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Hotel Moratorium Will Sunset as Southold Weighs Zoning Update Priorities (Including a Tree Clearing Code)

Beth Young
Southold Town's nearly two-year-old moratorium on considering applications for new hotels may expire this June, as the town begins to prioritize adopting aspects of its zoning update piece by piece. Community housing, an update to the town's 2022 big house law and a tree clearing code have also emerged as priorities. The hotel moratorium, in place since June of 2024, ends June 18, 2026, in the midst of the town's
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The Cole Harbor farmland as seen from Duck Pond Road.
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As Development Fears Reach Fever Pitch, Southold Highlights Protections in its Subdivision Code

Beth Young
The recent spate of community concerns about subdivisions and development in Southold Town isn't the first time this rural town has been shocked by the potential for change. But people in town government believes decades of planning have put Southold in a good position to keep the rural character that has defined this place, and has drawn visitors here. Pictured Above: The proposed Cole Harbor subdivision farmland as seen last
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Riverhead Councilman Bob Kern (left), with an architectural rendering of the Science Center, with Long Island Science Center President Larry Oxman (right) at the press conference in Riverhead's Town Square.
Development Recent Riverhead

Riverhead Moves Forward with Condemnation Proceedings for Long Island Science Center

Beth Young
In a 3-2 vote, the Riverhead Town Board voted Tuesday afternoon to begin condemnation proceedings for the Long Island Science Center property at 111 East Main Street, on the Riverhead Town Square, over the objections of several community members and representatives of the Science Center.  Pictured Above: Riverhead Councilman Bob Kern (left), with an architectural rendering of the Science Center, with Long Island Science Center President Larry Oxman (right) at a press
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Community Development Environment Recent Southold Southold Comp Plan & Zoning

Eyes On the North Fork’s Future with Planner Mark Terry

Beth Young
In his 23 years working as a planner for Southold Town, Mark Terry was integrally involved with major planning initiatives ranging from the town’s 2006 subdivision code to its Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan to its Comprehensive Plan, Community Housing Plan and Zoning Update. And now, he’s gearing up for another chapter in his life, just as the North Fork's longterm planning initiatives are being put to the test. We sat
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Soloviev Revamps Colusa Subdivision & Submits Another Cutchogue Project, As Planning Timetable Emerges

Beth Young
Stefan Soloviev's Crossroads Atlantic LLC submitted a revamped plan for their massive Colusa conservation subdivision in Cutchogue in mid-February, making most of the changes recommended by Southold's Planning Director last October and setting the project on a path that will soon include a public hearing. Pictured Above: Southold Town Planning Director Heather Lanza (left) went over the revised plans with the applicants and the Planning Board on March 3. This
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Riverhead Town Square
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Riverhead Celebrates Start of Town Square Construction

Beth Young
As the sounds of the Christmas carol "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" wafted through the chilly air of downtown Riverhead Friday afternoon, workers began demolishing a downtown building to make way for a Hilton Tapestry Collection hotel at the edge of the new Riverhead Town Square. The demolition was part of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Town Square, held just outside of a construction fence adjacent to a
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Development Southold

Hotel Moraine Wins Lawsuit Over Expansion Denial, Southold Town To Appeal

Beth Young
A New York State Supreme Court Justice has sided with a Greenport hotel that had been denied an application for a 14-room expansion by the Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals. North Road Hotel LLC, the owners of the property doing business as the Hotel Moraine on Route 48 in Greenport, filed an Article 78 proceeding on May 20, 2025 against the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, stating the April
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A partially constructed foundation, with piles of sand that had been covered as a condition of its site plan, at a recent Southold Planning Department inspection of the site. |. Southold Planning Department photo
Development Recent Southold

The Enclaves Hotel Asks Southold for More Time As It Pursues Loan Backed by USDA

Beth Young
The Enclaves Hotel project in Southold has found a new backer, after losing $25 million in funding from Dime Bank earlier this year. The hotel developers are now working with South Dakota-based Pathward, National Association, a national bank that provides loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Business & Industry loan program for rural areas, they told the Southold Town Planning Board at its Dec. 8 work session. Pictured Above:
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Attorney Keith Brown showed FRNCA members a rendering of what the 7-Eleven is proposed to look like.
Development Riverside Top Stories

Neighbors Pan Riverside 7-Eleven & Gas Station Plan, as ZBA Closes Public Hearing

Beth Young
As several recent steps have moved forward the redevelopment of Riverside, just across the river from downtown Riverhead, residents here are concerned that the proposed construction of a 7-Eleven and gas station on the traffic circle at the center of the hamlet will thwart decades of effort to build a walkable, inviting downtown. Pictured Above: Attorney Keith Brown showed FRNCA members a rendering of the proposed 7-Eleven at the Nov.
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The site of the proposed sewage treatment plant. Here’s the QR link from the sign.
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As Pace of Riverside Redevelopment Plan Accelerates, Southampton Receives Major Federal Grant for Sewer

Beth Young
As several recent steps have moved forward the redevelopment of Riverside, Southampton Town has received a $19 million grant for its Riverside sewage treatment plant through the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding was approved on Oct. 30, 2025 by the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) as part of a statewide $135 million initiative to support critical water infrastructure projects, announced the town in early November. “This award from EFC
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The Handy Pantry in Mattituck
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New Apartments Proposed on the North Fork

Beth Young
Update Nov. 5: Wally Peterson, the owner of the Handy Pantry franchise in Mattituck, wrote an open letter to the community posted on Facebook late Tuesday saying that neither he nor "any members of my store have anything to do with this project, and we had no advance knowledge of our landlord's plans. I do understand your concerns with a project of this size next to a residential neighborhood." "Whichever
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