County spraying for mosquitoes in Greenport
Three locations in Greenport will be treated for mosquito larvae Wednesday, county officials announced. Kerwin Boulevard, Pipes Neck Creek and Pipes Cove in Greenport all be sprayed with Vectobac 12...
View ArticleTips to help prevent the spread of West Nile virus
To help detect and prevent the spread of the West Nile virus, an infection transmitted by mosquitos, the county Department of Health Services has issued healthcare tips and activated a public health...
View ArticleCounty to spray for mosquitoes Tuesday
TIM KELLY PHOTO | The county will be spraying for mosquitoes again Tuesday morning. The Suffolk County Department of Public Works plans to spray portions of 10 North Fork salt marshes by helicopter...
View ArticleCounty to spray for mosquito larvae Thursday
Five locations across Southold Town will be treated for mosquito larvae Thursday, county officials announced. Great Hog Neck, Pine Neck Creek, and Pipes Cove in Southold; Kerwin Boulevard in...
View ArticleSuffolk County: West Nile virus found in Mattituck
TIM KELLY PHOTO | West Nile Virus was found in two samples of Culex pipiens-restuans. Suffolk County health officials announced Friday that 29 more mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus,...
View ArticleMarshes in Greenport, New Suffolk to be sprayed for mosquitos
Four marshes on the North Fork will be treated for mosquito larvae Tuesday, Suffolk County officials announced. The county’s Division of Vector Control will treat Pipes Cove in Greenport and marshes...
View ArticleCounty backs pesticide use despite protest, again
It’s an effort that hasn’t succeeded in the past, but Kevin McAllister is once again lobbying Suffolk County to take methoprene out of its mosquito spraying plan as the county considers its course of...
View ArticleMosquito sample in Southold tests positive for West Nile virus
A mosquito sample in Southold tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Suffolk County Health Department. The sample was one of 19 to test positive across Suffolk County. “The confirmation...
View ArticleUpdate: Additional mosquito samples reveal presence of rare virus
UPDATE (Aug. 31): The New York State Department of Health has informed Suffolk County health officials that two additional mosquito samples taken from Manorville have tested positive for the virus...
View ArticlePest control company expands to Cutchogue
Roughly two weeks ago, East End pest control company North Shore Exterminating opened a new tick and mosquito control office in Cutchogue. John Bennett, co-owner of North Shore Exterminating, is in...
View ArticleMosquito sample collected in Mattituck tests positive for West Nile
A mosquito sample collected in Mattituck earlier this month tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health. To date, 68 mosquito samples across the county...
View ArticleMosquito sample found in Southold tests positive for West Nile virus
A mosquito sample collected in Southold tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health. The sample was one of six in Suffolk County collected July 20 that...
View ArticleTwo more North Fork mosquito samples test positive for West Nile Virus
A pair of North Fork mosquito samples tested this week for West Nile Virus came back positive, according to the Suffolk County Department of Health. The samples were taken in Aquebogue and Southold...
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