ISLAND. THE TERM NEW ENGLAND ISLAND HOT SPOT MAY SPARK IMAGES OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET, BUT ON THE NORTH SHORE, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE 11 MILE STRETCH OF BEACHES, MARSHES AND WELCOMING SAND OF ...

There are few places as ecologically diverse - and as storied - as Plum Island. The island's 840 acres, located off the tip of Long Island's North Fork, have been largely untouched for the past 71 ...

Can Plum Island, an 843-acre island a mile and a half off the eastern end of Long Island—originally the site in the early 1950s of a U.S. Army laboratory with a mission to develop biological warfare ...

While it’s been slow, there’s definitely been progress in the efforts to preserve the mysterious island in the middle of Long Island Sound, say advocates on both sides of the body of water between ...

Welcome to Plum Island: 840 acres in Long Island Sound off Orient Point with a lighthouse, beaches, brambles and, for now, a laboratory operated by the federal government studying the most highly ...

Lee McLaughlin looks back fondly on the childhood summers she spent at her grandfather’s cottage on Plum Island in the 1950s and 1960s. The home is at the northern tip of the barrier island, an ...

The coastline of Massachusetts is full of seaside destination towns within a short drive of Boston. But if you're looking for a little space away from the crowds, go to Plum Island. This unique ...