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By Mike Busch 3-3-2020 The work at Bellport Dock appears to be making good progress and is still scheduled to be completed by April 1st. I checke…

By Mike Busch 2-25-2020 Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is making tremendous progress on restoring the beach just to the west of Shinnecock Inle…

By Mike Busch 2-18-2020 After over two years of planning, work started last month on the Bellport Dock reconstruction. The dock sustained damage dur…

By Mike Busch 2-7-20 On Monday, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company positioned the Illinois, a 220 foot long Cutter Suction Dredge, just inside Shin…

By Mike Busch 2-6-2020 Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, recently awarded a 10.7 million dollar contract, is getting ready to start pumping sand …

By Mike Busch 2-5-2020 I usually try to keep my boat in the water as late into the winter as possible before any serious ice builds up on the bay bu…

By Mike Busch 2-4-2020 A friend asked me to check out an issue at their Davis Park beach house so I went over late last Thursday afternoon. It also…

By Mike Busch 1-3-2020 On New Year's Eve I went to check my boat (yes it's still in) at Squassux Landing in Brookhaven. It looked fine but I would …

By Mike Busch 12-20-2019 My friend and fellow photographer Jan Shannon tipped me off to a die-off of adult Bunker (Menhaden) near Bellport Dock this…

By Mike Busch 12-7-2019 The local effort by Suffolk County and Southampton Town to shore up Dune Road near Shinnecock Inlet is wrapping up. The dre…