01.28.2025 News Local fire departments saw increase in call volume in 2024 Several fire departments across the North Fork reported record call numbers in 2024 and saw an uptick in fire response and rescue incidents compared to past years. The Mattituck...
01.20.2025 News Damon Rallis sentencing postponed again Damon Rallis, a longtime Southold Town building department employee and one-time candidate for Town Supervisor, will not be sentenced as expected this week due to his attorney’s scheduling conflicts....
01.16.2025 Education Most area schools opt out of state regionalization plan The deadline for schools to either opt in or out of the proposed statewide regionalization plan process was Wednesday and all districts but one in the North Fork region...
01.09.2025 News Disappointment follows Gov. Hochul’s third veto of Grieving Families Act After revisions were made to the previous version of the bill, Gov. Kathy Hochul has rejected the Grieving Families Act for a third time. The nixed legislation — which...
01.06.2025 People of the Year 2024 Business Person of the Year: Greg Ammirati The Mattituck community has shown Greg Ammirati nothing but love for the past decade, and he only wants to give that love right back — and not just in...
01.03.2025 People of the Year 2024 Community Leaders of the Year: Paul Drum Life Experience Project In the words of his mother Sharon Sailor, Paul Drum has dipped his “foot in every pond.” Even with Down syndrome, the almost-40-year-old has achieved a seat in public...
12.20.2024 News Southold police investigate recent car thefts, urge residents to keep vehicles locked The Southold Police Department reported two cars stolen overnight in the North Fork area last week, one in Mattituck and the other in Laurel. A Center Street resident in...
12.18.2024 News Suspected Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann charged with seventh murder of alleged victim, Valerie Mack Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged for the murder of a seventh female victim, Valerie Mack, whose remains were found both near Gilgo Beach and...
12.12.2024 News Civic ‘Blue Ribbon Panel’ to focus on land preservation Whether it’s discussions of agri-tourism resorts, farming or development, Riverhead Town has remained at the center of the land preservation debate for years — and the topic has created some divisions....
12.11.2024 News Fire Commissioner election results Several fire districts throughout the North Fork and Riverhead held fire commissioner board elections on Tuesday, Dec. 10. A majority of the races were unopposed, however, three districts were...
