Government

Congressman Nick LaLota on Thursday with the Southold Town Board.
Government Southold

LaLota Brings Check for Police Cars & Radios and Promises Mattituck Inlet Dredging to Southold

Beth Young
Congressman Nick LaLota came to Southold Town Police Department headquarters Thursday to announce just over $1 million in federal funding for town police. What will that buy? Ten new Ford Explorers and F-150s to be used by patrol officers and 20 duel band VHF and 800 mhz radios allowing police to communicate with other emergency agencies, says Southold Police Chief Steve Grattan. Mr. LaLota said he also expects the U.S.
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A rendering of the "Peconic Hotel" presented to the Riverhead Town Board at its May 14 work session.
Announcements Government Meetings

Riverhead to Hold Public Hearing Wednesday on Town Square Hotel

Beth Young
The Riverhead Town Board is slated to hold a public hearing on the propose site plan for the new five-story hotel adjacent to the town's Town Square project at a special meeting this Wednesday, June 10 at 6 p.m. Pictured Above: A rendering of the "Peconic Hotel" presented to the Riverhead Town Board at its May 14 work session. The five-story "Peconic Hotel," slated to be a part of the
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Development Government Recent Southold Southold Comp Plan & Zoning

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 Peconic Lane Community Center has been used for town meetings and justice court since a pipe burst in the ceiling of the Town Hall meeting room this winter.
Government Recent Southold

Southold Sours on Idea of Turning Peconic Community Center into Justice Court

Beth Young
When a pipe burst in the sprinkler system in the Southold Town Hall meeting room in the middle of this winter's deep freeze, every town department and committee that uses that room was sent scrambling to find a new place to meet. Nowhere was this felt more deeply than the town's Justice Court, which meets Wednesdays and Fridays. Like many other town meetings, Justice Court moved to the auditorium in
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Government Immigration Photos Recent Riverhead

After ICE Returns to Riverhead Wednesday, Residents Ask for Action

Beth Young
Federal immigration agents again returned to Riverhead and Riverside on Wednesday, in a series of raids that began around 7 a.m. in a neighborhood off of Middle Road in Riverhead. A crowd gathered at the Riverhead Town Board's meeting that evening urging the board to pass a resolution drafted by Latino advocacy group OLA of Eastern Long Island aimed at protecting public safety during the raids. Pictured above: An ERO
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Government Recent Shelter Island

Shelter Island Sets Comp Plan as Top Priority in the New Year

Beth Young
A lack of expertise in desktop publishing software at Shelter Island Town Hall has slowed the progress of the town's long-awaited Comprehensive Plan Update, but the town believes it has found an employee who can make the changes this winter, with the hopes of holding public hearings on the document by late April. The latest public draft of the document guiding the town's future development was released in the summer
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Kathee Burke-Gonzalez
2026 Elections East Hampton Government

With Another Election Looming, Burke-Gonzalez Lays Out East Hampton’s Goals for 2026

Beth Young
As East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez was sworn in for her second term as Supervisor on Tuesday, Jan. 6, she will face political as well as policy challenges in the new year. Though Ms. Burke-Gonzalez, a Democrat, ran unopposed in last year's election in this Democrat-dominated town, she will need to stand for re-election again this year due to the phase-in of even year elections in New York State.
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Government North Fork

Town Governments Ring In New Year with Inaugurations, Meeting Changes

Beth Young
Riverhead and Southold Towns are both planning inauguration ceremonies early in 2026 for newly elected town officials, and Southold Town is also planning changes to its Town Board meeting times. Riverhead Town has announced it will hold an inauguration ceremony for newly elected town officials on Thursday, Jan. 1 at Town Hall. The event is open to the public, but space is limited. The inauguration can also be viewed via Zoom
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Government Greenport Recent Southold

Greenport Passes New Short-Term Rental Code

Beth Young
After years of debate, the Village of Greenport has settled on a strategy for managing short-term rentals within its boundaries — only allowing them in properties that are also being used as peoples' homes, with no minimum stay required. In a 4-1 vote Thursday evening, Dec. 4, the Greenport Village Board passed a code amendment limiting short-term rentals to properties that are consistently used as residences, and implementing a new permitting
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Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski with a paper calendar at Tuesday's Town Board work session.
Government Recent Southold

Southold Departments Beginning to Come Back Online After Cyberattack

Beth Young
Southold Town is working through a meltdown of its town communication due to last week's cyberattack, with the Police Department, Justice Court and Waste Management and other departments beginning to return online, said Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski on Tuesday. Pictured Above: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski with a paper calendar at Tuesday's Town Board work session. Town Clerk Denis Noncarrow is seated above him. |. George Cork Maul photo
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The site of the proposed sewage treatment plant. Here’s the QR link from the sign.
Development Government Riverhead Riverside Southampton

Court Dismisses Riverhead’s Lawsuit Over Riverside Sewer District

Beth Young
A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge has thrown out Riverhead Town's 2024 lawsuit against Southampton Town over the creation of a sewer district in the hamlet of Riverside, just across the Peconic River from downtown Riverhead. Pictured Above: The site of the proposed sewage treatment plant. Here’s the QR link from the sign. Riverhead Town filed the suit on Aug. 21 of 2024 alleging the “potentially significant adverse environmental impacts
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