Residents, officials, and some naturalists clashed this week overwhat to do about massive deposits of seaweed on island beaches.The sargassum, many say, is at its worst in years.
A petition to stop ‘dozing’ the sargassum (burying it in the sand)and instead pick it up gained almost 1,000 signatures in sixdays, while other residents complained even the Village’scurrent schedule of twice-daily burying is not enough whenlarge quantities wash ashore.