A 115-foot-long Viking ship could be coming to Greenport.
At its meeting last Thursday, the Greenport Village Board held off on voting to allow the Draken Harald Hårfagre to dock in the village, saying it needed more information before voting. READ
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The specifics of Greenport Village’s proposed law to limit short-term rentals in the village are now public. READ
Should the intersection of Route 48 and Route 25 in Greenport be converted into a traffic roundabout? READ
A group of bed and breakfast owners in Greenport wants the village to start regulating short-term rentals such as those advertised on web sites like AirBNB. READ
After months of discussion on reducing the speed limit throughout Greenport Village, the village board has decided to vote on a resolution to ask New York State to lower the speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph on Front Street and Main Street, which are both state roads. READ
A proposal to put stop signs at the south ends of Fifth and Sixth streets in Greenport ran into some opposition at a public hearing May 24.
The plan would place a stop sign on both roads heading south at the intersection with Johnson Place, which connects the streets along the north side of the Fifth Street park. READ
According to statistics compiled recently by the Southold Town Police Department, about 90 percent of the cars on Main Street in Greenport are traveling within three percent of the 30 mph speed limit, and the highest speed recorded was 49 mph, according to Greenport Village Mayor George Hubbard Jr. READ
The East End Tourism Alliance is hoping to get the five East End towns on board in support of the establishment of a “tourism marketing district,” in which a fee would be added to the price of each occupied hotel room. Unlike the existing 3 percent hotel/motel tax, all of the money would stay local for use in tourism promotion and marketing on the East End. (more…)
The idea of establishing a parking sticker for village residents is on hold for now, according to Mayor Hubbard. READ
The Greenport Village Board last Thursday officially set March 22 as the date for a public hearing on reducing the village-wide speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph. The hearing will be held at the Third Street firehouse at 7 p.m. READ
