Top Stories 2020 Archives - The Suffolk Times

01.02.2021 COVID-19

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 left deadly impact at long-term care facilities

When the first COVID-19 outbreak occurred in the United States at a nursing home in Washington, it became abundantly clear that long-term care facilities, filled largely with elderly residents,...

01.01.2021 COVID-19

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 forces schools to transition to remote learning

On a Monday morning in March, one day after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Suffolk County, students at Shoreham-Wading River High School were en route to school...

12.31.2020 COVID-19

Top Stories 2020: Health care workers rise to the challenge to confront COVID-19

On Sept. 9, a group of health care workers at Peconic Bay Medical Center gathered in front of the hospital as the northern portion of Roanoke Avenue was officially...

12.31.2020 COVID-19

Top Stories 2020: A pandemic alters our way of life

As the annual holiday festivities subsided with the start of January, business began to return to normal across the North Fork. On. Jan. 1,at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead,...

12.30.2020 Featured Story

Top Stories 2020: Police protests erupt on the East End

In May, an eight minute and 46 second video of a deadly police encounter in Minneapolis shook the world, igniting protests in every corner of the nation including here...

12.29.2020 News

Top Stories 2020: ‘Superspreader’ wedding leads to penalties for country club

State officials suspended the North Fork Country Club’s liquor license following a ‘superspreader’ event that led to over 30 COVID-19 cases in October. The wedding, held Oct. 17, reportedly...

12.27.2020 News

Top Stories 2020: Police retirement party leads to investigations

Both an outside law firm hired by the Southold Town Board and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office launched investigations into the local police department’s lack of response to...

12.26.2020 Featured Story

Top Stories 2020: Election stats show Southold is turning bluer

Across America and Long Island, the November elections brought historic numbers of voters to the polls. Record numbers voted by mail-in ballots, locally and across the country. While the...

12.24.2020 News

Top Stories 2020: ‘For sale’ sign comes off Plum Island

Just days before Christmas, the U.S. Senate passed an omnibus spending bill that included a great gift to everyone who wants to preserve the natural beauty around us. By...

12.24.2020 Featured Story

Top Stories 2020: Tropical storm hits with a vengeance

If someone were to write a short history of Tropical Storm Isaias, which swept over Long Island and the North Fork on Aug. 4, it could be summed up...