Deborah Wetzel – Long Island, NY

Yard inspiration blooms on garden tour Saturday

September 9, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

A bright burst of color in the arrowwood viburnum, one of the many native plants on display at the Fall Sustainable Garden and Meadow tour (Courtesy Photo). The late summer season on the North Fork […]

North Fork naturalist Latham is celebrated in Orient

August 22, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Farmer and fisherman Roy Latham’s ancient typewriter that he used to write some of his journals, vividly describing the rewards of experiencing the natural beauty of the North Fork. (Credit: Deborah Wetzel) Tucked into two […]

Dr. Madden leads expansion at SBELIH as new top doc

August 13, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Alison C. Madden, M.D., is Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital’s new chief medial officer. (Credit: Deborah Wetzel) The new chief medical officer at Greenport’s Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, Dr. Alison C. Madden, […]

North Fork history comes alive with battle reenactment

August 11, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Actors portraying British soldiers firing with two men down, in a dramatic historical reenactment recently in Cutchogue. (Credit: Deborah Wetzel) Volunteers from acrossLong Island performed a reenactment of the Battle of Oyster Ponds Saturday on […]

Tee Pee Ted’s Wilderness Adventure is back

August 8, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Tony Valderrama shows exhibits from his Traveling Wilderness Museum. (Courtesy Photo) For decades, Tee Pee Ted’s Wilderness Adventure was the highlight of the summer for thousands of children on the East End. That ended last […]

Salt Air Farm raises birds who always come home

August 1, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Prudence and Dan Heston with part of a member of their flock at Salt Air Farm. (Credit: Deborah Wetzel) While many farms from Riverhead to Orient raise ducks, chickens or geese, Salt Air Farm on […]

‘Museums’ added to Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council organization name

July 22, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Boy Scout is Alex Boyd, taking the first steps to righting a stone in a recent Burying Ground Restoration Workshop. (Courtesy photo) The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council — which takes care of the Village Green, […]

North Fork Cheer team is going national

July 18, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

All for one, one for all. This young cheerleading team is going to a national completion in Texas. (Credit: Deborah Wetzel) There’s a lot of excitement these days at North Fork Cheer on Route 58 […]

Voyage to the bottom of the earth: Antarctica

July 14, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

Deborah Wetzel, dressed for the season, ventures forth on the Antarctic ice. (Courtesy photo) Would you travel four days to go to Antarctica? No? Well, I did. It took two days to get there and […]

Suffolk County tests wells in Mattituck: Source of contaminants still unknown

July 7, 2025 Deborah Wetzel 0

(Courtesy photo) Residents in a neighborhood around Reeve Avenue in Mattituck are being offered special well filters and bottled water while testing continues on the quality of their well water. The investigation began almost a […]