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10.21.2025 Featured Story

Cannabis clash highlights Southold election forum

The Southold American Legion hall was filled with voters Monday night as 23 local candidates once again made their pitches ahead of the Nov. 4 election. In one of...

10.08.2025 Election 2025

Southold Town Board candidate Planamento seeks to balance development, property rights

Nicholas Planamento, a Republican candidate for Southold Town Board, has deep roots in local government. The vice chairman of the town’s Zoning Board has also served on the Architectural...

10.08.2025 Election 2025

Fishers Island’s Stephanie Hall focuses on housing, jobs in Southold Town Board bid

Stephanie Hall knows Fishers Island well — and plans to draw on that experience as the Republican candidate seeks the island’s seat on Southold Town Board, a dual role...

09.23.2025 News

Greenport community shares thoughts on short-term rental proposals

Greenport officials proposed stricter rules on short-term rentals — leaving some longtime residents who lease out their properties fuming over the possible clampdown. The new regulations, presented during a...

09.18.2025 News

County legislator to march 66 miles and raise awareness of veteran suicide

To Suffolk County Legislator Chad Lennon, the epidemic of veteran suicide is not discussed as much as it should. He’s trying to change that. Mr. Lennon — a United...

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09.11.2025 Government

North Fork Chamber letter calls for end of hotel moratorium

In their first action of the fall, the North Fork Chamber of Commerce sent a letter Sept. 9 to the Southold Town Board and Supervisor Al Krupski, calling for...

09.03.2025 News

County Legislature votes ‘yes’ on ‘working waterfront’ bill

The Suffolk County Legislature voted Sep. 3 on a new bill that would protect working waterfront properties. The Introductory Resolution 1520, which is in concert with the county’s $9.5...

08.29.2025 Government

Greenport awarded grant to clean up, organize village records

The Village of Greenport has been working over the last few years to clean up its old, inactive records and improve its organization. Mayor Kevin Stuessi announced at the...

07.28.2025 Government

Stalled tree code update in Southold causing concern

Some residents of Southold Town are upset that the tree code has not been updated with new rules about clearing residential parcels. One resident, Lynne Normandia, chose to speak...

07.26.2025 News

Residents organize and call out village board at regular meeting

Greenport community members and business owners expressed their concerns about the business district and development at the village board of trustees regular meeting July 24. Several residents went to...

07.14.2025 Government

East End town supervisors review state of the area

Affordable housing, transportation upgrades, legacy industries, business development, workforce retention and environmental challenges dominated the discussion between East End town supervisors at a State of the East End panel...

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.