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.

A $300,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be used to grow oysters in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring harbors, as well as Manhasset Bay and Hempstead Harbor.

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 Olympia oyster, native to the Puget Sound area and named after Olympia, Washington, is as small as a silver dollar but big in flavor. They are described as slightly briny with a coppery finish.

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 ...

Oyster Bay district officials reported a banner year in its athletics department, celebrating student and staff achievement at the board of education meeting on Tuesday, March 11. “It has been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Hog Island Oyster Co.'s oyster farm in Tomales Bay has been closed for weeks due to the parade of Bay Area storms. Remy Anthes/Courtesy of Hog Island Oyster Co. By Madeline Wells , Senior Food ...

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 ...