01.20.2020 Obituaries Crash victim remembered as talented soccer player who ‘had so much to offer’ To many of the English as a New Language students at Mattituck High School, Melvin Dominguez Torres was a good friend. A native of El Salvador, Melvin followed two...
03.02.2018 Government Community-based program aims to assist Long Island immigrants A quickly growing rapid response network on Long Island aims to connect locals with immigrants living daily with the fear that they maybe deported. The systems are organized by...
01.27.2018 Editorials Editorial: Worrisome times for many North Fork immigrants These are dramatic and worrisome times in our country for immigrants from some Spanish-speaking countries. In January, the Department of Homeland Security announced that a program called Temporary Protected...
09.22.2017 News Standing together as witnesses for undocumented immigrants A handful of times this past summer, Carolyn Peabody traveled into New York City to attend the court appearances for a family friend’s son, who had been detained by...
09.16.2017 Columns Column: Celebrating a nun’s 60 years of service Last Saturday night a large group of men, women, children and babies filled all the pews at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in Greenport for the 8 p.m. Spanish...
03.17.2016 Health New initiative aids immigrants, promotes preventive care The scene at Pindar Vineyards Friday was a little out of the ordinary. Instead of out-of-towners sampling chardonnay and pinot grigio, a health care organization was offering a free...
12.08.2014 News Group fundraising to return fatal crash victim to native country A local fundraising effort is underway to help the family of the Peconic man who died Saturday in an alleged drunk driving crash to send his body to his...
07.17.2014 Government ‘Border children’ reach Riverhead, reunite with family A misty Independence Day morning rekindled hope for a Riverhead family that was reunited for the first time in 11 years. “I’m so happy,” said Marta, a Guatemalan immigrant...
05.25.2013 News Lifetime achievement award for Sister Margaret It’s been 15 minutes since the North Fork Spanish Apostolate’s doors in Riverhead opened for the day and the waiting list to see Sister Margaret Smyth is already growing....
