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Tick Wise Education Hosts Art Hike For Tick Bite Awareness In Riverhead STARI Vs. Lyme: Understanding The Diseases In Tick Territory

“I’m finding lone star ticks 10-to-1 over deer ticks. Most of the phone calls that I get in my office are for lone star ticks.”

East End Tick and Mosquito Control Celebrates 25 Years!

The company was started in 1997 by owner Brian Kelly and his father Ray, and is the first specialized tick and mosquito company on Long Island…

Charity Spotlight!

Home is where the… ticks are!

In the May issue on page 7, Brian Kelly talks about how many of the tick-borne diseases have doubled in the past 15 years.

The unveiling “Tick Awareness” signs at Mashashimuet Park

Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m. and they will also bring tick removal kits, handbooks and ID cards for attendees.

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Unveiling of Tick Awareness Signs & Kiosks at Mashashimuet Park

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offered his professional advice to Mashashimuet Park prior to their first 5k.

Tick Safety Tips From Brian Kelly

“Studies show that 20 to 50 percent of the ticks on the East End of Long Island are infected with Lyme disease…”

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Unveiling of Tick Awareness Signs & Kiosks at Mashashimuet Park

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offered his professional advice to Mashashimuet Park prior to their first 5k.

East End Safety Tips

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offers his tick safety tips. Page 94.

Tick Safety Tips From Brian Kelly

“Studies show that 20 to 50 percent of the ticks on the East End of Long Island are infected with Lyme disease…”

The unveiling “Tick Awareness” signs at Mashashimuet Park

Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m. and they will also bring tick removal kits, handbooks and ID cards for attendees.

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Unveiling of Tick Awareness Signs & Kiosks at Mashashimuet Park

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offered his professional advice to Mashashimuet Park prior to their first 5k.

Home is where the… ticks are!

In the May issue on page 7, Brian Kelly talks about how many of the tick-born diseases have doubled in the past 15 years.

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Unveiling of Tick Awareness Signs & Kiosks at Mashashimuet Park

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offered his professional advice to Mashashimuet Park prior to their first 5k.

Lyme Disease Awareness Month: East End Tick Safety Tips

Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control offers his tick prevention tips. Page 94.

Home is where the… ticks are!

Page 6 of the Spring issue teaches us that 70% of people that contract Lyme disease do so right in their own backyards.

Not Too Late for a March Tick Shield

Summer is just around the corner, so protect your loved ones with Tick Control’s non-spray Tick Shield. Read all about it on page 71.

Lyme Awareness Month with tips to stay safe.

East End Tick & Mosquito Control® was featured in a recent article on Hamptons.com about

COVID-19 and Lyme disease have similar symptoms. Learn to identify the differences in this article.

Learn why it’s more important than ever to tick-proof yourself during the pandemic.

Listen to Brian in a Podcast with April “The Tick Lady” Boitano, article in The Independent.

In Anticipation Of Lyme Awareness Month, East End Tick Control® Expert Offers Tips To Stay Safe on Hamptons.com.

That’s not chiggers…Click here to read what Brian Kelly from East End Tick Control® has to say about chiggers on Long Island.

Tick Wise Education president, April Nill-Boitano, MSEd, and East End Tick & Mosquito Control® president, Brian Kelly, joined forces to present a special Art Hike for Tick Awareness at the South Fork Natural History Museum (SOFO) in Bridgehampton. Find out more about this event on hamptons.com, The Independent and Dans Papers

Pest Control Expert Offers Tips To Keep Pesky Pests Away This Summer, read the tips on hamptons.com

Check out the article in Riverhead Local about the upcoming tick-borne disease symposium on May 18, which is being held at the Long Island Aquarium Sea Star Ballroom

Check out our write-up in the Montauk Life Magazine about the bush or longhorn tick, a recently arrived and potentially deadly invader from Asia.

We were featured in a recent article in the Easthampton Patch about tips to avoid getting bit by ticks and possibly contracting Lyme disease.

Check out the article in Indy East End regarding the newest threat on Long Island, the Asian longhorn tick, a potentially fatal invader whose bite could be deadly.

In a recent writeup on Hampton.com, East End Tick Control® owner Brian Kelly spoke about the threat of the Asian longhorn tick and how Long Island residents can protect themselves from this potentially deadly invader.

