Suffolk County Water Authority CEO Jeff Szabo at the Aug. 6 forum at the Greenport Firehouse.
Environment Top Stories Upcoming

Ahead of Upcoming Hearings, Water Authority Lays Out Case for North Fork Pipeline

When the Suffolk County Water Authority holds public hearings in the coming week on the proposed North Fork Pipeline, a few things will be different than they were during last
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Environment Jamesport North Fork

North Fork Environmental Council to Host Discussion on “The Water We Drink, The Water We Love”

The North Fork Environmental Council will close out its 2026 Summer Speaker Series on Thursday, August 13 at 6 p.m. with "The Water We Drink, The Water We Love," a
The revised North Fork Pipeline route announced July 24, 2026.
Environment North Fork Pipeline Upcoming

Water Authority Proposes Shifting North Fork Pipeline to the Main Road

The Suffolk County Water Authority announced Friday, July 24 that it is planning a new route for its proposed North Fork Pipeline, which will shift construction to the Main Road.

Week in Review

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Announcements Artist's Toolbox: Calls for Art Upcoming

Artist’s Toolbox: Open Call For Art for EEA’s “The Print Continuum”

The East End Arts Council has announced an open call for "The Print Continuum," a national juried exhibition celebrating the enduring tradition and ongoing evolution of contemporary printmaking. This exhibition, running Oct. 24 through Dec. 13, brings together artists working across the printmaking medium, from established techniques to experimental approaches—and highlights
IMPACT

Call for Art: “Impact” at North Fork Arts Center

Kristen Goodwin, Aglaia Stalb and Claire Dowling at a recent SAIDO session

Innovative Peconic Landing Memory Care Program Is Honored as First in New York

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Celebrating the USCG’s Eagle, and Mitchell Park

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Southold Top Stories

Focus on Open Space in First Phase of Southold CPF Update

Southold Town's draft update of its Community Preservation Fund Project Plan will soon be sent out for review to other stakeholders, but it does not yet include a component long wished for by lawmakers in Greenport — a plan to guide funding for water quality improvement projects. Pictured Above: At
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Photos Recent Southold

Watch: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski’s State of the Town Address

Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski holds his annual State of the Town address on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. at Peconic Landing in Greenport. Topics he’s expecting to highlight in the speech (video above) include short-term rentals, the town’s new cell tower code, water conservation, affordable housing, public safety, land preservation,
Members of the Southold Town Board discussed proposed safety measures during immigration raids at their Aug. 11 work session.
Immigration Recent Southold

Southold Puts Pieces of Public Safety Project Together, Without Plans for a Law

The Southold Town Board is planning to have a draft resolution outlining police protocols, town board oversight and communications with the public and other agencies during federal immigration raids ready by its Aug. 25 meeting. The board stopped short from considering adopting the measures as a local law — which
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Federal Disaster Declaration Issued for Oyster Farms Devastated by Ice

The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a Disaster Designation for Suffolk County shellfish farmers due to this winter's heavy snowfall and multi-week severe freeze, which significantly impacted the county’s oyster aquaculture industry this February — an estimated combined $2.4 million loss. The Disaster Designation now allows affected farms to
Sean Cameron of Site Specific Design with the grinder and shutoff that will be located at each property connected to the sewer district.

Riverside Gets A Look at Details of New Sewer District

The Southampton Village Dog Park, which would be moved to make way for the leaching field for the sewage treatment plant.

Southampton Village Lays Out Sewer Plan

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Brokers Outline Plan to Bring New Businesses to Greenport

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Development Riverhead Top Stories

Riverhead Begins Enforcement Against Aquebogue Subdivision Begun Before Permits Issued

Riverhead Town has begun an enforcement action against the proposed Summerwind Farm (owned by Red’s Adventures, LLC), a 16-lot Aquebogue subdivision at 200 Peconic Bay Boulevard, after "town officials discovered that substantial site work had commenced without the required town subdivision approvals and building permits. Pictured Above: The property as
The site of the proposed Riverhead Town Square Hotel in mid-July, with footings and rebar apparently already in place for the construction.

Riverhead Approves Town Square Hotel Site Plan

The Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Company.

Greenport Shipyard Recommended for Preservation

The Enclaves resort hotel project in Southold began clearing land in late February, in advance of receiving a building permit, because clearing there was limited to the winter months to protect the seasonal nesting habitat for long-eared bats.

Police Called As Neighbor Objects to Southold Resort Hotel Site Plan Extension

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Column Greenport Opinion Recent

Opinion: Southold’s Agenda Priorities Leave Water Quality Behind — And Greenport at Risk

by Greenport Village Trustee Mary Bess Phillips When the Southold Town Board met on July 28 for its Work Session, the agenda told a story that Greenport residents have seen too many times. The Board entered Executive Session to discuss a possible land acquisition under the Community Preservation Fund (CPF). Yet nowhere
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Editorial: We Need to Adapt

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Letters: On Skipping the Stuff & Doug Cooper’s Flag

Minerva Perez spoke with the North Fork Action Center Monday evening.

Letters: OLA on LaLota’s Threats, The American Dream

Kristen Goodwin, Aglaia Stalb and Claire Dowling at a recent SAIDO session
Announcements Greenport Health Recent

Innovative Peconic Landing Memory Care Program Is Honored as First in New York

Peconic Landing's memory support neighborhood, Harbor South, has been recognized for an innovative learning program that is helping people living with dementia build new connections, both in their community and between the synapses in their brains that their memories together. Pictured Above: SAIDO Supporter Kristen Goodwin, Aglaia Stalb and Claire
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An “Unprecedented” Second New York Summer Blood Shortage Emergency

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New York Blood Center Seeks Donations Ahead of “Trauma Season”

North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s Hopes to Break Records This October

Arts Performing Arts

“Bright Star” Shines on the NFCT Stage

This summer's Youth on Stage musical at the North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck is "Bright Star," a tender look into the intertwined lives of a literary editor in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina who meets an aspiring writer who has just returned from World War II. The
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Arts Performing Arts Upcoming

Northeast Stage’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” Brings Shakespeare Everywhere

Update July 16: Tonight’s performance in Patchogue is canceled due to the air quality advisory Original Story Follows: Northeast Stage’s 2026 Shakespeare in the Park production of “All’s Well That Ends Well” will be all over Long Island this year before setting up residency in the company’s longtime home base
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Artist's Toolbox: Calls for Art Performing Arts

July Audition Notice: RFCT to Present “Come From Away” in November

Come From Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were