10.17.2011 Government Town giving away wood chips from all the brush collected post-Irene Interested in picking up some free wood chips? They’re large — up to six inches — and not particularly pretty, but courtesy of Tropical Storm Irene, Southold Town has...
09.28.2011 News FEMA to close temporary Riverhead office The temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery office set up in Riverhead to help those affected by Hurricane Irene will close Oct. 1. The office, which was stationed...
09.02.2011 News Reminder: Southold Town will be picking up storm debris The Town of Southold will sponsor a cleanup of hurricane debris over the next several weeks and town officials are trying to spread the word. In order to get...
09.02.2011 News Check out this cool photo of Tropical Storm Irene The above photo was snapped by Suffolk Times reader Myrna Burks from a spot on Village Lane around 11:00 a.m. Sunday, right around the peak of Tropical Storm Irene....
09.01.2011 News LIPA Update: Still 4,100 customers without power on North Fork About 60 percent of the 10,000 Southold Town residents who were without power Monday have seen their outages restored, according to the latest numbers from the Long Island Power...
08.29.2011 News Police say Southold weathered the storm well Because most people heeded the call to stay home, Southold Police reported no major incidents resulting from Irene’s visit to the North Fork, said Chief Martin Flatley. Dispatchers were...
08.29.2011 News Greenport Village avoided Irene’s wrath While most of the North Fork remains without power, with few exceptions, Greenport Village is up and running, Mayor David Nyce said. Most villagers had electricity by Sunday afternoon....
08.29.2011 News LIPA: Some may be without power for a week There’s good news and bad news from the Long Island Power Authority on work to restore power to the hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders still without electricity thanks...
08.29.2011 News Southold hurricane debris cleanup starts Sept. 6 The Southold Highway Department’s free townwide storm debris pickup will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 6. As is the case with the spring cleanup, highway crews will work their way...
08.29.2011 Multimedia Reader Photos: Tropical Storm Irene hits the North Fork Irene, which hit the area as a weakened tropical storm, has come and gone without any serious injuries on the North Fork. But she did leave hundreds of downed...