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09.08.2016 Business

Shoppers, lawmakers offer mixed bag of opinions on 5-cent charge

A new Suffolk County law requiring retailers to charge 5 cents for each paper or plastic bag they provide to shoppers has local residents and lawmakers offering up a...

05.13.2016 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Pay-for-play politics part two

With one bill — the Campaign Finance Reform Act — already before the Suffolk Legislature and aimed at corruption in the county’s electoral process, a group of Suffolk legislators...

05.06.2016 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Preventing pay-for-play politics

With money corrupting the democratic process becoming a major issue in the United States, Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) has introduced a bill to limit campaign contributions from...

03.29.2016 Government

Greenport seeks input on ferry fee, though Suffolk approval needed

The Greenport Village Board is pressing on with a plan to charge the North Ferry Company a per-car fee for its Greenport-Shelter Island traffic.

07.30.2015 Health

County’s Riverhead Health Center is last to be privatized

The Riverhead Health Center will become the last of eight county-run health clinics to be handed over to a private entity after the county Legislature voted on Tuesday to...

06.09.2015 Environment

Suffolk County may soon incentivize energy-efficient upgrades

In an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Suffolk County is hoping an incentive for business and homeowners to improve their buildings will help spur upgrades on outdated structures. A low-cost,...

10.01.2014 Health & Environment

Tick committee suggests 4 new positions to monitor population

Suffolk County’s newly formed tick advisory committee wants the county to hire new full-time employees to comprehensively combat tick-borne illnesses.

09.30.2014 Health & Environment

Tick committee gets another life with year-long extension

It seems as though the county’s tick committee will get more time to sink their teeth into the tick problem. After learning at its first meeting in July that it...

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...

06.19.2014 Government

NYS lawmakers agree: Let’s not kill the swans

It looks like the swans won’t be killed. Or at least if they are killed, it will now come as a last resort. Legislation has passed both houses of the...

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