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The easternmost block of Greenport’s Front Street was closed to traffic the weekend of June 20 to allow more outdoor dining.

Coronavirus Update: Suffolk Provides Rental & Biz Assistance, Testing for First Responders

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Outdoor dining this summer on Greenport's Front Street. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced the launch Friday, Dec. 11 of Suffolk BACKSTOP -- a new Covid-19 rental and small business assistance program for county residents and business owners facing hardships due to the pandemic, along with a Covid testing program for first responders. The economic assistance program – Bringing Assistance for Covid-19 and Kickstarting Support to Operating Professionals

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This Morning’s Bulletin — 11.23.20

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020 Beth Young

Good Morning! • We're expecting showers today, mainly before noon, with the temperature rising to near 58 by 10 a.m., then falling to around 46 during the remainder of the day. A south wind 11 to 16 miles per hour will become northwest in the afternoon, gusting as high as 31 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 35. Tuesday will be sunny, with

Coronavirus Updates Hampton Bays Riverhead

Covid Testing Ramping Up in Hampton Bays & Riverhead as Governor Cautions of ‘Cluster Zones’

November 19, 2020November 30, 2020 Beth Young

Pictured Above: A sign warns motorists entering downtown Riverhead of the Covid spike. Read our continuing coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Update: Nov. 22, 2 p.m. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said parts of Suffolk County will likely become yellow cluster zones later this week. "Unless they drastically change the trajectory rate, they will go into those zones this week," said Mr. Cuomo in his Sunday press briefing Nov. 22. New

Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 11.19.20

November 19, 2020November 20, 2020 Beth Young

Good Morning! • Today will be sunny, with a high temperature near 53 degrees and wind chill values between 25 and 35 early, with a southwest wind 6 to 11 miles per hour in the morning, increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 44. Friday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 58 and Saturday will be

Coronavirus Updates

Bellone: Suffolk’s Covid Spike Pushing County Toward Cluster Zone

November 11, 2020November 19, 2020 Beth Young

Update: Nov. 13, 5 p.m. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone reported Friday that the county had averaged 300 new Covid cases per day over the past seven days, with 2.9 percent of the people tested in the prior 24 hours testing positive. He urged the public to stay home this weekend and to limit their plans for Thanksgiving. "This weekend I encourage people, to the maximum extent possible, to avoid

At the Orient Methodist Church on Village Lane

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This Morning’s Bulletin — 11.6.20

November 6, 2020November 9, 2020 Beth Young

Good Morning! We haven't yet found out who will become president next year as of 6:30 a.m. but we're expecting to know more later this morning. Here's what else is going on: • We're expecting areas of fog before 9 a.m. today, but otherwise skies will clear throughout the day, with a high temperature near 66 degrees and a southwest wind 6 to 10 miles per hour. Friday night will

Stony Brook Southampton Early Voting Site

Coronavirus Updates

Covid Update: Cases Linked to Southampton Early Voting Site

November 5, 2020December 14, 2020 Beth Young

Pictured Above: The line to vote on Oct. 25 at the early polling site at the Stony Brook Southampton college gym. | George Cork Maul photo Ten cases of Covid-19 have been tied to the Stony Brook Southampton College early voting site, said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Wednesday. Six of the people who tested positive were poll workers, said Mr. Bellone, and 48 of the contacts of people

Morning Bulletin

This Morning’s Bulletin — 10.5.20

October 5, 2020October 7, 2020 Beth Young

Good Morning! • Skies will clear throughout the day today, with showers likely before noon and a high near 66 degrees, with a northeast wind 6 to 8 miles per hour. It will be partly cloudy overnight, with a low around 54. Tuesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 70 and a slight chance of a drizzle between noon and three p.m. Wednesday will be partly sunny and

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This Morning’s Bulletin — 9.22.20

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 Beth Young

Good Morning! • Today will be sunny, with a high near 72 degrees and a north wind 15 to 17 miles per hour. It will be mostly clear overnight, with a low around 49. Wednesday will be sunny, with a high near 75 and Thursday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 74. • Today is National Voter Registration Day, and the League of Women Voters will have voter

Coronavirus Updates Education

As Covid Cases Up-End Local School Plans, NY To Unveil School Virus Dashboard

September 8, 2020October 13, 2020 Beth Young

The Riverhead Central School District was the first to open its doors to students last Thursday, Sept. 3, but two days into the school year at the district's Aquebogue Elementary School, some classes have already been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, after two students tested positive for the virus over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Also over the weekend, two employees in the Southold Union Free School District notified the

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Suffolk Reaches 2,000th Covid Death

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in an April 7 CNN segment on how quickly the county saw its Covid death toll rise. Suffolk County hit a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, when the county reported its two-thousandth death from the virus. The county had been hovering just short of 2,000 deaths for weeks, with long stretches of time in which no one here has died