03.28.2017 Government State: Alcohol will not be served at Hallock State Park Preserve Facing opposition from North Fork elected officials, the state parks department announced Tuesday it will withdraw a request for proposals for a Taste NY retail concession center that would have included...
02.06.2017 Government Riverhead mulls Peconic Bay Boulevard weight limit, pumpkin-picker bus In an effort to ease North Fork traffic concerns, a weight-limit restriction could be coming to Peconic Bay Boulevard and a seasonal bus loop may be created to transport...
11.27.2016 Government Suffolk lawmaker proposes shrinking size of Legislature A Suffolk County legislator from Bohemia is calling on county officials to let the public vote on reducing the size of the legislature, a proposal that has received mixed...
11.09.2016 Government Environmentalists applaud landslide victory for CPF extension Local environmentalists are thanking voters for their overwhelming approval of the Community Preservation Fund, a proposition that was approved Tuesday by wide margins in each of the five East End towns.
06.02.2016 Government Riverhead multiplex with 10-to-12 screens gets first approval A proposed 50,340-square-foot, 10-to-12-screen multiplex movie theater at the site of the former Walmart on Route 58 was unanimously approved by the Suffolk County Planning Commission Tuesday.
04.05.2016 Health Riverhead Town Supervisor backs PBMC trauma care expansion Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter is voicing strong support for a $60 million expansion plan for Peconic Bay Medical Center’s trauma and intensive care unit.
03.04.2016 Environment Suffolk to Gov. Cuomo: Don’t dump dredge spoils in LI Sound Suffolk County lawmakers and local environmentalists are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers’ latest plan for disposing of dredged materials in Long...
07.06.2015 Government Four years later: A local analysis of the 2-percent property tax cap With news late last month that the New York State Legislature extended the 2-percent property tax cap another four years, we took a look back at the property tax...
06.06.2015 Columns Column: People are to blame, not bluefish Over the past several weeks, the East End’s waterways have been inundated with toxic red and mahogany tides resulting in die-offs of diamondback terrapin (turtles), bunker and alewives. Our...
09.12.2014 Business The Riverhead Project closed for good: owner The Riverhead Project, the downtown eatery widely heralded as a milestone in the revitalization of Riverhead, has gone out of business, according to the restaurant’s owner.