOTO | Boaters enjoying a day out on the Peconic Bay last summer. At the risk of receiving an “F” on my final exam, I am compelled to take this occasion to express my deep personal...
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Fire crews dispatched to help two stranded boats
JENNIFER GUSTAVSON PHOTO | The Riverhead Fire Department was one of four fire crews to respond to a distress call from two boats in Long Island Sound Saturday. Fire officials responded to a distress...
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Editorial: When out on the water, expect the unexpected
The National Boat Safety Week started May 17. (Credit: Katharine Schroeder, file) The boating season is just getting into full swing and already the region has already seen two boat trips end...
View ArticleIncreased police patrols on roads, waterways this weekend
In an effort to crack down on drunk driving this Labor Day weekend, Suffolk County Police will beef up patrols on area roads and waterways. “Lives are lost each year because of the irresponsible...
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Cops: Couple rescued from LI Sound after 5 hour search
(Credit: Google Maps) A husband and wife from Rockville Center were rescued from Long Island Sound Sunday night hours after becoming stranded on the water while boating, Riverhead Town police said....
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Challenging conditions for 21st annual Whitebread race
Two boats reposition themselves just before the annual Whitebread race Saturday morning. (Credit: Paul Squire) With the wind whipping and rain storms plaguing Peconic Bay, 92 sailing boats competed in...
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Dreaming of summer: A look inside how businesses prepare at New York City...
The scene at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan this past weekend was all-nautical as the Progressive Insurance New York Boat Show was in full swing. First held in 1905, it is the...
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