Huntington Beach Community Association Beach in Centerport is closed to bathing due to the finding of bacteria at levels that are in excess of acceptable criteria; six additional beaches are also closed.

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ Division of Vector Control plans to treat parts of the following salt marshes by helicopter to control mosquito larvae. 

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services will hold a meeting of The Board of Health on Wednesday, September 21, 2016.

 

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Division of Environmental Quality will hold its regular monthly Board of Review Hearing on Thursday September 15, 2016.

Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. James L. Tomarken announced today that 15 mosquito samples (all Culex pipiens-restuans) collected between August 22 and August 28, 2016, have tested positive for West Nile virus.