05.31.2024 Environment Dire warnings for 2024 hurricane storm season Last week, Dan Goodwin, Southold Town’s highway superintendent, didn’t feel good about the storm story that popped up on his phone. The New York Times story began this way:...
05.23.2024 Environment Q&A: County official shares I/A system insights Last week’s Suffolk Times story discussed the issue of the new Innovative/Alternative (I/A) septic systems that can cost upwards of $30,000 — and even considerably more. While Suffolk County...
05.16.2024 News Benefits of new septic systems impeded by costs The discussion at last week’s “Septic Savvy Citizens” meeting in Cutchogue was meant to cover the basics of the new Innovative/Alternative (I/A) septic systems: how they work and, more...
05.08.2024 News Southold volunteers gather to build 20 beds for kids in need Last fall, John Succoso was reading a real estate magazine his wife, Cindy, gave him and noticed a story about a group called Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Its motto...
05.03.2024 News The Life of Dr. Oxnam, North Fork artist and Asian scholar The home where Robert Oxnam lived with his wife, Vishakha Desai, is filled with warm sunlight on a Thursday afternoon. Artwork of all kinds abounds, including pottery and a...
04.29.2024 Community North Fork offers respite from devastation in Haiti When Joel Jean-Francois was 11 or 12 years old, he climbed into a boat in Haiti with his parents, his brother and sister. The family hoped to make it...
04.19.2024 Columns Column: Eleanor Lingo’s life is a history lesson In every way, Eleanor Lingo has been a pioneer in Southold Town and across the region. At nearly every stage of her life she broke one color line after...
04.17.2024 News World-renowned sculptor Richard Serra found inspiration, tranquility in Orient Sometime after the horror of Sept. 11, 2001, Richard Serra and his wife, Clara Weyergraf, fled New York City and moved to a house in Orient, at the far...
04.12.2024 Agriculture Workforce housing tackled on site at local farm Near the middle of the Wickham farm in Cutchogue, an old bungalow is being remodeled for workforce housing. Two new bathrooms are being added, along with new bedrooms, heating...
04.09.2024 News Eclipse Day: North Forkers turn out to look up By 2 o’clock, the parking lot at the Custer Institute in Southold was overflowing with cars, as more than 100 skywatchers equipped with beach chairs and special glasses set...
