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06.06.2025 Government

Irrigation law to be floated in Southold

The Southold Town Board will weigh a new law regarding use of irrigation systems during a public hearing set for Tuesday, June 24, at 4:30 p.m. at Town Hall....

05.20.2025 Government

State budget gives local families a boost with tax breaks, rebates

The 2025-26 New York State budget passed earlier this month. It includes a plan to ensure that New York’s approximately 2.7 million students can receive breakfast and lunch for...

04.15.2025 News

Zeldin lays out Long Island’s role in EPA’s new priorities

Lee Zeldin, former U.S Congressman and current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at a Long Island Association special event at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on...

Lee Zeldin — wearing a blue suit, a white button-down, and a red and blue-striped tie — sits on the edge of a wooden desk. His hands are folded to appear calm and relaxed. Behind the desk is a brown chair and a fireplace, with a folded American flag on the mantle.

04.15.2025 News

Greenport Village officials prep 2026 budget

Greenport Village officials hosted a public meeting to discuss its fiscal year 2025/2026 budget last Thursday. The proposed budget of approximately $13.6 million represents a roughly $775,000 spending increase...

04.14.2025 Government

County calls on waterfront business owners for input

The Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning has extended its deadline to hear from owners of businesses along the county’s waterfront to Friday, April 18. Owners of...

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04.03.2025 Government

6 vie, 3 will win in Southold Town Trustee race

The full slate of candidates running for the Southold Town Trustees in November has been announced. Made up of five members, Southold Town Trustees administer all activity within 100...

03.27.2025 News

County prosecutors subpoena Greenport Village records

Last week, several Greenport Village officials were served with grand jury subpoenas issued by Suffolk County prosecutors seeking official records relating to a 2023 fire at Sterlington Deli, according...

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03.19.2025 Election 2025

Despite political turmoil, Greenport voters stay the course

Veteran Greenport Village Trustees Mary Bess Phillips and Julia Robins won re-election late Tuesday night, following Village Mayor Kevin Stuessi’s unexpected public announcement late last week that Ms. Phillips...

03.14.2025 News

Riverhead officials sign off on Scott’s Pointe changes with no further environmental review required

As the lead agency in the environmental review process, the Riverhead Town Board issued a conditional “negative declaration” last week for the revised Scott’s Pointe site plan, which seeks...

03.05.2025 Government

Local law changes for shellfish, yard sale permits in Southold

After two recent public hearings, a local law regarding how the Southold Town Board adjusts shellfish permits was passed Feb. 25. Then on March 4, a separate law was...

03.03.2025 News

Southold officials shuffle project priorities amid federal funding shakeup

Sweeping executive orders, government worker layoffs and widespread dismantling of long-standing federal regulatory practices since President Donald Trump took office have put several local projects in limbo, as town...

02.27.2025 News

New code enforcement at site of fatal Mattituck fire

The owners of an illegal five-bedroom Mattituck rental home that was housing 13 people when it was destroyed in a devastating fire last fall — killing a young Guatemalan...

01.31.2025 News

Southold officials host public forum on immigration and enforcement policies

As concerns intensify surrounding the implications of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, local officials hosted an information session at Southold Town Recreation Center in Peconic on Thursday, Jan. 30....

01.29.2025 News

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to head EPA

The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 on Jan. 29 to confirm former congressman Lee Zeldin of Shirley to serve as head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump’s...

01.28.2025 Government

Local supervisors comment on town enforcement of federal immigration laws

Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski and Riverhead Town Supervisor Tim Hubbard said in separate press releases this week that while the enforcement of immigration policies remain a federal matter,...

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