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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two people suffered injuries in a car crash on U.S. 101 near the Mason-Thurston county line Tuesday. The crash occurred at about 10 p.m. at U.S. 101 milepost 355 near Oyster Bay, according to a ...