12.04.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Always tough and engaged, Arthur Tasker was a Greenport fixture It is with a heavy heart that I write to pay tribute to neighbor, citizen, political gadfly and Greenport Zoning Board member Arthur Tasker. We met Arthur and Lucia...
12.18.2018 Government Trustee Doug Roberts won’t seek re-election in March Greenport Village Trustee Doug Roberts, whose four-year term on the board expires in March, has decided not to seek re-election. Mr. Roberts posted the announcement Monday night on his...
06.15.2017 Government Finding a place for millennials — local municipalities grapple with workforce housing You’ve likely heard the term “brain drain” before. It’s an expression often used to describe the mass departure of post-college Long Islanders to other parts of the country, where...
04.28.2017 Government Greenport asks county to impose ‘landing fee’ on North Ferry The Greenport Village Board voted Thursday to send a letter to County Legislator Al Krupski (D-Cutchogue) asking that the legislature allow a “landing fee” for cars entering Greenport from...
04.25.2017 Government Village to install plastic bag receptacles for dog walkers Greenport Village will be putting plastic bag receptacles at the Fifth and Sixth Street beaches in an attempt to get dog owners to pick up after their pooch.
02.20.2017 Government Village Board looking to meet with town officials to discuss police issues Village Trustee Doug Roberts’ criticism of Southold Town Police Department coverage of Greenport will prompt a meeting between board members and town officials.
02.04.2017 Columns Guest Spot: It’s time for all of us to come together The neighborhood south of the railroad tracks in Greenport Village is called West Dublin because it was once inhabited by Irish people who came to work on the railroad...
01.24.2017 Government Greenport Village eyes permits for all rentals The Greenport Village Board has scheduled a public hearing on a revision to its residential rental permit law. The change would scale back some of the requirements in the...
12.27.2016 Government Village Board delays vote on salary increases for elected officials The Greenport Village Board held off on voting to increase the salaries of the mayor and four trustees Thursday night, although the majority of board members said they support...
11.27.2016 Government Village could add Wiggins Street rental to housing authority Greenport Village may be adding another rental property to its housing authority.
