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Southold Board Adopts Public Safety Resolution

Beth Young
The Southold Town Board unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday evening, Aug. 25 outlining how town police will respond to outside law enforcement agencies acting within the town's boundaries, after a series of chaotic immigration raids on the East End over the course of the past year. The resolution, the first of two discussed at the Town Board's work session that morning, provides an overview for the public of town police's
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Focus on Open Space in First Phase of Southold CPF Update

Beth Young
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 Greenport's Commercial Dock this winter. The Community Preservation Fund — which began as a land preservation program in each of
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Watch: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski’s State of the Town Address

Beth Young
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, communications and last year’s cyberattack.  Keep Independent News on the East End The Beacon is able to provide all of
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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

Beth Young
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 had been recommended by five members of its Public Safety Task Force convened earlier this spring. Read the Task Force
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Photos: Southold Unity Picnic

Beth Young
The Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force's annual Unity Picnic was filled with fellowship at the Peconic Lane Community Center on Saturday, as residents from throughout the town gathered together for an afternoon of food, conversation and music from pianist Asen Roussan and sea shanties from Ethel's Mermen. The Task Force has been facing budget cuts this year, the group's organizers told us earlier this week, but a task force member
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Heather Lanza, Julie McGivney, Mara Cerezo and Andrea Sullivan at the June 16 work session.
Housing Recent Southold

Southold: We’re Not Planning Down Payment Assistance for $2 Million Houses

Beth Young
The fine print in a recent update to Southold Town's proposed down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers has been the talk of the town this week, after another local media outlet reported a new cap on the purchase price of the homes would be $1.9 million — up from an initial proposal of $750,000. But that’s not what the town is actually doing, says Southold Community Development Project Coordinator Andrea
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Southold Takes Another Look at Coastal Resilience Planning

Beth Young
Southold Town is searching for ways to incorporate coastal resilience into its Zoning Update, after many residents asked that protecting the coastlines be made a priority. After much public criticism of a planned massive overhaul of the town's zoning code in 2025, the town's Planning Department announced this spring that it is prioritizing changing certain aspects of the code that will have the greatest impact — community housing, changes to
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Immigration Recent Southold

Southold Police Outline Policy for Responding to Immigration Raids, as LaLota Says the Town is Buckling to His Demands

Beth Young
Southold Town Police Chief Steve Grattan outlined the department's proposed policy for responding in a peacemaking capacity to reports of other law enforcement agencies operating within the town at a work session to discuss public safety during immigration raids Tuesday afternoon. The work session came on the heels of a public meeting July 29 at which many residents made impassioned pleas for the town to take action during immigration raids,
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Southold Airs Concerns About ICE Raids As Police Share Plan to Respond

Beth Young
Update July 31, 2026: The Town Board has scheduled a special meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 2:30 p.m. to continue this discussion. That meeting will also be held in the basement meeting room at the Town Hall Annex. The town has also recently updated its website to include documents to be discussed — they're available online here: https://www.southoldtownny.gov/2517/Public-Safety-Task-Force Original Story Follows: About 50 residents packed into the basement meeting
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Views Diverge on Southold Public Safety Law

Beth Young
When the Southold Town Board holds a special meeting July 29 to discuss a proposed local law to guide the town's actions during immigration enforcement actions, there are likely to be many divergent views at the table. According to documents expected to be discussed at Wednesday's 8 a.m. special meeting obtained by The Beacon, Town Attorney Ben Johnson has cautioned that passage of a local law could confuse the public
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Suffolk Will Seek to Preserve Plum Island

Beth Young
Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine announced July 15 that the county will seek to acquire Plum Island, the 822-acre island off the tip of the North Fork that has been home to a federal agricultural disease laboratory since 1954. Plum Island is currently managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is expected to issue a "Report of Excess" of the island when the science mission at the Plum
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