Jennett Meriden Russell, Author at The Suffolk Times

03.05.2011 Business

Promoting tourism and business around the North Fork

This chilly winter isn’t putting the freeze on hot new ideas for promoting business across the North Fork. Local business improvement district officials, chamber of commerce members and business...

01.25.2011 Business

Business: Could electric cars be the wave of the future?

Bob Dunigan is all charged up about electric cars. The co-owner of Schwing Electrical Supply, which has locations across Long Island, including Riverhead, feels so strongly that the electric...

01.19.2011 Business

Business: North Fork dealers head to New York Boat Show

Local boat dealers are feeling cautiously optimistic that hard financial times may finally be in their wake. Many are also looking forward to this week’s New York Boat Show...

01.12.2011 Real Estate

Real Estate: How to protest your taxes 101

While the official deadline for homeowners to file a grievance against their property tax assessment isn’t until May 1, local assessors say it’s a good idea to begin preparing...

01.04.2011 Business

Business: Hall is heart of Riverhead’s Polish Town

For more than a century, the Riverhead Polish Hall has been the community cornerstone of Riverhead’s Polish Town. The hall was built soon after Polish immigrants settled in Riverhead...

01.04.2011 Real Estate

Who knew a modular home could look this good?

It was nine years ago that businessman Roy Dower decided to fix up an ailing house on his family’s waterfront property in Flanders. He wanted to restore it for...

12.21.2010 Real Estate

Real Estate: Work at downtown Riverhead Hyatt hums along

Work on the $21 million Atlantis Marine World’s Hyatt Place hotel on Riverhead’s East Main Street is moving along as planned. Atlantis Marine World general manager Bryan DeLuca said...

12.13.2010 Real Estate

Over the top holiday decorations by design

Dhonna Goodale typically starts putting up the Christmas displays at her Flanders home at the end of September. Even with a small army of five to six people to...

12.06.2010 Real Estate

Real Estate: Brick and stone veneers are rock-solid options for a new look

With the housing market rocked off its foundation, many East Enders are fixing up rather than upgrading to a new house. And as the wisest of the three little...

12.01.2010 Real Estate

Federally funded fuel program in a HEAP of trouble

A federally funded program that provides free fuel oil and other heating help to low-income households throughout New York is in a heap of trouble. Known as the New...

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