08.28.2023 Community ‘Night of survivors’ revisits shootings Over 100 first responders and other community members gathered in the Mattituck High School auditorium Friday evening for a forum on mass shooting incidents. Firehouse Training Plus, which coordinated...
03.31.2018 Editorials Editorial: They spoke. But are our leaders listening? Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., and across America to protest the nation’s gun laws. Among those who spoke before the enormous crowds were...
01.10.2013 News NRA statement regarding White House meeting “The National Rifle Association of America is made up of over 4 million moms and dads, daughters and sons, who are involved in the national conversation about how to...
12.28.2012 News Southold Elementary to install new locking safety doors following tragedy Southold Elementary School will install new locking safety doors and the school district will hold both announced and unannounced emergency drills in conjunction with the police department in January,...
12.24.2012 News North Fork police, firefighters react to Webster shooting Reports that two firefighters were killed and two more were injured along with a police officer after a gunman shot them at the scene of a fire in upstate...
12.21.2012 News Fire alarms sound to honor Sandy Hook victims The Suffolk County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services advised all county fire departments and districts that a national commemoration for Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims would...
12.18.2012 Police McGann-Mercy student suspended after gun threat A 12-year-old Bishop McGann-Mercy Junior High School student has been suspended after making threats on Instagram and Facebook this weekend saying he might have a gun that he would...
12.17.2012 Letters Letter: Media partially to blame for shootings To the Editor: I have literally felt sick to my stomach after hearing about the horrific tragedy that has happened in Connecticut. My thoughts and deepest sympathies go out...
12.16.2012 Letters Featured Letter: Time to talk gun control To the Editor: It is impossible to articulate the magnitude of the horror of the massacre in Connecticut . Those who say “guns don’t kill, people do” are so...
12.14.2012 Education North Fork school officials react to Connecticut shootings North Fork school officials are offering additional counseling services to help students and parents cope with today’s school shooting where a reported 27 people were killed — including 20...