Tick Wise Education Hosts Art Hike For Tick Bite Awareness In Riverhead

East End Tick & Mosquito Control® and Tick Wise Education have joined forces to host a public “Tick Borne Disease Educational Symposium” on Saturday, May 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sea Star Ballroom of the Long Island Aquarium, see the articles on patch.com and hamptons.com. Tick Wise Education Hosts Art Hike For Tick Bite Awareness In Riverhead On Sunday, June 24, Tick Wise Education will host its first Art Hike for Tick Bite Awareness, sponsored by East End Tick & Mosquito Control®.

It’s High Time for Ticks, Which Are Spreading Diseases Farther Brian of East End Tick and Mosquito Control® was featured in the New York Times! Learn more about how tick species are spreading ever farther than ever before.

shelter island reporter logo School District to Spray Fiske Field for Ticks Shelter Island school district has decided to use our Tick Guard spray to protect students in the district from ticks and Lyme Disease.

Experts Fear This Tick Season Could Be A Bad OneTicks have recently been especially prevalent on the east end, but learn how to protect yourself during 2017, what could be the worst summer yet.

Brian Kelly Of East End Tick & Mosquito Control®: Nothing Bugs This Entrepreneur For Long Hamptons.com did a great article on Brian, and how he and East End Tick Control® got started.

Tick Tips from Brian Kelly(Skip to Page 113 for Brian’s article) Brian offers a few tips to keep ticks off of you and your loved ones.

Local Expert Weighs In On How To Prepare For Tick Season In this Hamptons.com article, Brian offers some advice to residents of the Hamptons in order to prepare them for the upcoming tick season.

Fall Tick Prevention

Contrary to popular opinion, the end of summer is not the end of tick season. Fall is actually prime time for the crawling critters, which means that even though summer is over, the danger of contracting Lyme is still as strong. Get some fall tick prevention tips here.

East End Tick & Mosquito Control® Donates $25K to Southampton Hospital’s Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center Southampton resident Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control®, has donated $25,000 to Southampton Hospital’s Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center.

The East Hampton Star Brian Kelly Appointed to Suffolk County Tick Advisory Committee Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman has appointed Brian Kelly of East End Tick and Mosquito Control® in Southampton to the County’s Tick Advisory Committee.

Tick Control Services

It would be nice if all the ticks would disappear at the end of the month of May, which also happens to be Lyme Disease Awareness Month, but that is not going to happen. Learn more about the war on bugs.

Meet Deerdra – Our New Mascot!

Meet Deerdra the deer tick, East End Tick & Mosquito Control®’s new mascot. She’ll be spotted all over the East End reminding people that ticks really are everywhere and helping us to spread awareness about the dangers of tick-borne diseases.

Resilient, Disease Carrying Tick Population Raises New Concerns It seems the unusually cold winter didn’t hurt the tick population one bit. CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff has more.

On the Frontlines of War on Bugs

East End Tick and Mosquito® has been serving the East End community for 16 years, and with each progressive year, business has gotten better. This is not good news for the community, of course, because it means the tick problem in particular has gotten much worse. But when Brian Kelly started the business on his own, ticks were already the talk of the town..

Don’t Sleep On Ticks Because It’s Almost Fall; They’re Still Hungry

Vacationers may leave by Labor Day, but ticks stick around our parks and woods much longer. In fact, we are getting into peak season for when tick bites are the most dangerous.

Tick Season Is In Full Swing

When entomologist Scott Campbell moved to Shelter Island in 1991, there were no Lone Star ticks to speak of on his slice of the East End, he recalled last week during a telephone interview. But his findings did not come as a surprise, he said, considering that all prior, local reports of the southern-based, aggressive tick species were confined to Montauk.

East End Tick Control Dan’s Papers Getting Rid of Mosquitos the Green Way

Summer on the East End means many things, but unfortunately, not all of them good. To that end, the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDA), Southampton Hospital and East End Tick & Mosquito Control® have partnered to fight tick-borne diseases.

Tick Patrol: Orgies of Blood Abounding

What despises sunlight and garlic and feasts on meals of blood? The ghoulish and ubiquitous tick, and Brian Kelly of East End Tick Control®, which has been in business for 15 years, is the area’s own personal Van Helsing.

West Nile Arrives on Long Island

May is National Tick Awareness Month, and even as it draws to a close, the little parasites are kicking into high gear, according to Mr. Kelly. “It’s definitely worse after the mild winter,” he said. “In the last five or six years, the ticks have become really bad. It’s a constant, uphill battle.”

Take a Free Ride This Summer

East End Tick & Mosquito Control® has partnered with The Free Ride — an environmentally friendly shuttle service that uses GEM vehicles — in order to get you where you need to go in the Hamptons this summer.