New York Times Tours Old Inlet with Save the Great South Bay and Great South Bay Images
A few weeks ago I brought Marshall Brown of Save the Great South Bay and Lisa Foderaro of the New York Times on a tour of Old Inlet, the only breach cr…
News
Press Release: Beach Driving restrictions start in mid October
This is a message from Fire Island National Seashore: Patchogue, NY - Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has begun work on Phase Three of the Fire …
Park Service: Breach findings should be released ‘in the coming weeks’
The federal government will soon let it be known whether or not it intends to close the Fire Island breach at Old Inlet. The Draft Fire Island Wildern…
Salt Talk captain John Everitt is looking to redefine the term party boat
Like so many ideas for local businesses, John Everitt of Brookhaven “thought it would be fun." In this case, fun to open up access to the bays to a…
Fair Harbor lifeguards honored in Islip for saving 18-year-old from choking
Town of Islip ocean lifeguards Kyle Wilson, Jack Luquer and Peter Lepore were recently honored in Islip Town Hall for their heroic actions saving…
National Park Service: View wilderness breach safely from the shore
by Elizabeth Rogers Many people know of the breach at Old Inlet, a channel connecting ocean to bay in Fire Island National Seashore’s wilderness that …
Photos: Wellcraft sits in the sand after capsizing in the Fire Island breach
Bellport Village resident Thomas V. Schultz, the co-director of Friends of Bellport Bay, headed out to the breach at Old Inlet today, Tuesday, and caug…
One passenger’s account of a ‘miraculous’ rescue in the Fire Island breach
The five adults made it out from under the capsized boat, but the children didn’t. And it felt like forever that they were missing. “We frantically…
Boat rescue at Old Inlet after 911 call from actress Isabella Rossellini
Actress and prominent Bellport resident Isabella Rossellini came upon eight people who got tossed into the currents of the Fire Island breach at Old In…
Single-lane, alternating traffic starts Friday on the Fire Island Inlet Bridge
Safety inspections along the Fire Island Inlet Bridge start Friday, Sept. 9, and will reduce traffic along the span to one lane, according to the state…
