06.03.2018 Government Southampton supe to run for comptroller Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman announced Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nod to run for Suffolk County comptroller, a position currently held by Republican John Kennedy, who,...
11.24.2017 Health Sadness and horror at Southampton Town opioid forum A recorded voiceover filled the packed auditorium at Hampton Bays High School last Wednesday night. “Hi, I’m Tom Ventura,” it began, and the speaker continued to detail his life...
03.26.2015 Environment County legislature approves $80K study of Millstone’s impact on Sound In a split vote Tuesday, county lawmakers approved an $80,000 study on the impacts that Connecticut’s Millstone Nuclear Power Plant has on water temperature of the Long Island Sound.
03.15.2015 Government New convention center pitched for Suffolk County Would constructing a large-scale convention center capable of hosting boat shows, concerts and auto shows be a viable means of bolstering the Suffolk County’s economy? That is the question...
12.18.2014 Police East End PD’s to get ‘fair shake’ from county taxes East End police departments and villages across Suffolk County will benefit from a collective $6 million in sales tax revenue over the next three years, thanks to a new...
12.09.2014 Government Salary reimbursements return to Suffolk’s water quality fund The Suffolk County Legislature has voted to fix what one law maker called a decade-long “accounting issue” that put reimbursed money into a general fund rather than the county’s...
11.21.2014 Environment Is Millstone power plant killing lobsters in the Sound? Each day, some two billion gallons of water are pumped from Long Island Sound into the Millstone Power Station in Waterford, Conn. — that state’s only nuclear power plant...
11.07.2014 Environment Pol: Return worker reimbursements to Suffolk’s water quality fund In an attempt to further safeguard funding for Suffolk County’s Drinking Water Protection Program, County legislators have proposed a new law to ensure certain federal reimbursements for fund expenditures...
10.14.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cash, credit prices and a gas bill defeated I should have been suspicious last month driving into a gas station off the Long Island Expressway to fill up. I’d written a column in May about the effort...
07.31.2014 Health & Environment Newly formed tick committee members learn they’ll soon disband Suffolk County’s newly formed tick advisory committee was thrown a curveball during its first meeting Wednesday when members learned they might only have a month and half to continue...
