01.31.2020 Government Southold officials consider following Riverhead’s beach permit system A new proposal for issuing beach permits in Riverhead Town has officials in Southold rethinking their own permit structure for town facilities. Riverhead’s recreation department may soon move to...
11.21.2019 Government Riverhead, Southold to join local municipalities in opioid lawsuit Officials in Riverhead and Southold both took steps this week to appoint special counsel in connection with an opioid lawsuit.
08.09.2019 Government Police chiefs to meet with state DOT officials to discuss traffic remedies Police chiefs in Riverhead and Southold towns are continuing to collaborate on brainstorming ideas to free up traffic on the North Fork this fall.
07.19.2019 Government Southold Town could get ‘experimental’ with fall traffic this year With autumn just around the corner, police chiefs in Riverhead and Southold towns have been meeting regularly to come up with potential short-term solutions to alleviate traffic backing up...
05.13.2019 Government Riverhead, Southold may team up to address seasonal traffic concerns The two North Fork towns may team up to address seasonal traffic concerns, Riverhead Councilwoman Jodi Giglio announced at a work session Thursday.
02.08.2019 Community History of North Fork slavery largely ignored until recently, historians say Not long after the founding of Southold Town in the mid-1600s, and more than a century before the western end of the town broke off and became Riverhead, the...
12.21.2018 Government Conversation: Riverhead Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith on first year in office 2018 marked a lot of firsts for Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith, beginning with the very first day of the new year, when she was sworn in as the...
04.27.2018 Government Amendment in House bill aimed at reducing helicopter noise The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday with an amendment that would require the Federal Aviation Administration to reassess the North Shore Helicopter Route that North Fork residents...
03.01.2018 Government North Fork officials come together to talk traffic woes Officials from Southold and Riverhead towns, Suffolk County, and New York State met Wednesday morning to discuss how to address traffic issues on the North Fork. They agreed on...
12.22.2017 Mattituck Cutchogue School District Mattituck school board says goodbye to Jens-Smith Presiding over her final meeting as a member of the Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education, Laura Jens-Smith said an emotional goodbye to her fellow board members and administrators Thursday evening.
