07.10.2025 News Mattituck hotel moratorium waiver approved at old Capital One HQ The Southold Town Board unanimously approved a waiver from its hotel development moratorium at its July 8 regular meeting, after it was determined the moratorium created an “unnecessary hardship”...
07.07.2025 News Southold, Greenport Community Preservation Funds debate persists Different year, same story. Should Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Funds in Southold be used for water quality and historic preservation? Or will the buck stop at land preservation...
07.03.2025 News Greenport teen reports racial profiling incident Faith Welch, a junior at Greenport High School, and her boyfriend Jon Luc Jobson were in an Uber three weeks ago headed to the Strawberry Festival in Mattituck when...
06.30.2025 News Southold letters to target transient rental violations AirBnBs, Vrbos and other short-term rentals in Southold can be a sore subject for North Fork residents who struggle to find housing in the township with limited inventory. The...
06.27.2025 News Political signage law tabled by Southold Town Board A proposed political sign law in Southold was tabled for further public input with a vote set for July 22 at 4:30 p.m. after two community members questioned the...
06.27.2025 News Southold law regulating sprinkler systems stalled A law regulating irrigation systems in Southold Town was tabled for further public input and revision, with a vote set for 4:30 p.m. on July 22 by Southold Town...
06.23.2025 News Police boat, crowbars used by officers in alleged ferry district house seizure Southold Police Department officers arrived on Fishers Island around Jan. 1 with crowbars in hand and ejected “all property and people” from a Fishers Island Ferry District residential house...
06.19.2025 News Southold housing subsidy framework, plan approved Southold Town Board unanimously adopted a priority-driven “subsidy framework” and “implementation plan” for its Community Housing Plan during its regular meeting June 10. Its described intent is to increase...
06.17.2025 News F.I. Ferry District sues Southold, alleges PD squatters The Fishers Island Ferry District filed a lawsuit against the Town of Southold, Southold Town Board and Southold Police Department on May 29, alleging the town wrongfully and forcibly...
06.06.2025 News Political sign law change on horizon in Southold Southold Town Board will hold a public hearing regarding an amended political sign law Tuesday, June 24, at 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The law states that “while the...