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After More Severe Erosion, What Is the Future of Southold’s Town Beach?

March 4, 2026March 11, 2026 Beth Young

The parking lot of Southold's Town Beach, on the North Road overlooking the Long Island Sound, has been closed for several weeks as nature did what it does there, scouring the coastline, ripping up asphalt and making a mockery of the Town of Southold's efforts to continue to restore the beach. With northwestern views facing the Long Island Sound, the beach is a sunset destination for the entire North Fork,

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Greenport Maritime Festival Expected to Return Sept. 26 & 27, With New Business Group at the Helm

February 19, 2026March 1, 2026 Beth Young

The 36th Annual Maritime Festival is expected to get its permit to return this year from Greenport Village next week, organized by the new Greenport Business Owners Alliance, a collaboration between several Greenport businesses and community groups. This year's festival would be held Sept. 26 and Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a parade to be held on Saturday morning, according to the public assembly application filed

Kayla Barthelme in the East End Food Hub, which is gearing up to begin holding public events again this spring.

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East End Food Hub Gearing Up to Reopen

February 9, 2026February 19, 2026 Beth Young

Things have seemed a little bit quiet lately at the East End Food Hub site at the gateway to Riverhead, but that’s about to change. The non-profit East End Food received a temporary Certificate of Occupancy from the Riverhead Town Building Department in late January, Interim Executive Director Kayla Barthelme has told The Beacon, and is planning to begin running pop-up programming in the space in March. Pictured Above: interim

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Young Challenger Seeks East End’s State Senate Seat

February 4, 2026February 10, 2026 Beth Young

Twenty-three-year-old Farzeen Bham of Coram, a recent Stony Brook political science graduate, entered the New York State Senate race against three-term incumbent Anthony Palumbo of New Suffolk in early January. The First State Senate District comprises all of the five towns of the East End and a portion of eastern Brookhaven. Mr. Bham was raised by a single mother and social worker, who “instilled the idea of helping people and

Southampton Housing Authority Director Curtis Highsmith at the Easterner Motel, one off the sites that can now be redeveloped with the new zoning in place. |. Southampton Housing Authority photo

Housing Photos Recent Southampton Top Stories

In Southampton, Up to 68 Units Proposed in New Community Housing Overlay Districts

February 3, 2026February 5, 2026 Beth Young

Southampton Town's recent creation of new floating "Community Housing Overlay Districts" has paved the way forward for four housing developments already under consideration, and for an expansion of one of the town's first community housing success stories — the Sandy Hollow Cove apartment complex — with a new development of single family townhouses next door. Pictured Above: Southampton Housing Authority Director Curtis Highsmith at the Easterner Motel, one of the

Village Clerk Candace Hall with poll inspectors counting the ballots in the March 2025 village election.

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Greenporters Likely to Vote the Old-Fashioned Way Next Year: With Paper and a Ballot Box

January 22, 2026January 29, 2026 Beth Young

Suffolk County's move to use new voting machines has come with an impending conundrum for villages — the county will no longer be renting ballot tabulator machines to villages for their elections. This leaves villages with four choices: allowing the Suffolk County Board of Elections to run village elections, buying and maintaining their own machines, accepting free retired machines from the Board of Elections — which comes with its own

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Watch: Southold Town Elected Officials Take the Oath of Office

January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 Beth Young

Surrounded by their family, friends, and what seemed like an ever-growing crowd of their young children, the 11 Southold Town leaders elected last November were sworn into office on Friday, Jan. 2. Town Justice Dan Ross swore in the winners, but thanked everyone who ran — a total of 21 candidates for a wide array of town offices, including two Town Board seats, one Town Board/Justice seat, three Town Trustees,

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Want to Make an Accessory Dwelling? Greenport & Southold Eyeing Changes to Make it Happen

December 22, 2025December 23, 2025 Beth Young

As the need for attainable housing on the North Fork continues to grow, Greenport Village will be drafting code changes in the new year to allow accessory dwelling units in existing accessory buildings without the need for review by the village's land use boards. Pictured Above: First Street, Greenport. Most of the village's residential areas allow two-family residences, though some areas further from the center of the village only allow

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Hochul Signs Horseshoe Crab Protection Bill But Vetoes Montaukett Recognition

December 20, 2025December 29, 2025 Beth Young

In a flurry of end-of-the-year bill signings Friday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill banning the use of horseshoe crabs for bait and biomedical research, but has vetoed a bill that would have reinstated state recognition for the Montaukett Indian Tribe. Pictured Above: Montaukett Chief Robert Pharoah (third from left) as he was named Grand Marshal of East Hampton Town's 2023 Anniversary parade as part of

Attorney Keith Brown showed FRNCA members a rendering of what the 7-Eleven is proposed to look like.

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

November 24, 2025November 29, 2025 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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Riverhead Democrats Declare Victory for Jerry Halpin in Town Supervisor Race

November 21, 2025December 3, 2025 Beth Young

More than two weeks after a nail-biter election night that saw him up by six votes for much of the evening, Riverhead Democrats declared Friday afternoon that their Town Supervisor candidate, Jerry Halpin, will be the next Town Supervisor. Pictured Above: Jerry and Kristen Halpin on Election Night. As of Friday afternoon, with all absentee and military ballots counted, Mr. Halpin had received just 37 more votes than incumbent one-term