05.05.2016 Government Suffolk lawmakers delay taking action on plastic bag ban — again Suffolk County residents hopeful for a decision regarding a proposed ban on single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the county will have to keep waiting.
03.02.2016 Government Suffolk County may ban single-use plastic bags The debate over whether Riverhead and Southold towns should ban single-use plastic bags may soon be over.
03.18.2014 Government Suffolk Legislature approves measure to raise age on tobacco sales Suffolk County is poised to be the first county nationwide keeping cigarettes out of the hands of teens as the county legislature approved a measure which will raise the...
03.04.2014 Health Smoking on SCCC campus may be banned While the Suffolk County Legislature has been considering increasing the age for everyone throughout the county to purchase tobacco — from age 19 to 21 — another measure could...
03.03.2014 Health Hearing in Riverside Tuesday on raising tobacco-buying age After a contentious public hearing in the middle of last month on raising the age to purchase tobacco from 19 to 21, the Suffolk County Legislature will hold a...
02.10.2014 Government County to discuss raising age limit for tobacco sales The Suffolk County Legislature is scheduled to hold a public hearing Tuesday to discuss raising the legal age for tobacco sales to 21.
