03.16.2017 Editorials Endorsements: Phillips, Robins for Greenport Village Board In our 2013 endorsement of Mary Bess Phillips and Julia Robins for Greenport Village trustee, we wrote about communication. At the time, Village Board meetings had become a recurring...
03.14.2017 Government Greenport Village debate hot topics: PSEG-LI deal, parking and rentals The three candidates running in this year’s Greenport Village Board election have different ideas about how $1.3 million from the tentative PSEG-Long Island cable project agreement should be spent.
03.13.2017 Government Greenport debate moved up to 6 p.m. Monday; candidate drops out of race UPDATE (March 13): The Greenport Village Board debate scheduled for Monday night has been moved up from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m. to accommodate Floyd Memorial Library’s schedule.
02.16.2017 Government See who’s running in this year’s Greenport Village Board election Four candidates are running for two seats up for grabs in this year’s Greenport Village Board election. Trustees Mary Bess Phillips and Julia Robins will face challengers Paul Kreiling and...
12.27.2016 Government Village Board delays vote on salary increases for elected officials The Greenport Village Board held off on voting to increase the salaries of the mayor and four trustees Thursday night, although the majority of board members said they support...
10.22.2016 Government Village Board incumbents to seek re-election The Greenport Village Board election will be held on March 21, 2017 with two seats up for grabs. Both incumbents, Mary Bess Phillips and Julia Robins, said they plan...
06.19.2016 Government Village may take up short-term rental issue again Last year, the Greenport Village Board considered enacting a law to deal with short-term rentals, but never adopted it. Now, the issue is coming up again.
08.07.2015 Government Tall Ships festival made a $59K profit, Greenport Village says The 2015 Tall Ships festival was a success, according to a Greenport Village expense report released Friday that shows the event netted almost $59,000 in profit over four days.
06.03.2015 Government Greenport Village tries again on Tall Ships funding, votes yes A second attempt to make payments for the Greenport Tall Ships event Wednesday afternoon went smoother this time around than last week — though not exactly smoothly.
04.24.2015 Government Trustee on former mayor: Happy Birthday — or drop dead? The son of former Greenport Village Mayor Dave Kapell is accusing a trustee of making a crass remark about his father. During the public portion of Thursday’s Village Board...