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04.09.2026 Featured Story

Memories flood in for Orient’s Candy Man: ‘You created an icon’

Tributes for The Candy Man poured in following news that the Orient shop closed last weekend after nearly four decades of serving up chocolate bunnies and other sweet treats....

04.07.2026 Community

Beloved Orient Candy Man closes after nearly 40 years

The Candy Man, an Orient institution known for its rich chocolate bunnies, closed the day before Easter Sunday — ending a nearly four-decade Main Road tradition. Owner Debbie Michta...

04.01.2026 News

Orient woman with dementia found 300 miles away in Maryland after 24-hour search

A 79-year-old Orient woman with dementia was found safe nearly 300 miles away in Maryland after a frantic day-long search spanning three states, Southold Town police said Tuesday. A...

02.02.2026 Outdoors

Ice boats zip across frozen Hallocks Bay for first time since 2015

Ice boaters gripped the tillers as they shot across Hallocks Bay’s frozen surface, wind hammering their faces, the craft’s three steel runners carving lines in the ice at 50...

01.26.2026 News

Highway crews clear roads after foot of snow, schools to delay opening Tuesday

Highway crews continued clearing North Fork roads Monday after Winter Storm Fern dropped up to a foot of snow over the weekend, with main routes like County Road 48...

01.22.2026 News

Flood, fire safety concerns stall Tuthill conservation subdivision

A decade-old conservation subdivision proposal for 112 acres of Tuthill family land in Orient into 17 residential lots hit new speed bumps as updated federal flood projections and fire...

01.08.2026 Profiles

Exclusive: Franklin Mastrangelo signs with Mercury Records

Orient native Franklin Mastrangelo has signed a multi-album deal with Mercury Records and will move to Nashville on Jan. 15 to pursue his music career full time, The Suffolk...

12.18.2025 News

Hit the brakes! Speed limit to drop along parts of CR-48

Southold Town Board unanimously approved speed reductions on key stretches of County Route 48 at its Dec. 2 regular meeting. The changes will reduce the speed limit to 45...

11.10.2025 News

Oysterponds students to hold a flippin’ good fundraiser for Washington, D.C., trip

Oysterponds students will be flipping flackjacks to fund their upcoming Washington, D.C. trip. The pancake breakfast, slated for Saturday, Nov. 15, at Poquatuck Hall in Orient, will help pay...

10.24.2025 Real Estate

North Fork median home price hits record $1.1M despite 21% drop in sales

House prices continue to go through the roof on the North Fork. The median home price soared to a record $1.1 million in the third quarter — despite home...

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