They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now.

The Oyster Bay Forward Grant Program is thanks to federal funds secured by the town, according to a news release. Beginning Nov. 29, businesses and nonprofits can apply for $5,000 grants.

Oyster Bay planted 50,000 adult oysters in town waters this week as part of a national nonprofit program that buys shellfish from local growers and donates them to municipalities to help create ...

The Garden Tour is more than just a feast for the eyes; it’s a grassroots effort with deep community roots and a clear mission. “We started this back in 2011 as a way to put Oyster Bay on the ...

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

The Oyster Bay Town Board has approved a six-month moratorium on battery energy storage sites that stalls any movement on proposals for two such facilities that are pending. No sites are in ...

Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive nonnative European green crabs. Some ...

The Oyster Bay site was the only one that fit all the criteria. Now, the City is under contract to get to 30% design for the site grading but has only received concepts for comment.

Project in Tomales Bay aims to revive once-plentiful Olympia oyster 03:17. TOMALES BAY – An oyster that was once abundant in the Bay Area is being studied to see if farming more of it could help ...

By Sydney Kuhnel editors@antonnews.com The Town of Oyster Bay was recently awarded a $435,000 grant through the Green Innovation Grant Program. The grant is part of a larger program through New ...