This Morning’s Bulletin — 12.8.21
Good Morning! • There’s a 40 percent chance of rain today, mainly after 11 a.m., with cloudy skies and a
Read more2021 Elections
Election Results: Incumbent Supervisors Prevail, Southold Dems Make Gains
Pictured Above: Incumbent East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and Riverhead Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar were victorious Tuesday night.
Community
Marchers Gather in Riverhead to Demand Immigration Reform
The message from more than 150 marchers who gathered in the streets of Riverhead Oct. 16 rang out throughout downtown,
Government
East Hampton May Temporarily Close Airport
East Hampton Town Board members are weighing the possibility of temporarily closing and then reopening the town’s municipal airport in
Business
Hotel Proposals in the Spotlight on the North Fork
Pictured Above: Peconic Bay Vineyard staff members discuss plans for the hotel at their Cutchogue winery. There’s a lot going
Opinion
Editorial: Get Ready for What Comes After Another Covid Winter
This season of thanks, now two years into a global pandemic, is one inevitably tinged with sorrow. You don’t have
Environment
Governor Signs Bill Allowing Kelp Farming in East End Waters
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that will now allow the cultivation of kelp on Suffolk County
Arts
Doc Fest in Focus: Activists & Farmers
Pictured Above: Pigs at 8 Hands Farm in Cutchogue in Dom Aprile’s “Farming Long Island” Growing up in Smithtown, filmmaker
Civics
Climate Local Now: Meet the Climatarians, who Dine with the Earth in Mind
Pictured Above: Local farmers markets, like the Flanders Farm Fresh Food Market, are a great way to jump into the
Health
Doctor Donates $1 Million to PBMC Emergency Department
A retired doctor and philanthropist has donated $1 million to the Emergency Department at Peconic Bay Medical Center (PBMC), to
Columns
Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Circles of Trust
“No matter how much we may feel the need for a circle of trust, few of us can imagine taking
The Poem
The Poem: Thanks for Nothing
Bill’s piece reminds me so much of freedom and is a perfect example of less being more. The absence of
Governor Signs Bill Allowing Kelp Farming in East End Waters
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that will now allow the cultivation of kelp on Suffolk County
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Circles of Trust
“No matter how much we may feel the need for a circle of trust, few of us can imagine taking
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Editorial: Get Ready for What Comes After Another Covid Winter
This season of thanks, now two years into a global pandemic, is one inevitably tinged with sorrow. You don’t have
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Doc Fest in Focus: Activists & Farmers
Pictured Above: Pigs at 8 Hands Farm in Cutchogue in Dom Aprile’s “Farming Long Island” Growing up in Smithtown, filmmaker
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Disher Brings Holiday Radio Back to the Stage
Pictured Above: Doris Walker (Mary Sabo), Fred Gailey (Jack Seabury) and Susan Walker (Emma Hand) “monkey around” with Kris Kringle
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Bike Sharing Pitched on the North Fork
Pictured Above: Pedal Share bikes at EPCAL in Riverhead Town, which has become the most-used location of the service in
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Hotel Proposals in the Spotlight on the North Fork
Pictured Above: Peconic Bay Vineyard staff members discuss plans for the hotel at their Cutchogue winery. There’s a lot going
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Wind Farm Work to Begin in the New Year
Pictured Above: Ørsted‘s graphic of the sea-to-shore transition of the South Fork Wind Farm cable. Work on the onshore portion
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A New Water Main Could Be Coming to the North Fork
While groundwater is plentiful under much of Long Island, some of the most fragile parts of the aquifer are on
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A Warp Speed Preservation Effort in Mattituck
Land preservation rarely happens at light speed, but for one piece of farmland beloved by people in Mattituck and its
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